I believe in the power
of gentle images

I’m Alessia Zagaria, an illustrator from Apulia, collaborating with publishers and brands to transform ideas into illustrations that blend delicacy and intensity, creating visual narratives that invite the viewer to pause and be carried through them. My work has received international recognition and has been exhibited in Italy and abroad.

ABOUT ME

Portrait of Alessia Zagaria

When I am not drawing, I take long walks collecting leaves and stones, observing nature, photographing flowers, and letting myself be guided by subtle shifts of color and light. In Rome, I encountered and explored artisanal practices such as bookbinding, screen printing, and woodcut, slow and material-based techniques that continue to shape the way I look at and create images.

EDUCATION

Zetafont Workshop
About Typography
Pug festival, Bari 2025
Else Edizioni Workshop
Creating a Screen-Printed Book
Tools, Roma 2024
Master’s Degree
Illustration and Editorial Art
Academy of Fine Arts of Rome, 2024
Bachelor’s Degree
Graphic Design
Academy of Fine Arts of Foggia, 2021

AWARDS

Illustro Festival Serbia
Selected illustrator
Serbia 2025
Inchiostro Festival
Grovigli Contest
Alessandria 2025
Annual Awards
Autori di immagini
1st Prize – Student Category
Bologna, 2024
Annual Awards
Autori di immagini
Ortolan Prize
Bologna, 2024
Award Communication Arts
Illustration Shortlist
California, 2024
People’s Republic of China
Merit Award – Digital Life
Uni-Italia 2023

EXHIBITIONS

Queeriosity
Inchiostro Festival
Alessandria – Cremona - Milano 2025
TDF Mediterannea
This is the flower
Turin International Book Fair, 2021