Carla Ladau
In early summer, Galleria Kuvitus will treat visitors to delicious food-themed illustrations. We’ll offer a selection of playful illustrations by Carla Ladau, inspired by the Italian culinary world. The exhibition Cosa Bolle in Pentola? (“What’s cooking?”) appeals not only to lovers of illustration, but also to anyone with a heart for cooking and tasty treats.
According to Ladau, flavours open doors to different countries and cultures. A keen interest in food and cooking also helped the Finnish student integrate into Italy in the 90s. Food brought people together and provided a starting point for conversations. Italian cuisine has kept its place in her heart through all changes and transformations in life. Tastes, smells and colours carry with them emotions and memories.
Ladau’s simple, streamlined illustrations capture a love for simple home cooking made with quality ingredients. Italian food and society follow old traditions and Ladau depicts the subject with a twinkle in her eye, whether describing someone’s passion for food or the power relations between genders.
BIO
Carla Ladau (b. 1976) is a Finnish freelance illustrator and graphic designer, who lives and works in Barcelona. She studied in Florence, graduated from the Istituto Europeo di Design and has lived in Rome for many years. Ladau creates digital illustrations for magazines, publishers and advertising agencies. She has also created visuals for cafés and restaurants, among others.
Her clients include AlfaRomeo, Banco Santander, Ducati, Eni, Feltrinelli, Kanava magazine, Liu-Jo, Mastercard, Suomen Kuvalehti, UNHCR, Finnish Red Cross, Tekoja magazine, Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ Kauppapolitiikka magazine, Yhteishyvä as well as advertising agencies TBWA, JWT, Klein Russo Rome, McCann & Erikson and Saatchi&Saatchi.
MEET THE ILLUSTRATOR
Visitors can meet Carla Ladau at the gallery on the first and last Sunday of the exhibition at 12 noon – 4 pm. Welcome!
Photo: Lisandro Enrique
