Giselle Clarkson

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Giselle Clarkson
Clarkson in 2019
BornNew Zealand
Area(s)
  • Cartoonist
  • illustrator
Notable works
Biscuits and Slices of New Zealand
AwardsArts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award (2023)
http://giselledraws.com

Giselle Clarkson is a New Zealand cartoonist and illustrator, best known for her non-fiction comics on conservation and environmental issues.

Life

Clarkson studied for Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury, intending to become a painter but majoring in photography.[1][2] She works as a freelance illustrator and comics artist, and lives in South Wairarapa, New Zealand.[3][4]

After graduation she worked in an outdoor equipment shop and volunteered with conservation projects; she was torn between becoming an artist and working for the

Forest and Bird's children's magazine, the New Zealand School Journal, newspapers, websites, and magazines, and a career in illustration.[1][2]

Work

Clarkson's first published comic, "The Flood", appeared in the 2016 collection of Aotearoa women's comics Three Words.[5] Her best known work, "Biscuits and Slices of New Zealand", is a visual catalogue of New Zealand baking, with each object given a fanciful Latin name: for example, Anzac biscuit is "Lestwee forgetum". Widely shared in social media, this was published in Annual 2 (2017) and subsequently became a poster and tea towel; Clarkson was interviewed about the success of the comic on TV3's The Project.[6][7] A follow-up illustration appeared in Annual 3 (2022).[3]

Critter of the Week illustrations
Giant Springtail
Leaf-veined Slug

Clarkson has a bimonthly comic in New Zealand children's literature website The Sapling, on children's books and how they influenced her as an illustrator.[8] She frequently undertakes field expeditions as part of her work to places such as the Kermadecs, Milford Sound (to draw penguins) or the Subantarctic Islands (a 19-day sea voyage which led to an 8-page comic in the School Journal).[1] She regularly creates illustration and T-shirts for the Radio New Zealand show Critter of the Week.[9] In 2018 she produced a comics summary of a scientific paper on the migration of the Fiordland penguin or tawaki (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus),[10] which was enthusiastically retweeted by Diana Gabaldon.[2] She has also illustrated a number of children's books published by Gecko Press.

In 2022 Clarkson began illustrating a regular evolutionary-biology column by Kate Evans in

Voyager Media Awards.[3]

Honours and awards

In 2023, Clarkson received an Arts Foundation of New Zealand Laureate Award.[11] The panel described her work as "always technically impressive and incredibly imaginative; demonstrating huge sensitivity whilst retaining her trademark energy and vibrance."[3]

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b c d Lopesi, Lana (2 July 2018). "5 Minutes with Giselle Clarkson". Design Assembly. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d Bruce, Greg (15 December 2018). "Kiwi cartoonists on what mattered in 2018". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Giselle Clarkson". The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi. 1 September 2023. Archived from the original on 11 September 2023. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Giselle Clarkson". Annual Annual | NZ. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  5. OCLC 948291321
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  6. ^ "Biscuit of the Year?". The Project. 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Nine to Noon: Giselle Clarkson, The Secret Life of Butterflies". RNZ. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  8. ^ Lynch, Rachel (5 May 2017). "5 minutes with Giselle Clarkson: Comicfest feature". Wellington City Libraries: Library News. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  9. ^ "Critter of the Week T-shirts!". Radio New Zealand. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  10. PMID 30157174
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  11. ^ Chumko, André (1 September 2023). "Nine outstanding NZ artists honoured at Arts Foundation Laureate Awards". Stuff. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  12. ^ "The Gobbledegook Book | Joy Cowley | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  13. ^ "Egg and Spoon: An Illustrated Cookbook | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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