Artist of the day: Artist of the Day, April 29, 2025: Monika Lang, a Serbian illustrator and graphic designer (#2265)

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

Artist of the Day, April 29, 2025: Monika Lang, a Serbian illustrator and graphic designer (#2265)

Monika Lang (1978), she was born in Sombor, Serbia, and graduated from the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade, Department of Illustration and Book Design. Works as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer, chiefly on culture-related projects. Co-founder and member of “Turbotomorrow” design collective established in 2006. In addition to illustration and print design, she also researches screen printing techniques, mural painting and other media of visual expression. Her favorite motifs are flora and fauna.

Monika Lang is in love with real and cultural projects. She is a versatile and award-winning artist who has also worked internationally. At the end of May 2019, she won the award for best illustration in the category of digital and print media for her cover at the international illustration festival - Ilustrofest in Belgrade, to which more than 220 authors from all over the world have applied with over 2000 works. She says that she was always a curious perfectionist, who is interested in many different things, but persistently always finishes what she starts.

She came to US from Serbia to share her vision of a community working together. Not only did she draw it, she also found one in the Bela krajina in BB Art colony and the BIG BERRY people.

Simple - the task itself. She has made many covers for various books in recent years and says that when she reads a book she gets the inspiration for the cover itself. This is also one of her favorite parts of the job, as she loves to read: "This way, I can not only read something new, but also create a cover that remains for future generations. Books are still something you keep, as many of my works are on display for just a week. People keep books, though."

"When I was a kid, I first naively wanted to become a veterinarian because I really love animals and I wanted to help cats and dogs. But then those dreams turned into not so dreamy reality when I learned about other aspects of the profession," she said laughing

However, she realized her interest in design quite early. First of all, fashion design, which she saw in magazines, but this was not it yet... Later she learned about graphic design and realized: "That there are really jobs where you can draw, because that was something that I always did but I didn't realize I could build a career out of that."

Her talent was first noticed in school by her art teachers, giving her the courage to pursue her dreams. Nevertheless, in the late 1990s, when she was enrolling in college, she succumbed to the pressures and stereotypes and did not even attempt to enroll in the Faculty of Applied Arts, believing that she could not get there without connections and acquaintances - every year only 8 people are enrolled.
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