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- Work Experience -
Actual
// “Keepers of the Magic”. Coloring book / digital illustration. Familia Usaka Editorial.
// Freelance Tattoo Artist at The Wild Tattoo Studio - Mexico City.
// Freelance Digital illustrator
Past // 2024. “Musical Garden” Songbook. Editorial Illustration / Cover Design.
// 2024. “Seersha and the Dreamstone”. Art for Animation Bible / Character Design.
// 2024. “School for Adults”. Puppet Design / Production Bible Design.
// 2023. “El Tlacuache Cantor” (“The singing opossum”), Oneshot. Comic Art.
// 2022. 2D Artist. CGBOT México. Concept Art / 2D Videogame Assets.
// 2022. “Shadow Me”. 2D Runner Videogame. Global Game Jam. Concept Design / Background and Props Design.
// 2021. “Tormentoso”. 2D Short Film. MST Design School Internship. Concept and Narrative Design / Character Design / Animation Assets.
// 2019. “The Darkland”. Art for Animation Bible / Color Artist.
// 2019-Actual. Illustrated short stories. Aguacatoon Collective. Comic Art / Script writing.
// 2019 - “Biodyssey”. Art for Animation Bible / Creature Design.
- Education -
// 2024. Professionalization Cycle in Illustration - “La Piedra en el Estanque”. Estudio Lapis - Xalapa, Mexico.
// 2020-2021. Concept Design Master - “Kraken”. MST Design School - Mexico City.
// 2019. Course - Digital and Traditional Illustration. ESCENA, Animation and Digital Art School - Mexico City.
// 2018. Diploma- Creation and Management of Cultural Projects. Casa Lamm Cultural Center - Mexico City
// 2010-2017. Bachelor Degree - Musician (Violin). Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Bogota, Colombia-
// 2010-2014. Bachelor Degree - Languages and Sociocultural Studies. Universidad de los Andes - Bogota, Colombia.
- Further Education -
// 2026. “Lo que detona el instante”, Illustration Workshop with Lucia Sarabia / Estudio Lapis.
// 2025. “Slices of Everyday Life. Intimate Comics”, Fanzine Workshop with Miau Editions.
// 2025. Comic and Drawing Workshop with Raisa Álava. Gran Salon - Mexico City.
// 2025. Character Design with Caballo Loco Studio, Pixelatl Animation Festival.
// 2022. Artistic Interventions Workshop with Ajo de Mar.
// 2021. Comic Design with María Izquierdo.
// 2019. Concept Art Diploma, MST Design School.
- Published Works -
// 2026. “En el Semáforo”, comic on “Carnaval” #1. Independent Magazine.
// 2025. “Estación Portales”, comic on “Abajo del Reloj Vol. I”. Independent Collective Publication.
// 2024. “A Slow Morning”, illustration on “Retazo de Kaiju Vol. II”. Independent Collective Publication.
// 2023. “El Tlacuache Cantor”, comic. Familia Usaka Editorial.
- Collective Exhibitions -
// 2026. “Aquí espantan”. Trick or Toon - Cartoon Madness. Mexico City.
// 2025. S Factor 12. Puebla, Mexico.
// 2025. Catdog Madness. Mexico City.
// 2024. Expo MUMA: Cafe. Mexico City.
// 2024. Musarts. Mexico City.
// 2023. Expo MUMA: Dessert. Mexico City.
-Markets / Conventions -
2026
// GAMA Fair. Polyforum Siqueiros - Mexico City.
// Minitianguis Casa Rayón - Mexico City
// Festival de Gráfica y Cómics “Estampida” - Cholula, Puebla, MX.
// Festival Internacional de Dibujo “Rayón” - Mexico City.
// Cartoon Sadness, Cartoon Madness - Mexico City.
2025
// Trick or Toon, Cartoon Madness - Mexico City.
// Mercadito Mágico - Mexico City.
// Catdog Madness, Cartoon Madness - Mexico City.
// Lapiz Cero Anniversary Market - Parcur, Mexico City.
2024
// Muma Art fair - Mexico City.
// Yume Convention. Expo Reforma - Mexico City.
// Diez por ciento Art fair - Mexico City.
2023
// Animole Convention. World Trade Center - Mexico City.
// “Chicle y pega” illustration fair. CCDMX - Mexico City.
2022
// Venusinas Art fair - Mexico City.
- Talks / Interviews -
// 2025. Live Comic Book Reading. Punx Ilustradxs Vol. II - Mexico City.
// 2025. Comic Book Talk with Familia Usaka. Zócalo International Book Fair - Mexico City.
// 2025. Radio Interview with “Lapiz Cero”. Reactor 105.7 - Mexico City.
// 2024. Talk about carreer and artistic process. Diez por ciento Art fair - Mexico City.
// 2024. Making independent comic in Mexico. Talk with Familia Usaka. Zócalo International Book Fair - Mexico City.
// 2024. Book Presentation “Usaka Oneshots”. Familia Usaka. Fiesta del Libro y la Rosa - Mexico City.
// 2022. Ilustrarama Podcast Interview. Aguacatoon Collective.
- Tattoo Guests -
// 2026. Sept.30 - Oct.7. Hey Hey Kilroy, Bogotá - Colombia.