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
Publications
2006-07 King of a Miniature Garden Vol1-4 (self-published)
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
2010 Sep Hagakure, Kodansha International, Tokyo
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, written by J Sedgwick, Guppy Books, UK
2023 June 10 Step Drawing Kawaii, Search Press Ltd, UK
Nov 100 Tales from the Tokyo Ghost Café, with J Sedgwick, Guppy Books, UK
Selected Contributions and feature
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
Selected companies commissioned: BBC, CNN, Channel 4, Wagamama, Marugame UK, and Winsor&Newton
Event, Exhibition and workshop
Invited for talk/panel/workshop by several festivals and conventions, such as ComiCon.
Also running workshops at libraries, museums and schools around UK.
Regular workshop leader/speaker at the several Japanese related events mainly organised by the Japan Society.
Tutoring 5 days Young Artist Easter/Summer course: Manga at the Art Academy, London
Selected workshops and events from the past 10 years:
2026 March Workshop for Samurai exhibition at the British Museum
2025 June Barnes Children's Literature Festival
Nov Workshop for the musical SIX
2024 May Hay Festival
International Literature Festival Dublin
June Barnes Children's Literature Festival
2023 June Barnes Children's Literature Festival
Oct Cheltenham Literature Festival: Talk
2022 Oct Cheltenham Literature Festival: Manga workshop
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
2019 Jan Manga workshop and talk, Japan Festival, Iceland with the Japan Embassy
July Sessions of manga workshop at British Museum/Japan House, London
Aug Manga Workshop at Uniqlo, Oxford Street, London
Sep Manga Workshop at Barbican Art Centre, London
2018 Sep Saturday Studio: Manga Drawing Workshop, Wellcome Collection, London
Oct Guest lecturer at Camberwell College of Art and Design, London
Cheltenham Literature Festival, The Manga Phenomenon, panel
2017 Nov Guest lecturer at Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark
2016 Feb Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics, House of Illustration, London
Alice’s Adventure in Comics-Land, panel, British Library, London
May Bradford Literature Festival, workshop and panels
Workshop and talk at Bari ComiCon, Bari, Italy
June Saturday Studio: Manga Drawing workshop, Wellcome Collection, London
Oct Shakespeare and Manga workshops and talk in Taiwan, with British Council
2015 Oct Lakes Art Festival, Kendal
Nov Otaku Attack!, workshop, British Museum, London
4 Koma manga workshop, Japan Embassy, London
Award
2025 The Carnegie Medal Nominated 100 Tales From the Tokyo Ghost Café
2022 The Carnegie Medal Shortlisted Tsunami Girl
2008 Jan Manga Jiman competition organized by Japan Embassy, Shortlisted