Louisa Gagliardi’s multifaceted digital illustrations experiment with space

Much of Louisa Gagliardi’s work looks like a Picasso painting updated for the digital age. Not only is the Zurich-based digital illustrator’s surreal, multifaceted style completely singular, it’s also compelling. As if trying to find your footing, you’re always slightly unsure of what you first see in Louisa’s layered images, which explore perspective and three-dimensionality through colour gradients and contour. As well as solid work for out-there Swiss publication POV Paper, which describes itself as a “quarterly mindfuck about gender and sexuality,” Louisa’s burgeoning portfolio includes illustration for Kenzo’s AW15 campaign and features in Mousse, Wallpaper and The Fader.