Hey, I’m Fio
an award winning illustrative designer based in London.
I work across campaigns, editorial and cultural projects, helping organisations communicate complex ideas through bold, accessible visual language.
I’ve worked with clients including Tate, Converse and our beloved NHS, delivering illustrative design projects from concept to delivery. When relevant, my work can extend into live making and workshops creating space for shared experience when projects call for it.
About
What I Do
From billboards to small booklets, I translate culture, memory, and community into distinctive visuals that resonate. Working through a mixed-Black lens, I explore stories across collage, mixed media, textiles, and collected objects, creating spaces where they can be seen and heard.
I collaborate across sectors, producing work that blends insight with visual storytelling. Previous collaborations include Converse, Tate, Paul Smith, Dazed, the NHS, and It’s Nice That, alongside exhibitions such as my solo show What Belonging Holds (2025) at Fishtank Gallery.
Parallel to my artistic practice, I focus on education and engagement. Through my platform Zinetopia (since 2021), I have impacted over 1500 people through discussion-led, critical workshops, and I lecture part-time at Ravensbourne University. I also develop research-informed projects exploring creative methodologies that connect art with social and cultural contexts.
Whether I’m leading a workshop, illustrating for a campaign or developing a youth engagement project, I’m always thinking about how art can connect, challenge and invite people in.
Selected Press, Recognition, Certificates and Selected Clients
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GF SMITH:
‘Colour Lives Interview’ (2025)
IT’S NICE THAT:
‘Inside her lively landscapes, illustrator Fiona Quadri is exploring queerness, race and belonging’ (2024)
& DRAW WITH ME (Instagram) (2025)
THE STANDARD:
‘Celebrate Art of London’s collaborations with women artists’ (2024)PAUL SMITH x MIND OUT:
‘An Exhibition For LGBTQ+ Charity MindOut’ (2023)THIS IS RUDE:
I Am Creative, Abi Meats (2024) [Book]
SHADO MAG:
‘Artist Spotlight: Fiona Quadri’ (2024)
BBC EVENING NEWS:
Art of London x Fiona Quadri, Picadilly Circus Art Launch (2022)GAY 45 MAGAZINE:
In London, Queer Creators of colour are writing their own narrative and having fun along the way (2023) -
SOAS x YBB Zinetopia Business Pitch Award (2024)
Alumni Creativity and Research Award, Advertising and Brand Design DadRave (2022)
D&AD Portfolio Awards (2022)
Uniqlo x Tate Illustration shortlist, 7th place from over 200 submissions (2022)
Black Cultural Archives, Windrush Waves Competition, 2nd Place (2021) -
Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Education, Ravensbourne University (2025–Now)
MA Postcolonial Studies (Distinction), SOAS, University of London (2022–2024)
BA Advertising and Brand Design (First), Ravensbourne University (2019–2022)
Other certificates include Adobe Creative Cloud, DBS, Health & Safety, Fire Safety, Cyber Security Safeguarding, and Diversity & Inclusion, UAL Foundation Diploma (2019), DTA Decolonising the Archives (2024) -
UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX:
Zines as a Radical Methodology (with Rémy), 5th November 2025SOAS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON:
Zines as a Radical Methodology (with rémy-paulin twahirwa), 15th September 2025UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE: MZines as a Radical Methodology (with rémy-paulin twahirwa), 23rd May 2025
GLOBAL KINSHIP CONFERENCE:
Talk with Lydia Julien around Creative Industries and Remaining Passionate, 8th March 2025RAVENSBOURNE UNIVERSITY LONDON:
Masterclass (2 sessions): Branding Yourself While Maintaining Your Inner Values, May 2024, December 2024,SOAS University of London (YBB Programme):
How to Build a Creative Business, January 2025GOLDSMITHS, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON:
What Are Statues For?, Are Statues a Work of Art? Dismanteling British olonialism Through an Artist Perspective, November 2023 -
Converse
Paul Smith
Mind Out
Lush
UAL
SOAS University
Tate Modern
Little Simz
Dazed
V&A
NHS
Decolonising the Archives
Queer Jazz
The British Academy
Shado Mag
Somerset House
It’s Nice That
The National Gallery
City Lions
Photographers’ Gallery
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