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Kirsten Ulve is an award winning illustrator and designer living in New York City. Her work has appeared on the covers of magazines, in international ad campaigns, on the sides of buses, on Broadway marquees, in animated

Kirsten Ulve

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Kirsten Ulve is an award winning illustrator and designer living in New York City. Her work has appeared on the covers of magazines, in international ad campaigns, on the sides of buses, on Broadway marquees, in animated cartoons and tv commercials, and in the form of games, watches, and toy figurines around the globe. Her diverse expertise includes fashion and beauty illustration, caricature and character development, editorial and conceptual illustration. Her work has been featured in

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Kirsten Ulve is an award winning illustrator and designer living in New York City. Her work has appeared on the covers of magazines, in international ad campaigns, on the sides of buses, on Broadway marquees, in animated cartoons and tv commercials, and in the form of games, watches, and toy figurines around the globe. Her diverse expertise includes fashion and beauty illustration, caricature and character development, editorial and conceptual illustration. Her work has been featured in the American Illustration Annual, the 3 x 3 International Illustration Annual, and in Taschen’s book series “100 Illustrators” about the 100 most important illustrators in the world. Kirsten has exhibited prints of her work in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and has a permanent installation of oversized prints on view at Innside Hotel Meliá in New York City. Her collectible silk NYC souvenir scarves are available at the Guggenheim Museum Store (as well as in her online shop). Kirsten currently lives in Manhattan with her husband and two black cats, Romulus and Remus.

Clients include: The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, Vogue Japan, Glamour, InStyle, Hasbro, Fisher-Price, Target, Godiva, Volvo, Adidas, Adobe, Land’s End, Fast Company, The Harvard Business Review, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Deloitte, GroupM, Time Warner, WFMU, The American Heart Association, Best Friends Animal Society, The USTA, Klarna, Meliá Hotels, Moderna, The Guggenheim Museum, and the US Postal Service.

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Skills

Adobe Illustrator
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Advertising Illustration
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Book Illustration
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Character Design
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Editorial Illustration
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Fashion Illustration
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Education

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Qualifications

26 years of professional, full time experience as a freelance Illustrator
July 30, 2024
I've worked with a very broad range of international clientele over the years on an equally broad range of projects: advertising campaigns, product design, fashion and beauty illustration, caricature and portraiture.

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Consumer Goods, Financial Services, Healthcare, Retail, Travel & Hospitality, Non-Profit Organization, Education
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