Bruno Zocca

In Bruno Zocca’s creative world anything goes. His zany and fanciful illustrations are populated with delightful characters and creatures who live in a parallel universe where the laws of nature don’t seem to exist. His delicate ink line drawings are beautifully contrasted with flat digital colors giving them a retro and timeless look and feel. Bruno was born in Verona, studied illustration and graphic design at ISIA in Urbino, and now lives and works in Bologna. In 2014, his works were selected at the Illustrators Exhibition of the Bologna Children's Book Fair, where he also won the Ars In Fabula Grant Award. His illustrations for Mio Nonno Gigante, written by Davide Calì, won the 2019 Premio Letteratura Ragazzi Award. He has illustrated book covers and contributed illustrations to The New York Times. Since 2016 he has been part of the experimental artistic collective Ufficio Misteri. Bruno loves the art of picture books, the drawings of Alfred Kubin, the colors of Beni Montresor, and all of William Steig’s books.

Click here to read Bruno's Mini Proust Q&I (Question and Illustration) inspired by the Proust Questionnaire.