Camille Walala
Camille Vic-Dupont (born August 1975), known professionally as Camille Walala, is a French multi-disciplinary designer based in East London. She is known for her life-size murals and installations as well as her post-modernism inspired patterns. Early life and education
Walala grew up in Piégon, a small village in the South of France, where her mother ran a B&B. Her father, an architect, moved to Paris after they divorced. Walala struggled at school due to her dyslexia and felt her eccentric style was judged. In 1997, her father encouraged her to spend the summer in London so she could improve her English skills. Although reluctant at first, Walala loved it and returned to London in 1999 after completing her French Literature degree. During her 20s, she worked in hospitality while experimenting with different potential career paths. She started taking drawing and pottery classes. As suggested by a teacher, Walala studied Textile Design at the University of Brighton, graduating in 2009. Career 
After graduating from university in 2009, Walala established her brand Studio Walala in Hackney, East London. In 2017, Walala was invited by NOW Gallery in South London to create an interactive, life size installation, for which the studio created an immersive so-called "temple of wonder". In 2021, during a period of lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Walala reimagined the Design Museum shop as a grocery store, selling essential products re-designed by emerging artists such as Kentaro Okawara, Joey Yu, Isadora Lima and Michaela Yearwood-Dan. Selected work 
 WALALA X PLAY, NOW Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2017
 Walala Lounge, London Design Festival, 2019
 Captivated By Colour , for the first London Mural Festival, London, United Kingdom, 2020
 House of Dots, for Lego, Coal Drops Yard, London, United Kingdom, 2020
Supermarket, Design Museum, London, United Kingdom, 2021
 Official poster design for Montreux Jazz Festival 2022

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Living people
1975 births
21st-century French women artists
Alumni of the University of Brighton
French expatriates in England
French installation artists
French LGBT artists
French muralists
French textile designers
People from Drôme
People from Hackney, London
People with dyslexia
Postmodern artists
Urban designers