Upon returning to Germany, she received a diploma in Visual Communications from the Berlin University of the Arts, and at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, she earned her Master of Fine Arts degree in Illustration as a Visual Essay. However, she chose to study art and enrolled in the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts in England where she earned a B.A. Formerly Professor of Illustration at Muthesius University of Fine Arts and Design in Germany, Krug is currently Associate Professor of Illustration at the Parson’s School of Design in New York City.īorn in 1977 in Karlsruhe, a city in southwestern Germany, Krug attended a middle and high school that specialized in classical music. The memoir (German title: Heimat) and her editorial illustrations and collaborations with other authors have earned her numerous other literary and art awards. Krug’s 2018 visual memoir, Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home, was chosen as a best book of the year by The New York Times, The Guardian, NPR, Kirkus Review, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Boston Globe. Her work has also appeared in various anthologies published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Simon and Schuster, and Chronicle Books. Nora Krug (b.1977) is an internationally acclaimed German-American illustrator and author whose art and stories have appeared in publications including The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde diplomatique, and A Public Space. Home > Artists > Nora Krug Nora Krug Born: 1977 Biography

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