about

Chantelle is a freelance illustrator based in Berlin who favours creating hand drawn personalised maps. Her cute illustrations meticulously recreate items and scenery to produce precious pieces of artwork and bring memories to life.

She studied Illustration & Visual Communication and graduated with honors from the University of Westminster in 2013. Since then she has found her niche and is pursuing her talents.

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Past Exhibitions

Landkarten des Lebens - Bibliothek am Wasserturm (06.01.2020 - 15.03.2020) Berlin
Landkarten des Lebens - Henrich-Böll Bibliothek (10.07.2019 - 07.08.2019) Berlin
Landkarten der Liebe - Bezirkszentralbibliothek „Mark Twain“ (07.01.2018 - 28.02.2018) Berlin
No Opportunity - The Veneer Gallery (07.06.17 - 11.06.2017) Glasgow
Idioms & Redewendungen - In Kürze Kunst (19.09.2015 - 13.11.2015) Flensburg
Stromfarben - Bürgerhalle im Rathaus (06.07.2015 - 20.07.2015) Flensburg
Wandgemälde - Sportland (03.2014 - 03.2015) Flensburg
W I&VC Degree Exhibiton - Ambika P3 (06.2013) London

Clients

La Reserva Sotogrande
The Jolly Mile
Neuköllner Talente
Bürgerstiftung Neukölln
BIP Kita Treskow-Höfe

Although most of her customers are private, she also loves producing artwork for charities and companies.

The story of the personalised map

February 2016

Four years ago, Chantelle was thinking of what to get her boyfriend for Valentine's day. She wanted to give him something really special and her first thought was to get him a map, as he had always loved them. She didn't know what kind to get, and after a long time contemplating, she decided to draw him a map of all the meaningful places to do with their relationship. She wrote a list of everywhere they shared a happy memory and arranged the places together on the page. When she gave it to him he was so happy and couldn't look away. He said she really had to share this and suggested she sell her maps to customers. Since then she has been developing and improving her style, testing out lots of different pens and styles to find the perfect combination for her distinct personalised maps. She now sells them online and you can  purchase your very own map of all your fond memories.

The very first map

 
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Press

Creative Digest Feature 03.05.2017
Jung Katz Article 17.03.2016

For feaures please contact Chantelle here.