Marina Esmeraldo

Marina Esmeraldo is an illustrator, artist and architect from Brazil, living and working between London and Barcelona. Her witty and vibrant illustrations attract a range of global commissions, while her obsession with personal projects keeps her output fresh.
Marina Esmeraldo is an illustrator, artist and architect from Brazil, living and working between London and Barcelona. After working several years as an architect, she set up her own illustration practice in Europe, creating work for fashion, music, publications & brands. Her witty and vibrant illustrations attract a range of global commissions, while her obsession with personal projects keeps her output fresh. Informed by her tropical upbringing in northeast Brazil, an innate wanderlust and love for Modern Art, Marina’s style is bursting with experimental shape, pattern and composition. She has exhibited around the world, including in the Venice Biennale. Marina is also a mentor and lecturer, and has given talks and been awarded honors in Europe, the U.S. and Latin America. Her witty and vibrant illustrations continue to attract a range of commissions and her style is bursting with experimental shape, pattern and composition.
Clients include: Absolut, Adidas, Amazon, Boots, Coca-Cola, Condé Nast, CNN, Eurostar, Google, Häagen-Dazs, Honey Dijon, IPSY, The LA Times, Little White Lies, Lufthansa, Lyft, Khruangbin, Mayor of Barcelona, Men's Health, Metropolitan Magazine, Newsette, Nike, PepsiCo, Penguin Random House, Perrier, Peugeot, Refinery29, Rude Health, Scholastic, SELF, Sephora, Seventeen, Smirnoff, Simon & Schuster, Sony, Stack Magazines, Stella McCartney, TimeOut, Vanity Fair, Variety, The Village Voice, Visa, The Washington Post, Wired, WeTransfer, and the Women's March.