Biography
November 10, 2008
Illustrator Anneli Olander, born in 1981, has been drawing since she got her first crayon in her hand at age two, in Storfors, Sweden. At age 15 she had her debute as a cartoonist in the magazine “Utsikt Mälardalen”. Same year she started drawing the comic “Julia” for the “Strängnäs Tidning”, a local magazine, and she continued drawing “Julia” until year 2000. Two years later she went to artschool in Stockholm. After this she moved to Australia to study design and illustration at the University of Newcastle. Returning to Sweden in 2005, Anneli Olander went back to drawing comics. She created “Maja”, an appreciated comic strip about a singlewoman in midlife crisis which was published on a regular basis in the Swedish magazine “Södertälje Posten”.
In January 2007, Anneli Olander started her company A.Olander Illustration. After two months she had her first big client from USA. She mostly works with illustrations for magazines, apparel companies and book publishers, but is exploring the gallery world and dipping her toes in anything interesting she comes across. In 2008 she took part in the female project and exhibition in Italy - the Pink Attitude project. She’s also had art exhibitions in USA. Today Anneli lives in Stockholm and her clients are situated all over the globe.
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Anneli Olander’s Summary
PUBLICATIONS:
1995: Utsikt Mälardalen (Swe)
1995-2000: Strängnäs Tidning (Swe)
2005: Södertälje Posten (Swe)
2007: Audi Magasin, (Swe)
Tidningen Lottorna (Swe)
Lip Mag (Australia)
Söderberg&Partners magasinet (Swe)
Juxtapoz magazine online (USA)
Gallery 115 (Romania)
2008: Mia magazine (Ita)
Åre Magasin (Swe)
2009: Computer Arts magazine (UK)
CAP&Design (Swe)
dpi magazine (Taiwan)
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BOOKS:
Pink Attitude Book (2008, Happy Books, Italia)
Little Book of Kawaii (2009, LST Publishing House, China)
Rainbow Style (2009, Happy Books, Italia)
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CLIENTS:
Element Skateboards,
Tiltworks,
Beeproductions,
Kung&Partners,
Laika Consulting,
Ogilvy Destination,
Nord Interactive,
Forma Hantverk,
Extrem,
Pantagruel publisher,
Mäklarringen,
Ouch!byKoKoNo,
Smirk About.
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EXHIBITIONS:
2007-04 Gamla Palladium, SWE
2007-06 Biblioteket Ängelen SWE
2007 Gallery 115, robotremixxx ROMANIA
2008 04 Compound Gallery, Portland USA
2008 06 Be Cool Gallery, Rome ITALY
2008 07 Compound Gallery, Portland USA
2008 08 Pink Ghost, Florida USA
2008 11 Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2008 11 Genuine Artikle, New York, USA
2009 06 Pink Ghost, Florida USA
2009 07 Compound Gallery, Portland USA
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