ABOUT NAJA CONRAD-HANSEN /MEANNORTH

ILLUSTRATOR/DESIGNER WITH PASSION FOR STYLE AND FASHION

Naja Conrad-Hansen is a designer and artist who lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark.

She was born in Copenhagen to a Finnish mother and Danish father, and has lived everywhere from Finland to Greece and Egypt.

Coming from an artistic family, it was natural for her to choose an artistic path.

Graduating from Danmarks Design School in 2003 with a Ma in Visual communication and

a background in fine art; she started her profession as a freelance designer and artist in 2003. Her practice embraces illustration, painting, graphic design, art direction, and making silk-screen prints + definitely more.

Inspirations comes equally from the worlds of fashion, hardcore music, and traditional art and design and in general observing the world around her. The illustration style is basically about "finding some untouched areas of the mind and stimulating the eye and imagination.

Naja Conrad-Hansen has worked on projects ranging from Max Mara to the solid perfume Filth, as well as an award-winning children book. Her works have been included in a wide variety of fashion/graphic magazines and books. She also designs print and pattern design for different clothing labels including limited edition print for her own brand Meannorth.

She was nominated and selected for " 200 best illustrators worldwide" 2007/2008 and again in 2009/20010, by Lürzer's Archive.

Languages spoken: danish, finnish, german, english and a VERY funny swedish.

Work can be distributed worldwide.

BOOKS

ILLUSIVE 3 gestalten verlag 2009

200 best illustrators worldwide 2009/2010, Lürzer's Archive 2009

freistil black , Raban Ruddigkeit Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz 2009

Grafuck 04  2009

The Visual Dictionary of Illustration, AVA Academia  2009

Atlas of illustration Page One/Mao Mao Publications

Grafuck Book 4,  *new out late in 2008

Simply Pattern By Victionary 2008

CURVY 5 2008

Fashion Wonderland, By Victionary 2008

200 best illustrators worldwide 2007/2008, Lürzer's Archive 2007

Super Premium, All Rights Reserved 2007

Secrets of Digital Illustration, Rotovision  By Lawrence Zeegen 2007

BOX vol 2 by Sandu Cultural Media Co., Ltd 2008

Grafuck Book 3 , 2007

Cutting Edge Patterns and Textures ,PageOne and Maomao  2007

Libro Moda/Fashion book, By Laia Sampere (Spain) 2007

Badge Book, Creative Review by Gavin Lucas

Contemporary Patterns, Laurence King publishing 2007

The Age of Feminine Drawing, All Rights Reserved,  Hong Kong 2006

Fashion Identity Index Book, Nov 2007

The Bags Index Book, December 2007

Nothing last forever book, VOL.01-08 , Basheer Graphic 2006

LE BOOK 2006, 2008 and 2009

Drømmeprinsessen Gyldendal 2000 (Danish childrens picturebook)

EXHIBITIONS

09        Grey agency Düsseldorf/Blink Gallery.

09        CSU Fullerton Main Art GallerY, Redefining the Line:

            Art Nouveau & The Female Figure GROUP EXHIBITION:

Oil painting