Joana Avillez
based in new york city
about joana
Born and raised in New York City, Joana Avillez holds a BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design and earned an MFA in the Illustration as Visual Essay Program at The School of Visual Arts.
Joana illustrated Lena Dunham’s book, Not That Kind of Girl, and is the author of Life Dressing and D-C-T (in collaboration with Molly Young). She has also illustrated an upcoming edition of Joseph Mitchell’s classic love letter to NY, The Bottom of the Harbor.
clients
The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Museum of Modern Art, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Maison Valentino, Gucci, Hermès, Penguin Random House, Penguin Press, Random House Kids, Harper Collins, Ecco Books, New York Review of Books, The Paris Review, Interview Magazine, Zeit Magazin, FLOS, Apartamento, Aperture, The National Arts Club, American Girl Dolls, Vanity Fair, Town & Country, The United Nations, WeTransfer, Sky High Farm, East Village Postal, Maison Kitsuné, Bon Appétit, Departures, The Skirt Chronicles, Danspace, Art Production Fund, and more.
