Maria Lyng runs a creative design studio on a small island called Samsø in Denmark.

She is a self-taught Danish illustrator with a BA in Visual Communication and experience in working for agencies and running her own company with clients in the US, Australia and France.

For 5 years she ran her studio from Paris and her eye for aesthetics lead her to client projects ranging from branding for established international companies to packaging, illustrations and overall visual identities for small start-up businesses.

Her work has been featured both online and in print such as Gestalten’s Los Logos books.

2020 was a difficult year for everyone due to Covid-19 so Maria started doing meditative drawing classes under the name "Studiophiles" (now RO.) and offering Meditative Drawing Retreats on Samsø, so people can escape the everyday life for a weekend and learn how to use drawing as a form of meditation and stress-relief.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2013-now    Illustrator & Graphic Designer, MARIA LYNG, Copenhagen/Paris/Aarhus/Samsø

2015-2017   Freelance Art Director & Illustrator, LES YEUX ROSES, Paris

2012-2013   Graphic Design Assistant, HOMEWORK, Copenhagen

2009   Photography Assistant, KIM WENDT, Copenhagen

2006-2008   Jewellery Designer, LINK, Aarhus

EDUCATION

2010-2013   Bachelor in Visual Communication, Graphic Design, DMJX Copenhagen

2010   Webdesign, Copenhagen Techical College

2009-2010   Photography, Copenhagen Techical College 

2005-2006   Goldsmith, Copenhagen Techical College

2004   The Art Folk High School (Holbæk Kunsthøjskole)

Maria Lyng runs a creative design studio in Aarhus, Denmark.

She is a self-taught Danish Illustrator with a BA in Visual Communication and experience in working for agencies and running her own company with clients in the US, Australia and France.

For 5 years she ran her studio from Paris where her eye for aesthetics lead her to client projects ranging from branding for established international companies to packaging, illustrations and overall visual identities for small start-up businesses.

Her creative passion derives from a childhood of being a shy middle-child to finding a place free of judgement and a feeling of freedom, where she became a great listener and observer. Qualities she uses while working with other people and a testament to why her illustrations are a practice of realism and high technical details.

Her work has been featured both online and in print such as Gestalten’s Los Logos books.
In 2018 she moved back to her roots in Aarhus, Denmark.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2013-now    Illustrator & Graphic Designer, MARIA LYNG, Copenhagen/Paris/Aarhus

2015-2017   Freelance Art Director & Illustrator, LES YEUX ROSES, Paris

2012-2013   Graphic Design Assistant, HOMEWORK, Copenhagen

2009   Photography Assistant, KIM WENDT, Copenhagen

2006-2008   Jewellery Designer, LINK, Aarhus

EDUCATION

2010-2013   Bachelor in Visual Communication, Graphic Design, DMJX Copenhagen

2009-2010   Photography, Copenhagen Techical College 

2005-2006   Goldsmith, Copenhagen Techical College

2004   The Art Folk High School (Holbæk Kunsthøjskole)

Maria Lyng runs a creative design studio in Aarhus, Denmark.

She is a self-taught Danish Illustrator with a BA in Visual Communication and experience in working for agencies and running her own company with clients in the US, Australia and France.

For 5 years she ran her studio from Paris where her eye for aesthetics lead her to client projects ranging from branding for established international companies to packaging, illustrations and overall visual identities for small start-up businesses.

Her creative passion derives from a childhood of being a shy middle-child to finding a place free of judgement and a feeling of freedom, where she became a great listener and observer. Qualities she uses while working with other people and a testament to why her illustrations are a practice of realism and high technical details.

Her work has been featured both online and in print such as Gestalten’s Los Logos books.
In 2018 she moved back to her roots in Aarhus, Denmark.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2013-now    Illustrator & Graphic Designer, MARIA LYNG, Copenhagen/Paris/Aarhus

2015-2017   Freelance Art Director & Illustrator, LES YEUX ROSES, Paris

2012-2013   Graphic Design Assistant, HOMEWORK, Copenhagen

2009   Photography Assistant, KIM WENDT, Copenhagen

2006-2008   Jewellery Designer, LINK, Aarhus

EDUCATION

2010-2013   Bachelor in Visual Communication, Graphic Design, DMJX Copenhagen

2009-2010   Photography, Copenhagen Techical College 

2005-2006   Goldsmith, Copenhagen Techical College

2004   The Art Folk High School (Holbæk Kunsthøjskole)

Maria Lyng runs a creative design studio in Aarhus, Denmark.

She is a self-taught Danish Illustrator with a BA in Visual Communication and experience in working for agencies and running her own company with clients in the US, Australia and France.

For 5 years she ran her studio from Paris where her eye for aesthetics lead her to client projects ranging from branding for established international companies to packaging, illustrations and overall visual identities for small start-up businesses.

Her creative passion derives from a childhood of being a shy middle-child to finding a place free of judgement and a feeling of freedom, where she became a great listener and observer. Qualities she uses while working with other people and a testament to why her illustrations are a practice of realism and high technical details.

Her work has been featured both online and in print such as Gestalten’s Los Logos books.

In 2018 she moved back to her roots in Aarhus, Denmark.

WORK EXPERIENCE

2013-now   
Illustrator & Graphic Designer, MARIA LYNG, Copenhagen/Paris/Aarhus

2015-2017   
Freelance Art Director & Illustrator, LES YEUX ROSES, Paris

2012-2013   
Graphic Design Assistant, HOMEWORK, Copenhagen

2009   
Photography Assistant, KIM WENDT, Copenhagen

2006-2008   
Jewellery Designer, LINK, Aarhus

EDUCATION

2010-2013   
Bachelor in Visual Communication, Graphic Design, DMJX Copenhagen

2009-2010   
Photography, Copenhagen Techical College 

2005-2006   
Goldsmith, Copenhagen Techical College

2004   
The Art Folk High School (Holbæk Kunsthøjskole)