Josephine Tomarchio

artista

Josephine Tomarchio is an illustrator based between Rome and Catania. She uses her illustrations to support her social causes, publishing in magazines such as ANTIfanzie and DWF donnawomanfemme. She works as a freelance illustrator in the publishing field and has created several artistic labels for various breweries and wineries. She also designed and illustrated an animated short film for Scandura Production.
In 2025, she won the Call4Artist “Radici e Futuro”, and her illustration was featured in the traveling exhibition of the comic and illustration festival Bande de Femmes.

Formazione

Josephine has been drawing since childhood, nurtured in the atelier of her grandfather, a renowned painter from Catania.
With a classical education and a degree in Literature, she never stopped creating. Over time, her passion for illustration blossomed into a professional career, blending tradition, storytelling, and a lifelong love of art.

Tematiche

Josephine’s illustrations are guided by storytelling and emotion, capturing moments that resonate with the human experience. Her work often explores relationships, intimacy, and the quiet strength of women, celebrating resilience and empowerment. Through her illustrations, Josephine seeks to evoke emotion, provoke thought, and create connections between the viewer and the story, making each image both personal and universally relatable.


Tecniche

Techniques & Tools

  • Digital: Procreate, Clip Studio Paint, Photoshop, Illustrator.

  • Traditional: Watercolor, Ink, Pencil, Markers

Premi

Josephine’s illustration "Anima Informe" was selected and awarded in the special 50th-anniversary issue of the feminist magazine DWF – DonnaWomanFemme. The work was subsequently exhibited during the Bande de Femmes event in Pigneto, Rome.

Bibliografia

Josephine Tomarchio, born on July 13, 1989, in Catania, Italy, is an illustrator based between Rome and Catania. She has been drawing since childhood, nurtured in the atelier of her grandfather, a renowned Catanese painter, where her love for art first took root. With a classical education and a degree in Literature, Josephine never stopped creating. Over time, her passion for illustration blossomed into a professional career, spanning editorial illustration, book covers, wine labels, event posters, illustrated calendars, and comic book covers. Her work combines narrative depth, emotion, and a distinctive visual language, blending traditional techniques—watercolor, ink, pencil, markers—with digital tools such as Procreate, Clip Studio Paint, and Photoshop. Josephine’s illustrations aim to tell stories, evoke emotions, and build a quiet, poetic connection between the viewer and the world she creates.