Ms Karen Lacroix
Karen Lacroix
Karen Lacroix is a London-based illustrator and communication designer. She works as a freelance illustrator for a wide range of clients since 2001 and teaches Communication Design and Illustration at Richmond University since 2009.
Karen holds an MA in Communication Art & Design from the Royal College of Art (London, UK) and a BA Graphic Design from UQAM – University of Quebec in Montreal (Montreal, Canada).
In 2010 she founded Uncanny Editions, an illustration publisher based in London. Originally created as a research platform to distribute Uncanny Magazine, it also supports emerging illustrators’ publications and organises workshops and events in museums and cultural institutions.
Courses Taught
- ADM 362 Pixel Playground
Publications
- Uncanny Magazine 3 – Publication as Process, Uncanny Editions, 2011
- Uncanny Magazine 2, Uncanny Editions, 2011
- Uncanny Magazine 1, Uncanny Editions, 2010
- Ugly #0, Uncanny Editions, 2010
Conferences, Presentations and Proceedings
- Publication as Process, X Marks the Bökship, London (UK), 2011
- The Berkswell Cello – 3 Perspectives on Conservation, MA Conservation, Royal College of Art/ V&A, London (UK), 2008
Awards
- 2nd prize (co-winner), Valpak Awards, UK, 2008
- 1st prize, Design Awards, UQAM, Canada, 2006
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