“The bright colours, no-nonsense black outlines and playful but thoroughly flat style of Andrea Chronopoulos’ work make it both distinctive and part of a modern tradition in illustration that we see a fair bit, but which is deceptively tricky to get right.

In the correct hands, however, that flattened look —all simplified figures, geometric backgrounds and big hands— is superbly versatile, and clearly very commissionable.
It works for brands, advertising, packaging, editorial; cute things, serious things; narratives and stand-alone images.”

-Emily Gosling, People of Print.

ABOUT
Greek/Italian illustrator born in Athens in 1990 and based in Rome working with still and moving images for editorial and commercial projects.
He is currently teaching editorial illustration at IED Rome.
Founder and art director of creative studio Studio Pilar (2011–2021).

REPRESENTED
Pocko

SELECTED CLIENTS
Apple, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Bloomberg, Pentagram, MIT Technology Review, Esquire, GQ, Fred Perry, Uniqlo, Interni Magazine, Plansponsor, Anorak Magazine, Hodinkee, The Wall Street Journal, Icon Design, Domus, Ceros, The Good Life magazine, Medium, Lucky Peach, Bomba Dischi and more.

RECOGNITION
His work has been selected by the Society of Illustrators of New York, AI-AP American Illustration, International Motion Arts Awards, 3X3 magazine, Illustri Festival.
In 2021 and 2017 he’s been a judge for D&Ad awards (illustration & crafts for design categories).

FEATURED
It’s Nice That
Creative Boom
People Of Print
Interni Magazine
The Washington Post best of 2021
MIT Technology Review best illustrations 2021
The New York Times best of illustration 2019
MIT Technology Review best illustrations 2016
“Motion Illustration” by Adam Osgood, Bloomsbury 2024

All works © Andrea Chronopoulos
a.chron@hotmail.com