Nicoletta Ceccoli

{{Short description|Italian artist}} {{Infobox artist | name = Nicoletta Ceccoli | training = The Institute of Art in Urbino | website = http://www.nicolettaceccoli.com/ }} '''Nicoletta Ceccoli''' (born 1973) is a Sammarinese artist who is known for her richly detailed, dreamlike work.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/02/if-you-love-mark-ryden_n_1734251.html|title = If You Love Mark Ryden You'll Love Nicoletta Ceccoli: 'Curiouser + Curiouser' Comes To AFA (PHOTOS)|date = 3 August 2012|work = The Huffington Post|access-date = 17 February 2016}}</ref>

Ceccoli was born in and lives in the Republic of San Marino and studied animation at the Institute of Art of Urbino in Italy. She started working as an illustrator in 1995<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nicolettaceccoli.com/about/|title=About|website=Nicoletta Ceccoli|language=it-IT|access-date=2019-03-27}}</ref> and has illustrated many books,<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-11794408.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160505050745/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-11794408.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 5 May 2016|title = Every Picture Tells a Story|last = Burnham|first = Emily|date = 14 November 2005|work = Bangor Daily News|access-date = 17 February 2016}}</ref> including ''Cinderella'' and ''The Girl in the Tower'', written by Lisa Schroeder. Her work has been exhibited and sold internationally, with many high-profile clients such as Vogue and United Airlines.<ref name=":0" /> Ceccoli was awarded the Andersen Prize, "honoring her as the best children's book illustrator in Italy", in 2001.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lfh&AN=49403654&site=ehost-live|title = Debbie Ouellet and Nicoletta Ceccoli|date = 2000|journal = Baker & Taylor Author Biographies|access-date = 17 February 2016|volume = 1|via = EBSCO}}</ref> Others prizes are Society of Illustrators of New York and four prizes for Excellence in the Communication Arts. In 2008 she worked as the character designer for a 3D animated French film, ''La mécanique du cœur'', under the direction of Mathias Melzieau. Ceccoli has participated in 11 group exhibitions and has had nine solo exhibitions of her work.<ref name=":0" />

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== External links == * {{official website|http://www.nicolettaceccoli.com/}} * {{cite web |url= http://www.madmoizelle.com/nicoletta-ceccoli-16192 |series= Interview |title= Nicoletta Ceccoli et son art book ''Beautiful Nightmares'' |trans-title= Nicoletta Ceccoli and her Art Book ''Beautiful Nightmares'' |publisher= Mad Moizelle |language= fr |date= Oct 1, 2010 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ceccoli, Nicoletta}} Category:Living people Category:1973 births Category:Italian women illustrators Category:Sammarinese women artists Category:20th-century Italian women artists Category:21st-century Italian women artists Category:Italian children's book illustrators Category:Italian women children's book illustrators