Føgrà is a graphic artist, graphic designer, painter & illustrator. She was born in Rīga, during Soviet occupation, to jazz musicians. Her images are largely influenced by her classical music education. After earning a BA degree in Graphic Arts in Israel, Føgrà traveled to New York City, a move that she attributes to musicians like Sting who infected her with such harmonies that pulled her straight out of the tuneless and harsh realities of her past.

“I was five when I spent one of many summers at my grandmother’s house. I recall entering a cinema where she operated the ticket booth: that weekend featured a local premiere of Oliver Twist directed by Clive Donner. We passed the main lobby and headed into the staff-only territory. The sound of wheezing and grunting intensified, until a Fagin-like figure emerged from the shadows. This drunkard painted posters for films triple my size. It was there in that grim, dump, permeated by the stench of tobacco, tiniest of theatres where Oliver lived a grueling life of an orphan over and over again, that my interest with the raw human condition commenced, along with a method of depicting it into a singular image. My fate of making film posters was sealed.”

Føgrà is an artist behind Penguin Random House’s N°1 Amazon and New York Times bestseller book Beyond Order that is sprinkled with classical imagery. She’s also a graphic designer behind Best of Bob Marley album cover art from Tuff Gong, a record label founded by Bob Marley in 1970. Føgrà is behind the poster for a film from Rutanya Alda who starred in Rocky II, The Dear Hunter and others alongside Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and Sylvester Stalone. Her husband Richard Bright starred in The Godfather and Once Upon a Time in America. Rutanya’s film Land of the Mustaches was edited by David Ray, the legendary editor behind the Scarface and A Bronx Tale, with whom Føgrà worked closely while creating the poster.

She’s recently worked with the director and producer of Echo Boomers, which starred Michael Shannon and Patrick Schwarzenegger, to create a poster for his forthcoming TV show The Merc. And now working with producer and screenwriter TJ Mancini on a poster for a TV series Hitman’s Funeral which will star Al Pacino.

Contact for commissions.

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— “I think the Poster is wonderful and precisely captures, in visual terms, the spirit of the film. Her work is extraordinary.” – David Ray (film editor)

— “The Poster seems to be universally loved for both its artistry and its feeling for the film. It is stunning.” – Leon Joosen (film & animation director)

— “I admire her work and I think it’s clever. I think she have a very special talent, which makes her rare.” – Marco Pierre White (3-Michelin-star chef)

— “Juliette is a great artist. Forever grateful for her talent.” – Rutanya Alda (actress)

— “When I was completing my book Dante’s Guide to Life and thinking about a cover illustrator, I realized that only a select few artists would be able to match (and evoke) the book’s aesthetic sensibility. Among those few artists, Føgrà was at the top of my list. I sensed that she was a visionary artist who would be able to illuminate Dante and his Divine Comedy through her art. Suffice it to say that she did not disappoint. Not only did she create a pitch-perfect cover illustration for the book; she also designed the cover. The result is a beautiful, captivating cover that is impossible to take your eyes off of—a fitting artistic entryway to a writer (Dante) and a book (Inferno) that have been captivating the world for the past 700 year.”  – Daniel Ross Goodman (writer and scholar)

— “We’ve looked through a lot of artists and illustrations and Juliette’s stood out. Her images are characterized by a deep sense of a story beyond the image – a feature pushed to its limit.” – Jordan B Peterson (psychologist and author)

— “Juliette’s drawings are unbelievably beautiful and deep. She’s so good at this. She produced every 3 days for 3 months. Juliette’s drawings are full of pathos and sorrow for the subject-matter’s suffering. When I was so ill I had something to look forward to, because I knew Juliette is gonna send me a beautiful image!” – Jordan B Peterson on Joe Rogan Experience (#1769).

— “Since The Divine Comedy’s first manuscripts appeared in the 1330s, many of the greatest artists of each generation—from Botticelli to Gustave Doré, William Blake, Rodin, and Salvador Dalí—have all tried their hand in various ways at illustrating The Divine Comedy. With Juliette’s breathtaking visualizations of Dante’s voyage through Hell, she, I believe, takes her place among those hallowed names—and I suspect you’ll agree.” – Daniel Ross Goodman (writer and scholar)

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