Pictoplasma is a curatorial organization investigating the art and impact of adventurous figurative representation across creative genres and cultures. We push forward character-driven visuals and story-telling that shape the way we understand and interact with our world – inside and out.

Founded 1999 in Berlin, Pictoplasma connects pioneering creatives and industries across illustration, animation, arts, design, gaming and emerging media via international conferences, educational programmes, best-selling publications, institutional exhibitions and a global community network.

The annual Pictoplasma Berlin Festival has established itself as the world’s main meeting point for an international audience of visual creators and producers. The event is an unconventional design conference, a forward looking animation film festival, a communal playground for collaborative creation – and is all about the fun of encountering like-minded people. In 2008, Pictoplasma established a second home in New York, while further events keep bringing the project from London and Mexico via Paris to the Balkans – and around the globe.