I am an Illustrator with a background in media, politics, and diversity studies. I am dedicated to intelligent, society-centered, emerging topics that combine creative, artistic, smart, and inclusive approaches. With my dual-master degrees, I bring a strong theoretical and ethical proficiency that informs my illustrations and communications work. I work in multicultural environments in Barcelona, speaking German, English, and Spanish. I bridge the gap between complex projects and visualize them appropriately, focusing on educational and informational content using symbolism, commentary, and visual simplifications. I incorporate anti-discriminatory, justice-centered, feminist, and equality-oriented values in my projects with sensitivity, education, and care.

Jana Dabelstein

I am an Illustrator with a background in media, politics, and diversity studies. I am dedicated to intelligent, society-centered, emerging topics that combine creative, artistic, smart, and inclusive approaches. With my dual-master degrees, I bring a strong theoretical and ethical proficiency that informs my illustrations and communications work. I work in multicultural environments in Barcelona, speaking German, English, and Spanish. I bridge the gap between complex projects and visualize them appropriately, focusing on educational and informational content using symbolism, commentary, and visual simplifications. I incorporate anti-discriminatory, justice-centered, feminist, and equality-oriented values in my projects with sensitivity, education, and care.

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I am an Illustrator with a background in media, politics, and diversity studies. I am dedicated to intelligent, society-centered, emerging topics that combine creative, artistic, smart, and inclusive approaches. With my dual-master degrees, I bring a strong theoretical and ethical proficiency that informs my illustrations and communications work.

I work in multicultural environments in Barcelona, speaking German, English, and Spanish. I bridge the gap between complex projects and visualize them appropriately, focusing on educational and informational content using symbolism, commentary, and visual simplifications. I incorporate anti-discriminatory, justice-centered, feminist, and equality-oriented values in my projects with sensitivity, education, and care.

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Language

English
Fluent
German
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent

Work Experience

Contributor / Artist at Fofoca Collective
December 31, 2024 - August 5, 2025
Contributed portfolio entry for the “Patatzine” campaign titled “The Third Place” as a personal project in 2024.

Education

Postgraduate Degree in Illustration at BAU - Centro Universitario en Arte y Diseño
October 1, 2024 - June 18, 2025
BSc in International Relations at Leiden University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2021
Dual-Master degree in Illustration at College of Arts & Design Barcelona
January 11, 2030 - August 5, 2025
Dual-Master degree in Communications at Pompeu Fabra University M.A. International Studies on Media, Power, and Diversity
January 11, 2030 - August 5, 2025
BSc International Relations at Leiden University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2021
M.A. International Studies on Media, Power, and Diversity at Pompeu Fabra University
January 11, 2030 - August 5, 2025
Master's Degree in Illustration at College of Arts & Design Barcelona
January 11, 2030 - August 5, 2025

Qualifications

BSc in International Relations
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2021
BSc International Relations
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2021

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Non-Profit Organization, Government, Professional Services
    paper Comic "States of Limbo"
    Limbo is a person suspended between states —curious but quiet, shifting yet unresolved—as she leaves home in search of another. An honest story with a soft dissonance made of hope, disorientation, and the strange beauty of not quite belonging. “States of Limbo“ is exploring the strange, soft chaos of change. Told through fragments, moods, and fleeting expressions, this comic isn’t a grand tale of triumph or despair. It’s smaller, more personal—an emotional map of what it means to be between places, feelings, and identities. In Limbo.