ABOUT
Irene Pérez is a Barcelona-based illustrator creating distilled visual narratives that connect culture and nature through symbolic thinking.
Drawing on a background in Fine Arts and Graphic Design, she transforms complex concepts into bold, memorable images where geometry, texture and colour become tools for storytelling. Inspired by anthropology, folklore, literature and the performing arts, her work explores the ways in which symbols shape our relationship with the natural world.
She collaborates with publishers, newspapers, magazines, cultural institutions and international brands, while combining her professional practice with teaching and the development of personal projects
SELECTED CLIENTS include Zayed National Museum (UAE), The Wall Street Journal, Quanta Magazine and Texas Highways (USA), The British Library and Oxford University Press (UK), Corriere della Sera (Italy), and, in Spain, Estrella Damm, La Vanguardia, Grupo Planeta, Grupo Anaya, Grupo SM, Santillana, Ediciones Siruela, Vicens Vives, Edelvives, Ecoembes, Accenture, Holaluz, Barcelona Metròpolis Magazine, Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Generalitat Valenciana, Omnium Cultural, Media Vaca, Comanegra and Grow Design. She has also collaborated with Black Pencil Ensemble (NL) and Boatrocker Brewers & Distillers (Australia).
AWARDS
Shortlisted in the World Illustration Awards
Shortlisted in Premis Junceda, Catalan Illustration awards
Best In House Design Team (Stockholm, Sweden)
Circle Quarterly Magazine Contest
Tombatossals Prize (Illustrated Children Literature Prize)
MENTIONS
The Best Floral Packaging Designs by DesignRush (click to have a look)