Sorina Vasilescu (Sorina Vazelina) is a graphic designer, illustrator and cartoonist born and educated in Romania.

She has worked in two visual communication studios: Synopsis Media and It's Everyday. Her work has been published by Hardcomics, Kus Komics, Centrala UK and Novo Doba Belgrade.

Her comics have been exhibited at international festivals such as NEXTCOMIC-Festival in Linz, Fumetto – International Comix-Festival in Lucerne, and Grafixx Festival in Antwerp. In September 2017, Vasilescu’s first comic booklet was published by Centrala, United Kingdom. Throughout her more than ten years of activity in the field of illustration, Sorina Vasilescu has collaborated with the likes of Esquire, Playboy, Glamour, Elle Magazine Romania, and most recently with Greenpeace Magazine. Besides editorial work, Vasilescu dabbles in book design, zine publication, social and cultural projects.

Some of the projects she's been involved in include: the visual identity for the White Night of Galleries in Bucharest, 100towatch.ro and The Book of George, a compendium of Romanian cartoonists. In 2015 she won the prize for best book in a limited edition, at the Most Beautiful Books in Romania competition (Cele Mai Frumoase Carti). To find out more deliriously puzzling information on her work, visit vazelina.ro.

Basic information

Name
Sorina Vasilescu
Country
Romania
City
Timisoara

Supported projects

Eurocrimes - Exploring Criminal Worlds on the Continent

  • Organised crime

The migration of criminality between European countries is a major source of social and political tension on the continent. Though dominant in the news, this phenomenon is barely covered in reports released by national and European institutions, creating an information gap that furthers mistrust and fear between people.