Job title:
Lecturer in Design (Illustration and Textiles)
Office:
4.16, Evolution House
Office hours:
Mon, Tues and Thurs, 9am - 5pm
Pilar Garcia de Leaniz is an Award-Winning Illustrator working across the fields of Design and Art. She works in various mediums including mural painting, advertising, branding, publishing and editorial work. She has completed notable projects for the Scottish Government, NHS, University of Edinburgh, University of St Andrews, Live Borders, Anaya Publisher, amount others.
Her work has been featured in different media including BBC, Scotsman and Edinburgh News.
Research interests
Pilar teaches on the Master Illustration and Undergraduate Textiles Programmes at Edinburgh Collegue of Art where she completed her Master. Prior to this she studied at ESIC in Madrid Advertising and PR and Marketing. She also has a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice from the University of Edinburgh.
Scottish Parliament, Italian Film Festival, Spanish Film Festival, Film House Cinema, Whitespace Edinburgh, 100 Days Project Scotland ECA, School of Languages UoE, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Central Library Edinburgh, Flamingosaurux Rex Edinburgh. (2016 to present)
My research practice to date has focused on using illustration to engage communities, inside ECA and outside. I work with colleagues across ECA, the wider University community and private and third sector organisations outside ECA.
Other research interests: womanhood and mental health.