Maria Ines Gul is a London-based artist and designer with a strong interest in expressive portraiture, textile narratives, and decorative typography. Trained in both fine art and graphic design, her practice moves fluidly between editorial illustration, book covers, and brand identities.
MA Visual Communication Royal College of Art, London
SELECTED CLIENTS
Adobe, Apple, Atelier Ace, Bloomberg, Buck, Caran D'Ache, Coach, Chronicle Books, Faber&Faber, Farfetch, Google, Gucci, IHG Hotels, Karla Otto, Kate Spade New York, London Fashion Week, Meta, Mercedes-Benz, The New York Review of Books, Penguin Random House, Rookie Magazine, Samsung, Tate, The Atlantic, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Valentino Beauty, V&A, Virgin Hotels.
Photographed by Tori Ferenc
Press quotes:
Leanne Shapton for The New York Review of Books:
Her work is bold, graphic, and pointed: feminist without being stereotypically feminine. I might call it “vivid femme,” with hints of surrealism and noir.
It's Nice That:
Maria Ines Gul draws, paints and embroiders patterns of words, women and whimsy. Her illustrations are bright, funny and well-observed with great colours, details and expressions.
Tylko Journal:
Switching between mediums with ease, whether painting, embroidering or sketching, Gul is on a constant mission to define a feeling, moment or mood. Open to happy accidents, her work feels at once free and carefully constructed, restrained yet unhindered – a simple line or block of colour filled with intention and narrative. It’s this balance of openness and moderation that have won over prestigious clients including The New Yorker, Apple, United Nations, Gucci and Mercedes Benz.
