Contact:
illustration.pjkarlen(at)gmail.com
SE - Sweden +46 (0)73 7026314 main number.
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”Per José Karlén is a Swedish illustrator and animator who has a long, long list of awards to his name, including the Quentin Blake Narrative Illustration Award. His wickedly funny and individual work appeals to adults and children alike, and his freelance work includes everything from children’s books to illustrations for The Times, The Independent and for Royal Mail”.
Octopus Publishing Group, UK
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”With ”The Emotion Book” Per Karlén has laid the foundation for a way of writing and illustrating that can map the future road for picture books. With a strong sense of the fundamentals of existence and a sharp eye for color and form, he put forward a thoughtful message: Take your feelings seriously, talk about them!”
Rabén&Sjögren Publisher
illustration.pjkarlen(at)gmail.com
SE - Sweden +46 (0)73 7026314 main number.
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”Per José Karlén is a Swedish illustrator and animator who has a long, long list of awards to his name, including the Quentin Blake Narrative Illustration Award. His wickedly funny and individual work appeals to adults and children alike, and his freelance work includes everything from children’s books to illustrations for The Times, The Independent and for Royal Mail”.
Octopus Publishing Group, UK
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”With ”The Emotion Book” Per Karlén has laid the foundation for a way of writing and illustrating that can map the future road for picture books. With a strong sense of the fundamentals of existence and a sharp eye for color and form, he put forward a thoughtful message: Take your feelings seriously, talk about them!”
Rabén&Sjögren Publisher
Per was born in Guatemala, where he grew up until the age of five, and and then Dalarna, Sweden, as a child. He completed a BA in illustration at Central Saint Martins (1999) and an MA in Illustration and Communication at Royal College of Art (2002). He has moved back to Sweden in the early 2010s and now lives in Stockholm and have summer house in Leksand, where he continues to work as an illustrator and artist.
