Josephine Tomarchio
artista
Josephine Tomarchio is an Italian illustrator, cover artist, and comic book artist based between Rome and Catania. Her credits include cover work for Dynamite Entertainment on titles featuring Vampirella and Red Sonja, as well as projects for Zenescope Entertainment. She also works as a sequential artist for SHP Comics.
Her recent credits include cover artwork for Heavy Metal magazine and collaborations with independent US publishers, including Bloodline Comics on its Carmilla series. Her work is defined by expressive linework, strong character design, and a graphic approach to composition. MegaNerd selected her as one of the “vibrant voices” of contemporary Italian comics.
Alongside her comics work, Tomarchio contributes to independent and socially engaged projects. Her illustrations have appeared in ANTIfanzine and DWF donnawomanfemme. In 2026, she exhibited with Falastin Hurra, a traveling group exhibition featuring comics and illustration by Palestinian, Arab, and international artists in support of Palestine.
Her freelance work also includes editorial and book illustration, character design, commercial artwork, and visual development for animation. She created the visual design and illustrations for an animated short film produced by Scandurra Production.
In 2025, she won the “Radici e Futuro” Call4Artist, and her work was included in a traveling exhibition presented by Bande de Femmes. In 2026, she was invited to Montenegro as a Special Guest of the 20th Herceg Novi Comic Festival.
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.