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Santiago Robles

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Born in: Mexico City (Mexico) on 20 October 1984.

Currently living: Mexico City (Mexico).

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Master in Visual Arts from the Faculty of Arts and Design of UNAM (National University of Mexico). He studied at the Art Students League of New York and at the Clinics for the Specialization in Contemporary Art in Oaxaca, UABJO-Cultural Center La Curtiduría. He has received several awards such as the first place in the image design contest of the 5th International Contemporary Film Festival of Mexico City, FICCO-Cinemex (2008); first place in the Ibero-American Catalog of Illustration of the SM Foundation and the FIL Guadalajara (International Book Fair) (2010); the Jury Prize in the category of cultural themes of the 11th International Poster Biennial in Mexico (2010); the Unique Prize in the category of Artist's Book at the First University Biennial of Art and Design of the UNAM (2014), for the book ‘Semilla de sol’; as well as honorable mentions in the First Biennial of Los Volcanes of the Noval Foundation (2015) and in the XXIII Catalogue of Illustrators of Children and Youth Publications of the National Council for Culture and Arts.

 

His work has been exhibited in countries such as France, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Brazil, Iran, Colombia, Cuba and the USA. He is co-founder of Malpaís Ediciones and collaborator of Codigo Magazine. He was a fellow of the Young Creators program (2015-2016) and his collective editorial projects have been beneficiaries of the "Edmundo Valadés" Program to Support the Edition of Independent Magazines (2007-2008 and 2008-2009), as well as the Program for the Promotion of Projects and Cultural Co-Investments (2013) of the National Fund for Culture and the Arts. His work is represented by Saisho Art based in Madrid, Spain and is currently Director of Graphic Identity in the Government of Mexico City.

 

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