Izzie Klingels
Klingels
Chelsea School of Art graduate. Founder of Hey Ladies fanzine. Director of promos for Death in Vegas and Beth Orton. Illustrator since 2001, animator, multi-disciplinary artist.
"She began working as an illustrator when she founded Hey Ladies fanzine with a group of female friends — developing her distinctive pen and ink style within its black and white parameters."
Isvald Klingels studied Fine Art at Chelsea School of Art in London. Shortly after graduating she founded Lazy Eye, working with film and video, creating and designing live shows and directing promos for bands including Death In Vegas and Beth Orton.
She began working as an illustrator in 2001 when she founded Hey Ladies fanzine with a group of female friends. Working within the parameters of this black and white fanzine, she developed her distinctive pen and ink style, embracing colour, collage and digital media as commercial commissions grew.
Isvald is a multi-disciplinary artist working with drawing, painting, textiles and video. She has recently begun combining her experience as a director and illustrator by creating short animations for personal projects and clients. She continues to work with moving image for clients including Topshop, Topman and Calvin Klein.
Greatest inspirations or influences?
My influences change daily, but at the moment I'm really inspired by:
Dream project for you would be?
Dream dinner guest would be?
My boyfriend. I don't get to see him enough as he lives on a different continent. Maybe Ann Magnuson from Bongwater and Serge Gainsbourg could join us for dessert though.
Working within the parameters of a black and white fanzine — that's where the distinctive pen and ink style was born. Constraints are generative.
Favorite websites?
- Photography christianjpetersen.com — Clever, inventive and imaginative images of women.
- Illustration ninachakrabarti.com — Elegant line drawings full of joy and beauty.
- Art/Design iwantyoumagazine.com — Online home of eclectic and individual new magazine. Visit and order a free copy.
- Fashion jc-de-castelbajac.com — A mad mixture of Schiaparelli, Jean Cocteau and Walt Disney.
- Blogs mogadonia.tumblr.com & thetrilogytapes.com/blog — Both constantly updated with strange and fascinating images.
Work appears in The Purple Book, Hand To Eye (Laurence King Publishing), The Picture Book, and Sequential Images by Mark Wigan. Featured in British Vogue, Dazed and Confused, Creative Review and Computer Arts Projects.
Workshop facilitator at the V&A Museum London, Seattle Art Museum, Selfridges (Future Punk) and London College of Communication. Talks at Chelsea College of Art, Middlesex University, University for the Creative Arts Epsom and Northwest College of Art.
Work exhibited in London, Seattle, Rome and Los Angeles.
