National Drawing Award | The Barcelonan Luci Gutiérrez, National Illustration Award 2023
Catalan illustrator Luci Gutiérrez today won the National Illustration Award in recognition of her exceptional career and for being One of the most prominent artists In the present panorama, a standard for Spanish articulation within and beyond our borders.
According to what was reported by the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the jury for this award, which is awarded to her 30 thousand eurosGutierrez’s work (Barcelona, 1977) on “Clean stylein which a very delicate line contrasts with an expressive color palette based on A graphic resource economics.
Likewise, the painter’s work is highlighted with this award for being “one of our most exhibited painters, distinguished by polyhedral language And with a unique ability to create visual metaphors.”
“for him Brilliant talk that combines graphic excellence with the contribution of ideas, highlighting its elegance and witty humor, as well as its social commitment. With great mastery, the author handles a contemporary language that opened paths for recent generations of illustration,” the jury added in their assessment.
Gutiérrez studied illustration at Masana school Barcelona in 2001 and worked in various fields such as advertising, journalism and books. In 2007 he lived for a season in New York, where he was born English is not easyAnd A book for learning English that has been published in many editions all over the world.
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In 2019 he published Self defense guidehis second fully authored book, making this clear Life, like the English language, is not an easy thing.As the writer explains in her bio for her website. And from his American sojourn, there was also a regular collaboration at New York timeshe Wall Street Journal also The New YorkerAnd Where it shows the weekly section Shouts and hums.
Recently, his work has been recognized with the New York Society of Illustrators Award and the Gràffica Prize, awarded by design and visual communication professionals from Spain.
