Bea Davies

Bea Davies, born in Italy in 1990, is an Italian illustrator and comic artist. She studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and at Weißensee Kunsthochschule Berlin. In 2016, she received the Förderpreis of Comic Invasion Berlin and the Mart Stam Scholarship; in 2018, she was admitted to the German National Academic Foundation. Her works include the graphic novel “Der König der Vagabunden” (2019), the autobiographical comic collection “A Child’s Journey” (2020), and the illustrated children’s books “Brummps! – Sie nannten ihn Ameise” (text by Dita Zipfel) and “Himmelwärts” (text by Karen Köhler). In 2025, Davies and Köhler received the German Youth Literature Prize in the children’s book category for “Himmelwärts”.