• About

• Professional Summary
Well-established Book Cover | Children's Book Illustrator bringing 3 years of experience creating valuable network ties with art curators and art gallery owners. Energetic Illustrator and Painter skilled at focusing on finding solutions and meeting deadlines. Committed to producing quality set designs and murals. Creative and detail-orientated Illustrator with strong background in newspaper advertising and print and production. Fearless Artist willing to take creative risks and push conceptual boundaries. Adobe Photoshop and In-design proficiency. I am highly passionate about art, technology and the creative processes involved in video game creation. Graphic Designer driven to exceed marketing objectives and strategies while adhering to budget guidelines. Also I am Creative, hands-on professional with expertise in Book Cover | Children's Book Illustrator, graphic design, art direction and art management.

• Education summary
Secondary Education Exam – 2007 | High School of Art | Conservatory Fatemiah
Associate of Arts – 2010 College of Karaj | Karaj | Painting
Bachelor of Arts – 2014 | College of Shariati | Tehran |Graphic Designer
M.A. – 2018 Al-zahra University | Tehran | Painting

• Skills
Painted finishes
Visual communication expertise
Art history
Sculpture
Corporate identity branding
Texture painting
Prepress and printing
Adobe InDesign
Technical illustration
Photographic editing
Proficient in Adobe Acrobat
Oil painting
Interior design knowledge
2D design
Department development
Adobe Illustrator expert
Logo creation
Canvas
Designed Poster, Postcard, logo, and badg

• Art Director, Charagh-e-Danesh Publishing Co. | Tehran, Iran | 2016 – Current
Mentored junior artists on their creative processes.
Developed art and design concepts.
Collaborated with the art director to implement the artistic vision.
Facilitated any requests regarding the environment and level art creation process.
Preserved the branding standards of assigned accounts.
Collaborated with production on task list creation to meet overall project goals on time.
Anticipated design issues and proved to be proactive in developing effective solutions.
Collaborating with copywriters.
Following client briefs.
Presenting ideas to clients.
Briefing members of the creative team.
Guiding new creatives.
Attending creation meetings.
• Art Director, Voodoolily Mehravipour | Haugesund, Norway | 2019 - Current
Responsible for creative design for prominent.
Worked directly with Voodoolily CEO to achieve the best international Illustrators.
Prepared design for department store layout.
Developed art and design concepts.
Researched industry trends and evaluated competitive products.
Carefully prepared all design layouts into prepress files for offset, web and digital printing.
Learned new software packages in addition to traditional art methods.
Collaborated with the art director to implement artistic vision.
Designed graphics for websites, logos and promotions for marketing purposes.

• Exhibitions
Painting exhibition, titled: A Modern Man's Morning Routine, Solo exhibition | Tehran, Iran | 2019 - Current
Participation in the contemporary art gallery painting group, Exhibition of Artists | Tehran, Iran | 2018 – 2018
Participation in exhibition Illustration of Ardebil, Exhibition of Artists | Aedebil, Iran | 2018 - 2018
Participation in art gallery group illustration of the Laleh, Exhibition of Artists | Tehran, Iran | 2017 - 2017
Painting exhibition, titled: around us, gallery of tomorrow | Tehran, Iran | 2018 - 2018

• Illustrator
Book Cover | Childrens Book Illustration, Voodoolily Publishing company | Haugesund Norway | 2019 Current
Book Cover | Childrens Book Illustration, Al-Alam Publishing company | Dubia, United Arab Empire | 2018 – 2019
Illustrated Book Cover and Poetry book, Shah'restan-e-Aa | Tehran, Iran | 2019 – 2019
Illustrated children and adolescence book, Intellectual Development of Children and Young Institute | Tehran, Iran | 2019 - 2019
Carefully prepared all design layouts into prepress files for offset, web and digital printing.
Book Cover | Children's Book Illustrator, Sayah Ghostar Publishing Co. | Tehran, Iran | 2018 - 2019
Book Cover | Children's Book Illustrator, Orang Afarin Publication Co, | Tehran, Iran | 2017 - 2018
Illustrator, Ghabon-e-Bache'ha Newspaper | Tehran, Iran | 2016 - 2018
Mentored junior artists on their creative processes.
Designed visual models that met both aesthetic and technical criteria.
Researched drawings of characters and environmental elements for inspiration.
Created custom drawings and paintings using fine oils, acrylics and charcoal on high quality canvas.
Illustrator, Women's Day magazine | Tehran, Iran | 2016 - 2017
Illustrator, Book Cover, Zharf Andishan (profound) publication Co. | Tehran, Iran | 2016 - 2017
I've done almost 40 Book Cover for Educated Books for Children.
Developed art and design concepts.
Anticipated design issues and proved to be proactive in developing effective solutions.
Illustrator, Mehr-e-Zahra publication Co. | Esfahan, Iran | 2017 - 2017
Illustrator, Angelitos Magazine | Madrid, Spain | 2019 – 2019

شیما زارعی (نقاش و تصویرگر)

متولد ۱۰ آذر ماه ۱۳۶۸ در شهر تهران کشور ایران
فرزند فرحناز و یوسف..

• تحصیلات:
دیپلم نقاشی هنرستان فاطمیه 1386
فوق دیپلم رشته نقاشی از دانشکده دختران کرج 1389
لیسانس گرافیک از دانشکده شریعتی تهران 1393
فوق لیسانس نقاشی دانشگاه الزهرا تهران‌..1397

• فعالیت هنری:
شرکت در نمایشگاه گروهی نقاشی روزمرگی انسان معاصر گالری فردا تهران 1397
شرکت در نمایشگاه نقاشی گروهی تصویر سازی نگارخانه لاله 1396
نمایشگاه گروهی زنان سرزمین من گالری لاله تهران 1396
شرکت در نمایشگاه تصویر سازی همین حوالی اردبیل 1397
نمایشگاه نقاشی گروهی پیرامون ما خانه فرهنگ و هنر گویا 1398

• فعالیت فرهنگی:
گذراندن دوره مقدماتی نقد و بررسی کتاب کودک در شورای کتاب کودک تهران 1397

• فعالیت شغلی:
• تصویرسازیها:
تصویر سازی جلد کتاب و تصویرسازی کتاب شعر نوجوان برای انتشارات شهرستان ادب1398
تصویرسازی داستان نوجوان برای کانون و پرورش فکری کودک و نوجوان1398
تصویرسازی و طراحی جلد داستان کودک برای انتشارات العالم دبی1398 قرار داد ۱۳۹۷ بسته شد
تصویرسازی داستان و طراحی جلد برای انتشارات وودولیلی نروژ1398
تصویرسازی کتاب کودک و نوجوان برای انتشارات سایه گستر 1397
تصویرسازی کتاب کودک برای انتشارات اورنگ آفرین 1396
به مدت ۲ سال تصویرگر ثابت روزنامه قانون بچه ها 1395_1397
تصویر سازی برای مجله زن روز 1395
تصویر سازی برای مجله باران 1396_ تا اکنون
تصویر سازی برای ۴۰ جلد کتاب کمک آموزشی کودک و نوجوان در انتشارات ژرف اندیشان 1395
تصویر سازی کتاب شعر کودک برای انتشارات مهر زهرا اصفهان 1396
تصویر سازی برای مجله اسپانیای آنخلیتوس 1398

• فعالیت گرافیکی:
دیزاین ۴۰ عنوان کتاب کمک آموزشی کودک و نوجوان در مجموعه ژرف اندیشان ۱۳۹۵
مدیر هنری صفحه آرا و طراح جلد کتب کاربردی حقوق انتشارات چراغ دانش به مدت ۳ سال و ... از سال ۱۳۹۵ تا اکنون
طراحی کارت پستال
کاور موزیک
طراحی پوستر برای تماشاخانه پایتخت 1396
طراحی لوگو و آرم
صفحه آرایی و طراحی جلد کتاب کمک آموزشی انتشارات پایش 1394

• مربیگری:
به مدت ۲ سال مربی نقاشی کودکان