THE CRASH ARTISTS
ALEN Timofeyev
Alen is a comics and visual development artist based in Italy, who has graduated from Scuola Internazionale di Comics of Padova in 2013. Since then, he has tucked several publications under his belt and started a webcomic called True And Me, where he shares his trans experiences in a lighthearted way, injected with a dose of bittersweet humor.
Find out more about Alen and his work on Instagram @alenartworks or check out his Webtoon HERE
EUGEniA ERBA
Eugenia is a 24 years old comic book artist and illustrator from Italy. She studied Illustration and Animation in Milan, and she’s soon to be graduating from the comics master at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, where she is currently working and living. Since 2022 she’s been part of C.RUDE collective, with which she published some of her short stories.
Find out more about Eugenia and her work on Instagram @eugenia.erba
zouzouo williams obrou
Will is a 23 years old artist from Italy. He graduated in graphics and communication, but nevertheless during his school years he improved his skills by learning how to draw as a self-taught. He’s currently working as a comic artist and character designer for the animation industry. His clients include companies such as Nickelodeon, Disney TV and Netflix.
Find out more about Will and his work on Instagram @gaudi2000_
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ARIEL VITTORI
Ariel is one of our experts from GenderLens. She is an Italian illustrator and cartoonist and art director. She has been in several LGBTQ-themed anthologies and magazines from the US, UK, and France. She has co-founded the award-winning indie comic label Attaccapanni Press. She organizes the Self Area in the ARF! Festival in Rome. Her latest work is the graphic novel 'Un Nido di Nebbia'.
Antonia caruso
Antonia Caruso is one of our experts from GenderLens. She is a writer, trans/feminist activist, comics screenwriter, editor, and stand-up comedian. She also likes to read.
Christos Christodoulou
Chris is one of our experts from Reset CY. He is a freelance artist with a degree in Multimedia and Graphic Arts. He enjoys combining his passion for graphics, illustration and photography to create abstract pieces, and has competed in a number of design and photography competitions with his mixed media art. Now, he mainly focuses on Branding design with mostly queer small brands.
colm larkin
Colm is one of our experts from Reset CY. He is Head of Education, Innovation and Outreach for the Cyprus Space Exploration Organisation’s. He is the Director of the International Astronomy Education Centre of the International Astronomical Union. He was awarded by the Hellenic Republic for creativity, innovation and excellence in education, communication and outreach. He was also part of the team selected to curate the Cyprus installation at the 2023 Venice Biennale.
Gianpaolo Della sala
Gianpaolo is one of our experts from Tree Agency. He is a filmmaker & photographer from Italy. He loves traveling the world and he is attracted by everything that is inclusion and the knowledge of new points of view both from the technical side but above all from the human one. Comics and graphic novels are one of his passions, they comfort and guide him whenever he needs.
viviana conti
Viv is one of our experts from Tree Agency. They are a freelance illustrator and forensic artist. They help run Normal Queer, a podcast about the experiences of queer people in Italy and they are responsible for the visual communication of Crash project. They are also obsessed with peoples’ faces and skulls. Their archaeological facial depiction work has appeared in various outlets both in the UK and Italy.
