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Tessa Sima started her career at the age of seven by building a robot that would say swear words to her teachers. Now she is working as an Illustrator, Creative Director & Copywriter for advertisement agencies, newspapers, publishers and herself. She has been living in a lot of places around the globe. China, Denmark, Estonia and Iran to name a few. For her work she has been rewarded as well as yelled at.

hallo(at)tessasima.at

Press

KIJUKU - Wär' Verantwrotung ein Hut

PAGE MAGAZIN - Die schönsten Design Kalender 2023 

PAGE MAGAZIN -Ein Minimagazin mischt die Erotik-Konkurrenz auf

HORIZONT - Junge Kreative

PAGE MAGAZIN - Ein-Blatt-Challenge: Radieren verboten

HORIZONT - Visible

Listening

Awards

Illustrationspreis der Stadt Wien, "Wär' Verantwortung ein Hut" 2024

Creative Club Austria, Gold Illustration, Bronze Illustration, 2021

Creative Club Austria, Jury - Art Direction, Print & Stundet Of The Year, 2021

Forward Festival München - Take The Big Stage, 2021

Creative Club Austria, 4x Shortlist, 1x Bonze, 2020

ADC*E, High Potentials, 2019

Die Zeitungen. Award. Silber, Anzeige des Jahres 2019

ADC Germany, Auszeichnung, 1x Text, 1x Illustration, 2019

DIXI Kinderliteraturpreis 2018, Illustration

Mut zur Wut, 2x Shortlist, 2017

D&AD New Blood, Wood Pencil, 2017

Exhibitions

2018 - a_social media - Angewandte Innovation Laboratory, group exhibition
2020 - Ausstellung „Ideen verändern“, Designforum Wien, group exhibition
2021 - Junge Kunst Vol. 17, Damani - Das Kunstwohnzimmer Wien, group exhibition
2021 - Tessa Sima , Q21, Komische Künste, Museums Quartier Wien, solo exhibition

Education / Vita

University of Applied Arts Vienna, Advertisment & Graphic Design
(Mag. art.)

Die Graphische Vienna, Höher Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt.
Grafik und Kommunikations Design

Shiraz University of Arts, Iran

Højskolen in Denmark, Intercultural European Politics and Language Studies

Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, Summer School