Personal Data

Name: Per José Karlén
Nationality: Swedish
Mobile UK: +44 (0)7944087361
Telephone Sweden: +46 (0) 737026314
Madrid:
e-mail: per.karlen@perpictures.com

Education

2000-2002
Royal College of Art
MA-Communication Art & Design.
Graphic Design & Illustration.

1997-1999
Central Saint Martins School of Art
and Design. BA(hons)
Graphic Design & Illustration.

1998 Sept-Oct
Parsons NYC School of Art and Design
Visiting student

1996
London College of Printing Foundation,
Graphic Design & Illustration,
1st class merit of distinction

1995
Stockholms Folkhogskola
Creative Writing, Sweden

1994
Nyckelviks Skolan Craft making, Sweden

Computer Courses IT-Skills

After Effects 4.0
Quark Express 4.0
Photoshop 6.0
Illustrator 9.0
Freehand 9.0
Flash 4.0
Director 8.0
Dreamweaver 3.0
Adobe premier 5.1
ECDL module 2, file management
HTML and web development module 1-20
Java Script 1.3

Competitions and
Awards received

2004
Rabén & Sjögrens debut prize

2004
Silver diploma, "Kolla"

2004
We are all unique book
Submitted art work selected for the
"Swedish Young Design" exhibition tour

2002
Thames & Hudson Art Book Prize

2002
The Helen Hamlyn Research Centre Prize

2002
Quentin Blake Narrative Illustration Award

200
WPP Competition - sponsored by the Atticus for the Royal College of Art

2001
Ray Finnish Trust, England

2001
Save the Children, 1st prize illustration
and novel, Sweden

2000
Non-Smoking Generation campaign,
1st prize poster design, Sweden