Wadim is an illustrator and designer based in Hamburg, Germany. His roots in fashion and design run through his work, creating refined yet reflective figurative images that explore identity, lifestyle and queer culture – often inspired by people and their stories. Wadim creates much of his work digitally, introducing a mixture of texture and line work, and unexpected moments of colour.
Clients
20er Zeitung, Cacao Mag, Deaf Connect, DER SPIEGEL, DFS Group, Faber & Faber, GEN Z magazine, HAW Hamburg, HANRO, Hans-Meid-Foundation, Hamburg Innovation Summit, HfMT Hamburg, human magazine, Kühne, Lane Crawford, Tess van Zalinge, The Ritz-Carlton Berlin, WPP Group and more
Exhibitions & Talks
2023 feuerfest. Hamburg liest verbrannte Bücher, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg
2023 Co-Creation: Wie KI die Kreativbranche beflügelt, Design Zentrum Hamburg
2023 Creative AI Experience Day, betahaus Hamburg
2023 Verboten und Verbrannt – Zineausstellung zu verbrannten Büchern, HAW Hamburg
2021 Borchert Heutzutage, Fabrik der Künste Hamburg
Awards
2025 Coverillustration competition, DER SPIEGEL
2024 Förderpreis, Hans-Meid Foundation
2023 Förderpreis, Ditze Foundation
2023 Interaction Day Jugendpreis, Verdieck-Foundation
2018 Konstanzer Designpreis, HTWG Konstanz
Teaching
AMD Akademie Mode & Design Hamburg
HAW Hamburg
PAGE Academy
Tomorrow Academy
Publications
Upcoming Roth, Joseph: Die Legende vom heiligen Trinker, Hans-Meid-Stiftung
2023 Kafka, Franz: Forschungen eines Hundes, Verlag Faber & Faber
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