Anna Pirolli
Born in Genoa, illustrator Anna Pirolli moved to Milan to study illustration at the European Institute of Design, where she graduated in 2001. She has worked as a freelance illustrator and art director for companies such as Mondadori, Pearson, Vogue, MTV, Kinder Ferrero, Telecom, Nickelodeon, Furla, Zecchino d’oro, Disney, following the creative process from concept to creation. She's also a visiting professor at the Accademia di Brera in Milan, where she teaches design applied to the arts. When it comes to style and medium, Anna moves effortlessly between traditional techniques and digital processes, allowing the content to shape her approach — resulting in work that feels consistently fresh and surprising. Her illustrations from Anonymouse, written by Vikki VanSickle (Tundra Books), won the Dilys Evans Founder’s Award in the 2021 Society of Illustrator’s The Original Art Show, and those from There Are No Ants in This Book, written by Rosemary Mosco (Tundra Books), were selected in the 2024 Society of Illustrator’s The Original Art Show. Anna delights in illustrating multi-layered texts rich with humor, originality, and wonder, and is drawn to projects that stretch her both artistically and conceptually.
Click here to read Anna's Mini Proust Q&I (Question and Illustration) inspired by the Proust Questionnaire.
