Efi Chalikopoulou is an award-winning freelance illustrator. She holds a BFA in painting from Athens School of Fine Arts and an MFA in illustration from School of Visual Arts in New York, where she studied as a Fulbright scholar. Her work is thought-provoking and focuses on visual metaphors that represent complex ideas and a diverse range of subjects. Since 2020 she has been a weekly contributor to Financial Times.

Selected Clients The New York Times • The New Yorker • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • The Wall Street Journal • Financial Times • Politico Europe • Die Zeit • FAZ • NZZ • Aftenposten Innsikt • The New Statesman • BuzzFeed News • VOX News • VICE • The Ringer • Yale School of Management • Wellesley magazine • Virginia magazine • Foreign Policy • Chicago Reader • The Intercept • San Francisco magazine • Orange Coast magazine • Phoenix magazine • Al Majalla • Fulbright Foundation • Athens + Epidaurus Festival • Hellenic National Book Center

Awards
The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles - West 52 • The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles - West 51 • Gold Award by The Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles - West 50 • The Society of Illustrators of New York - 53 • Print Magazine "Hand Drawn" New York 2011 • 1st Award - EVGE Greek Visual Communication Design Awards 2009 • 1st Award - Hellenic Ministry of Culture - Athens Festival 2009/2011

Feel free to get in touch! 
efi@efichaliko.com  /  instagram: efi_chaliko