Johanna Benz (Wismar, 1986) In 2005 she started studying book-art and illustration at theAcademy of Visual Arts in Leipzig (Germany). Since 2013 she is working as a freelancer for several magazines and publishers. Johanna Benz is committed to do live drawings and performances and is collaborating to big events, conferences and festivals as a graphic recording artist. Her picture-book Pacho Rada, la lègende!, realized at the Institut fur Buchkunst Leipzig, won several national and international prices. It was published in March 2015 by Editions Magnani in Paris.