OLIMPIA ZAGNOLI

Artist and designer Olimpia Zagnoli is world-renowned for her iconic pop-deco illustrations that frequently appear in major magazines, books, merchandise, and advertisements. Zagnoli’s process begins in the sketchbook, where her drawings take inspiration from her everyday surroundings and happenstance encounters, sharpening into stylized shapes imbued with vibrant colors that enhance their communicative power. For her site-specific installation in the museum’s public-facing Jewel Box vitrines, Zagnoli transposes her bold images from their two-dimensional format into large-scale sculptures with careful consideration of every line, angle, and hue. Zagnoli populates each space with a portrait of an invented character enshrined in a layered technicolor composition that plays with the rules of the grid. Inviting passersby into her creative universe, she creates a trail of graphic vignettes along the museum’s façade, imparting the impact of image-making while celebrating the elasticity of our identities.

Press Coverage

Annie Block, “Dive Into Olimpia Zagnoli’s Site-Specific Works At The SCAD Museum Of Art,” Interior Design Magazine, November 25, 2024

Photos Courtesy of SCAD