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Johanna Basford OBE (born 1983) is a Scottish illustrator. Her illustrations are hand-drawn, predominantly in black and white, with pencils and pens.[1][2] Basford's works can be found in products such as colouring books, wallpaper, beer labels and even tattoos.[3] She is known to be a pioneer of the adult colouring book trend.[4]

OBE Johanna Basford
Born	1983 (age 38–39)
Nationality	Scottish
Alma mater	Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design
Website	johannabasford.com

Biography

Johanna Basford was born in 1983[5] in Scotland and grew up on her parents' fish farm[6] in Auchnagatt in Aberdeenshire.[7] She graduated from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) in Dundee in 2005 with a degree in textile Design and a specialization in screen printing.[1] Basford lives and works in Aberdeenshire, Scotland[3] where she owns a small studio in a converted farmhouse with large windows that overlook the surrounding fields.[1] She believes computer generated graphics can feel "cold and soulless," which is why she uses traditional media.[8] Since publishing her first adult colouring book Secret Garden in 2013, she has sold more than 21 million[9] books worldwide, making her a leader of the adult colouring book boom.[10][11][12] She was previously married to James Watt, the co-founder of Brewdog, the 'punk' craft beer company and together they had 2 daughters.[13][14] In February 2021, she announced on social media that she had separated from her husband the previous year.[15]

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to art and entrepreneurship.[16]

In 2019 she broke the Guinness World Record for the Largest Drawing by an Individual, creating a huge floral drawing over 501 sq m (5,395 sq ft) in 12 hours at her former school, Ellon Academy in Aberdeenshire.[17]

In February 2021 it was announced that she would be hosting the University of Dundee's Annual Public Lecture in Entrepreneurship and that she had been awarded the University's Entrepreneurial Recognition Award.[18]

Works

Basford's commercial clients include Sony, Nike, Tate Modern and Starbucks. Queensberry-Hunt, a ceramics manufacturer, commissioned her to create hand drawn designs for their tableware collection in 2008. In 2010, she created graphics for the iPhone app The New Goodbye.[19] Basford was commissioned by Edinburgh Festival Fringe to illustrate the cover of their 2010 program.[20] She worked with an Edinburgh-based design agency, Whitespace, to create a series of illustrations for the program and the final artwork for the #FringeCover #Twitterpicture crowdsourced illustration campaign.[19]

In addition to her illustrations, Basford has designed glowing wallpapers, printed using special ultraviolet-sensitive inks.[20]

In May 2013, Basford opened her first solo exhibition at Dundee Contemporary Arts called Wonderlands: it was one of DCA's most successful exhibitions, with a total audience of 8,488.[21]

In November 2017, she created a Scottish themed Google Doodle for the search engine's homepage on St Andrew's Day.[22]

She is currently represented by literary agent Cathryn Summerhayes at Curtis Brown.[23]

Books

• Johanna's Christmas (1 January 2013) - Virgin Book - Johanna's debut colouring book.
• Secret Garden: An Inky Treasure Hunt and Colouring Book (2013) - Laurence King Publishing — As of March 2015, more than 10 million copies of this book have been sold worldwide[24](three million in China alone[25]). The book has been published in over 40 territories[26] and has appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.[27]
• Secret Garden: 20 Postcards (21 January 2014) - Laurence King Publishing
• Secret Garden: Three Mini Journals (19 August 2014) - Laurence King Publishing
• Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Colouring Book (2015) - Laurence King Publishing — Sold out all 226,000 copies within weeks of its release on 17 February 2015. The publishers printed a second edition of 250,000.[2][28][29][30] It has also appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list.[27]
• Secret Garden Artist's Edition: A Pull-Out and Frame Colouring Book /anglais (4 July 2015) - Penguin Random House
• Enchanted Forest Postcards: 20 Postcards (28 July 2015) - Penguin Random House
• Lost Ocean: An Inky Adventure and Colouring Book (27 October 2015) - Penguin Random House — Has sold over 1.3 million copies in the US alone.[31] Debuted at Number 1 on the US Non Fiction Bestsellers list in its first week of publication[32] and peaked at number one on The New York Times Best Seller list.[27]
• Johanna Basford's Secret Garden Journal (1 December 2015) - Laurence King Pubslihing
• Magical Jungle: An Inky Expedition and Colouring Book (9 August 2016) - Penguin Random House
• Magical Jungle (11 August 2016) - Virgin Books
• Johanna's Christmas: A Festive Colouring Book (25 October 2016) - Penguin Random House
• Johanna Basford's Enchanted Forest Journal (29 November 2016) - Laurence King Publishing
• Lost Ocean: Artist's Edition (6 April 2017) - Virgin Books
• Magical Jungle: 36 Postcards to Color and Send (30 May 2017) - Penguin Random House
• Ivy and the Inky Butterfly: A Magical Tale to Color (10 October 2017) - Penguin Random House[33]
• Ivy and the Inky Butterfly: A Magical Tale to Color (12 October 2017) - Virgin Books
• World of Flowers: A Colouring Book and Floral Adventure (23 October 2018) - Penguin Random House
• World of Flowers: A Colouring Book and Floral Adventure (25 October 2018) - Virgin Books
• Johanna Basford 2020 Weekly Coloring Planner Calendar (13 August 2019) - Andrews McMeel Publishing
• How to Draw Inky Wonderlands: Create and Colour Your Own Magical Adventure (15 October 2019) - Penguin Random House
• Johanna Basford Land, Sea, and Sky: Three Colourable Notebooks (10 March 2020) - Clarkson Potter
• Johanna Basford 2021 Weekly Coloring Planner Calendar (14 July 2020) - Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Miniature Secret Garden: A Pocket-sized Adventure Coloring Book (22 September 2020) - Laurence King Publishing
• Miniature Enchanted Forest (23 February 2021) - Laurence King Publishing
• Worlds of Wonder: A Coloring Book for the Curious (30 March 2021) - Penguin Random House
• Johanna Basford 2022 Weekly Coloring Planner Calendar (28 September 2021) - Penguin Random House
• Johanna Basford 2022 Weekly Coloring Wall Calendar: Special Collection of Whimsical Illustrations From Her Best-Selling Books (28 September 2021) - Andrew McMeel Publishing
• 30 Days of Creativity: Draw, Color and Discover Your Creative Self (26 October 2021) - Penguin Random House

Awards received

• 2007 – Elle Decoration Design Award[20]
• 2009 – Channel 4 Talent Award[20]
• 2021 – University of Dundee Entrepreneurial Recognition Award[18]

References

Further reading

• "Colouring books for adults growing in popularity". BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast. 4 April 2015. BBC. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
• "Work inspiration with Johanna Basford". workspiration.org. Workspiration. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2016. A lot of my work is nature inspired and takes cues from the flora and fauna I grew up with in rural Scotland.
• Alter, Alexandra (29 March 2015). "Grown-Ups Get Out Their Crayons". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
• Katz, Brigit (5 November 2015). "Meet the woman behind a surprising new way to unwind". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
• Andress, Alli (20 November 2015). "Interview with Johanna Basford, Illustrator and Coloring Book Author". Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls. Retrieved 18 February 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Johanna Basford's studio website
• Heartbreak Publishing (limited edition prints of Basford's work)

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[de] Johanna Basford

Johanna Basford (geboren 15. April 1983[1] in Schottland) ist eine britische Illustratorin.

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