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Laura Cesari

Laura Cesari's decorative magic-realist artwork brings a sense of ornament and surrealism to everyday objects such as clothing, software, and furniture.

Ranging from illuminated evening gowns to software adorned with mythical creatures, her artwork has been featured in a range of publications and venues, including CNET news, Elle Magazine Argentina, Elle Decor Italia, SIGGRAPH, Maker Faire, and Burning Man Center Camp Cafe. Her decorative software work has been published through Mozilla and Nullsoft.


Decorative Magic-Realist Artwork

Decorative magic-realism infuses the world with feral beauty. In combining mythical beings and ornamentation with unlikely subjects and materials, decorative magic-realism inspires positive relationships with the unconventional beauty of everyday objects and the curious intricacies of the universe.


Commercial Work

Please visit caballera.com, to see design work and informational sites about selected projects in interactive content design, graphics, and illustration for clients such as: tech accesories company Speck Products; software art phenomena Scott Draves & electric sheep; and educational software company Scientific Learning Corporation.

To request commercial work, please fill out the form on the contact page.


Academia

Laura Cesari teaches in the Motion Graphic Design program at Expression College for Digital Arts and at the Web Design & Interactive Media program at Art Instiute of California, San Francisco.

She has also taught courses on Drawing, Illustration, Anatomy for Artists, Information Design, and Interface Graphics at the Art Institute of California, San Diego.

Cesari's Bachelor of Arts degree work at the University of California, San Diego featured a dual emphasis in Traditional Studio Arts and Interdisciplinary Computing Arts, and earned a Stewart Prize in art study and support from the Russell Grant and U.S. Grants foundations.