Salut!

My name is Maks, I am an Illustrator and Art Director born in Chisinau, based in Bucharest.

I think in concepts, work across design and illustration, and gravitate toward emotions that are easier to visualise than say, finding the visual language that belongs to each brief.
In 2018 I graduated with First-Class Honours in Graphic Design from Oxford Brookes University, and completed an Art Direction course at the University of the Arts London in 2022.

Clients include the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Wine of Moldova, Glug Magazine (Wine52), Goethe Institut, Publicis Moldova, and TIFF.

Available for editorial, cultural, and brand commissions - say hello at salut@maksgraur.com

Awards & Recognitions:
︎︎︎World Illustration Awards
Highly Commended (2025)

︎︎︎Communication Arts
Awards Shortlist:
Editorial Illustration (2022/23/24)

Publications:
︎︎︎Neighbours
(Art Against War) (2022)

Exhibitions & Festivals:
︎︎︎World Illustration Awards
Coningsby Gallery
London, UK (2025)

︎︎︎Romanian Design Week
Main Exhibition
Bucharest, Romania (2024)

︎︎︎Ilustrofest
Belgrade, Serbia (2020/21/22)

︎︎︎Posters for Ukraine
Warsaw, Madrid, Luxembourg (2022)

︎︎︎AndNowEast Poster Festival
Bucharest, Romania (2021)

︎︎︎Poster X Poem Exhibition
Chișinău, Moldova (2020)

︎︎︎New Designers
Business Design Centre
London, UK (2018)

Maks Graur

Cover for single "De Ne-am Iubi" by Sandu and Chris Bantas