Hi!
Marina Porras Chassignet, born in Barcelona and based in Berlin, studied psychology at the University of Barcelona and some years later visual communication at the University of the Arts Berlin, where she also completed her postgraduate master's degree in illustration. She has received different grants and scholarships, amongst others at The Fabric Workshop and Museum Philadelphia (2014), at Marafiki Arts Kenya (2015) and The Danish Art Workshops Copenhagen (2017). She was also co-founder of the risograph-printing workshop 'Penthaus für schöne Formate' in Berlin (2016). Since 2016 she works as a freelance illustrator in different disciplines such as editorial, textile design, packaging or interior design and has been working on various teaching assignments for a variety of institutions, amongst others at the University of the Arts Berlin. Since 2022 she also works as a print workshop supervisor and lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Berlin.
Feel free to contact her for commissions or collaborations. Or just to say hi!
SELECTED CLIENTS
Deutsches Museum, Munich
Schweizer Familie Magazin
Marktplatz Magazin
Anders Handeln Magazin
Berlin AIDS-Hilfe e.V. (BAH)
Museum for Communication, Berlin
Museum for Communication, Frankfurt am Main
Sächsisches Industriemuseum, Chemnitz
Deutsche Post
German Federal Ministry of Finance
International Literature Festival Berlin
Vinterra
German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)
University of the Arts Berlin
WORKSHOPS / LECTURES
University of Applied Sciences Berlin (2022-current)
University of the Arts Berlin (2015 – 2021)
Museum of Decorative Arts, Berlin (2016)
Illufest 16, Hammeraue e.V. (2016)
Marafiki Arts, Wote, Kenia (2015)
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia (2014)
GRANTS
The Danish Art Workshops, Copenhagen (2017)
The Danish Art Foundation, Copenhagen (2017)
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia (2014)
AWARDS / COMPETITIONS
Premis Junceda - Shortlist Finalist (2021)
EXHIBITIONS
Bologna Children's Book Fair (online Edition - 2021)