Andrea D'Aquino
Andrea D’Aquino has loved to draw and paint since childhood. She eventually became an art director in some of the world’s most creatively celebrated ad agencies. Though she got to oversee big budget shoots for international clients, something called her back to her original love of working with her hands and more personal expression. Perhaps it’s this connection to graphic design that made her most comfortable with cutting up paper and moving it around. She finds this playful process full of unpredictable results, and she is often just as surprised as anyone else at the images that seem to land on her art table.
She has published two books with Rockport Publishers: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a quirky and modern visual take on the classic text. Published in the US and UK, it has been translated into editions in France, Spain and Korea. Once Upon a Piece of Paper is an irreverent approach to creativity and embracing chaos, mistakes and chance. It has been translated in French and German. She is the author-illustrator of She Heard the Birds: A Story Based on Florence Merriam Bailey (Princeton Architectural Press, 2021), Everything is Mine (Tate, 2020), about a dog with an oversized personality, and A Life Made by Hand: The Story of Ruth Asawa (Princeton Architectural Press, 2019).
Click here to read Andrea's Mini Proust Q&I (Question and Illustration) inspired by the Proust Questionnaire.
