Mia Mottelson er freelance tegner/illustrator med hang til at udstille absurditeter i avis- og magasintegning, plakatdesign, bogillustration plus det løse.
Underviser desuden både børn og studerende ved designskoler.
Mia Mottelson is a Danish illustration artist doing editorial, posters, books and more.
SELECTED CLIENTS
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
Æ, Det Poetiske Bureau, illustration contributor, 2025
Lille Teaterhistorie, Strandberg Publishing, illustrator, ISBN: 978-87-94418-28-7, 2024
Den Mageløse Maskine, LAMBERTH, illustrator, ISBN: 9788775661107, 2023
Hvad fanden betyder det?, Gads Forlag, illustration contributor, ISBN: 9788712067214, 2021
Abekoen Anna - og rejsen ind i junglen, illustrator, 2021
LIKE, Informations Forlag, illustration contributor, ISBN: 9788797111901, 2019
Som gjaldt det livet, Informations Forlag, cover illustration, ISBN: 9788793772120, 2019
Kan trold tæmmes, Informations Forlag, cover illustration, ISBN: 9788793772076, 2019
Abekoen Anna - og de andre dyr i junglen, Fairytell, illustrator, 2019
Takt og Tone til tiden, Frydenlund, illustrator, ISBN: 9788771189964, ISBN: 9788771760668, 2018
Tegnere tegner tegnere, Forlaget Fahrenheit, illustration contributor, ISBN: 978-87-7176-066-8, 2017
Kunsten at blive gammel, Informations Forlag, illustrator, ISBN: 9788775144709, 2016
Spot - hån & latterliggørelse, Forlaget Fahrenheit, illustration contributor, ISBN: 9788771760828, 2015
Æbleskud, Jensen & Dalgaard, illustrator, ISBN: 9788771511338, 2015
Contemporary Danish illustration, Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing, illu. cont., ISBN: 9789187543128, 2015
Simons far en en farlig drage, Ulykkespatientforeningen, illustrator, 2012
Nannas mor cykler med hænderne, Ulykkespatientforeningen, illustrator, 2012
Emilies far er næsten sørøver, Ulykkespatientforeningen, illustrator, 2012
Lille Teaterhistorie, Strandberg Publishing, illustrator, ISBN: 978-87-94418-28-7, 2024
Den Mageløse Maskine, LAMBERTH, illustrator, ISBN: 9788775661107, 2023
Hvad fanden betyder det?, Gads Forlag, illustration contributor, ISBN: 9788712067214, 2021
Abekoen Anna - og rejsen ind i junglen, illustrator, 2021
LIKE, Informations Forlag, illustration contributor, ISBN: 9788797111901, 2019
Som gjaldt det livet, Informations Forlag, cover illustration, ISBN: 9788793772120, 2019
Kan trold tæmmes, Informations Forlag, cover illustration, ISBN: 9788793772076, 2019
Abekoen Anna - og de andre dyr i junglen, Fairytell, illustrator, 2019
Takt og Tone til tiden, Frydenlund, illustrator, ISBN: 9788771189964, ISBN: 9788771760668, 2018
Tegnere tegner tegnere, Forlaget Fahrenheit, illustration contributor, ISBN: 978-87-7176-066-8, 2017
Kunsten at blive gammel, Informations Forlag, illustrator, ISBN: 9788775144709, 2016
Spot - hån & latterliggørelse, Forlaget Fahrenheit, illustration contributor, ISBN: 9788771760828, 2015
Æbleskud, Jensen & Dalgaard, illustrator, ISBN: 9788771511338, 2015
Contemporary Danish illustration, Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing, illu. cont., ISBN: 9789187543128, 2015
Simons far en en farlig drage, Ulykkespatientforeningen, illustrator, 2012
Nannas mor cykler med hænderne, Ulykkespatientforeningen, illustrator, 2012
Emilies far er næsten sørøver, Ulykkespatientforeningen, illustrator, 2012
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023: Bladtegningshistorien gennem 175 år, group expo, Museet for Dansk Bladtegning
2022: Refuse to stay Silent, group expo, Avistegnernes Hus, Norway
2022: MK61, group expo, Mors
2022: Centro Cultural Roberto Fontanarrosa, group expo, Argentina
2021: Centre for the arts of political cartoon in the Swedish Museum of work, group expo, Sweden
2020: Centre for the arts of political cartoon in the Swedish Museum of work, group expo, Sweden
2020: Museum House of Humour and Satire, group expo, Bulgaria
2019: Talk Town Festival, group expo, Denmark
2018: Tak Town Festival, group expo, Denmark
2018: Vejle Kunstmuseum, group expo, Denmark
2022: Refuse to stay Silent, group expo, Avistegnernes Hus, Norway
2022: MK61, group expo, Mors
2022: Centro Cultural Roberto Fontanarrosa, group expo, Argentina
2021: Centre for the arts of political cartoon in the Swedish Museum of work, group expo, Sweden
2020: Centre for the arts of political cartoon in the Swedish Museum of work, group expo, Sweden
2020: Museum House of Humour and Satire, group expo, Bulgaria
2019: Talk Town Festival, group expo, Denmark
2018: Tak Town Festival, group expo, Denmark
2018: Vejle Kunstmuseum, group expo, Denmark
ARTIST STATEMENT
Jeg tegner, fordi verden er absurd – og nogen skal jo påpege det.
Et sted mellem satire og alvor forskyder proportionerne i mine illustrationer sig til skæve eksistenser. En vibrerende palette fanger øjet ind i et rum, hvor hverdagens paradokser undersøges og udstilles. Mine pensler kradser i revnerne af de strukturer, der former os og udfordrer status quo med upolerede, ekspressive og vilde streger.
Jeg er stærkt optaget af feminisme og arbejder for at både bøger, aviser, magasiner og plakater befolkes af farverige fællesskaber med repræsentation, diversitet og mangfoldighed – hvor alle både har en plads og en stemme.
EN: I draw because the world is weird – and someone needs to point it out.
Through distorted proportions, a vibrant palette and a good dose of humor, I explore the absurdities of everyday life and the structures that shape it, by poking at the cracks in social norms, power structures, and polite conversation.
My work lives somewhere between satire and sincerity, where the personal becomes political – and vice versa.
From editorial illustrations to posters and book work, my style aims to disrupt, amuse, make people look twice and perhaps ask questions, even if there are no answers.
I don’t believe in objective neutrality – everything is framed by someone. I just make the frame visible with lines that are deliberately imperfect, because perfection is boring and rarely true.
Photo credit: Carsten Olsen, 2024