Chie Kutsuwada Manga
Chie's CV
Education
2003 - 05 MA in Printmaking, Royal College of Art
2000 - 03 BA in Fine Art
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
1999 - 00 Foundation studies in Art and Design
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design
Publications
2006-07 King of a Miniature Garden Vol1-4 (self-published)
Featured in Neo Magazine and Advanced Photoshop
2007 Oct The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga 2, Robinson, London
2008 Oct The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga 3, Robinson, London
Nov As You Like It, Self Made Hero, London
2009 Featured in Manga Quake 7, Futurequake Press, UK
Computer Art Project (tutorial), UK
Mooky Chick web magazine (interview)
2010 Sep Hagakure, Kodansha International, Tokyo (available in English and Italian)
2011 Feb Story Of Lee, NBM, NY
2013 Jan The Book of Five Rings: A Graphic Novel, Shambhala, USA
2014/2015 Worrier Kids 1&2, Children’s book illustration, Caboodle Books, Steeton
2017- 20 Mondo Manga manga column, Mainich Weekly, Mainich Shinbun, Tokyo
2019 July Artful Etching: Manga, Thunder Bay Press, USA
Oct Artful Etching: Kawaii, Thunder Bay Press, USA
2021 Feb 10 Step Drawing Manga, Search Press Ltd, UK
March Tsunami Girl, Guppy Books, UK
Selected Contributions and feature
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2011 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die, Paul Gravett, Octopus Books, London
2013 The Complete Guide to Drawing Managa, Sonia Leong, Barrons, NY
101 Top Tips From Professional Manga Artists, Ilex, East Sussex
2015 Drawing Basics Made Easy, Flame Tree Publishing, London
How To Draw Manga Made Easy, Flame Tree Publishing, London
2016 Knife: The Cult, Craft and Culture of the Cook’s Knife, Tim Hayward, Quadrille Publishing Ltd, London
2018 The Inking Woman 250 years of women Cartoon and Comic Artists in Britain, Nicole Streeten and Cath
Tate, Myriad Editions, UK
2019 Extreme Stickering Manga, Thunder Bay Press, USA
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Selected companies worked with: CNN, Channel 4, Wagamama, Uniqlo, British Museum,
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Event, Exhibition and workshop
Regularly appears at events such as London MCM Expo (May and October) and annual Y/Con, Paris, France
Also running several workshops at libraries, museums and schools around UK.
Regular workshop leader/speaker at the several Japanese related events organised by Japan Society.
And tutoring 5 days Young Artist Easter/Summer course: Manga regularly at the Art Academy, London
Selected workshops and event
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2022 Oct Cheltenham Litrature Festival: Manga workshop
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2022 May Online discussion panel: From Kyosai to Manga: Royal Academy:
2021 March Online Manga workshop organised by the Scottish Book Trust
2020 Apr-May Online Manga workshop sessions organised by Japan House, London
Aug 5 days Young Artist Summer course: Manga at the Art Academy, London
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2019 July Sessions of manga workshop at British Museum and Japan House, London
Aug Manga Workshop at Uniqlo, Oxford Street, London
Sep Manga Workshop at Barbican Art Centre, London
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2018 Sep Saturday Studio: Manga Drawing Workshop, Wellcome Collection, London
Oct Guest lecturer at Camberwell College of Art and Design, London
The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival, The Manga Phenomenon, panel
2017 Nov Guest lecturer at Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark
2016 Feb-May Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics, Exhibition, House of Illustration, London
Feb Alice’s Adventure in Comics-Land, panel, British Library, London
May Bradford Literature Festival, workshop and panels
June Saturday Studio: Manga Drawing workshop, Wellcome Collection, London
Oct Shakespeare and Manga workshops and talk in Taiwan, organised by the British Council
2015 Oct Lakes Art Festival, Kendal
Nov Otaku Attack!, workshop, British Museum, London
4 Koma manga workshop, Japan Embassy, London
2014 August Geek Con, workshop, Gateshead
Oct Lakes Art Festival, Kendal
Nov Canterbury Anifest, workshop, Canterbury
2013 April COMICA Festival, panel and live drawing, London
May COMICA Manga Asia, workshop, Asia House, London
Nov Anime Attack, workshop, Gateshead
2012 Feb Japan Expo, Marseire, France
Nov Yaoi Yuri Con, Lyon, France, workshop and a panel
2010 April As you like it: the power of subversion in Manga comics, Talk with Ilya at Firstsite, Colchester
July Artist in residence, Sainsbury’s Centre of Visual Art, Norwich
August MANGA UK, exhibition, Idea Store Whitechapel Gallery, London
Oct That’s Novel!, exhibition organized by Paul Gravett, London
2009 May Aberdeen Word Festival, workshop, book signing and a panel
Arctic Comic Festival, panel and book signing, Kemi, Finland
August Edinburgh International Book Festival, workshops and book signing
Oct Manga workshop, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Beowulf workshop, British Library, London
Dec ‘What makes manga Manga?’ talk, British Museum, London
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Award
2008 Jan Manga Jiman competition organized by Japan Embassy,
Joint 6th place