Ca_teter

(Montevideo, 1977) holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts. He has held solo exhibitions such as Notes from Venice at Galería Garance & Marion (Italy, 2025) and Always Together at Galería Mutty (Italy, 2024). He took part in the Irudika Residency Program (2024), held across Maison des Auteurs (Angoulême, France), Casa del Autor (Zapopan, Mexico), and BilbaoArte (Basque Country, Spain), as well as in the Convivencias Project at Moinho Edições (Porto Alegre, Brazil, 2018). He has been recognized with the Uruguayan Illustration Award in 2018 and 2023, and was an international guest at the First Illustration Salon of Medellín (Colombia, 2022), where he gave workshops and talks. His work has been ed for the White Ravens Catalogue of the Munich International Youth Library (2021 and 2024), the BRAW Catalogue of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair (2022 and 2024), and Iberoamérica Ilustra (Mexico) on six occasions between 2019 and 2025. In the academic field, he teaches in the Diploma in Illustration, Arts and Crafts program at Tragaluz – Confenalco (Colombia), and in the Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts program at the Catholic University of Uruguay.

Negrescolor

Invitado de Honor

Born in Barcelona in 1978. He studied at Escola Massana. He works as an illustrator and participates in various socially engaged projects. His work has received major recognitions, including the Junceda Award, the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition, the Golden Pinwheel (China), the White Ravens List, and the Bologna Ragazzi Award.

Other activities involving the participant:

The album in Barcelona
Artistic creation and at-risk childhoods

Mujer Gallina

Sol and Gallina are authors, illustrators, and artists. They focus on books and graphic activism. Sol has received major awards and recognitions at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Nami Concours in South Korea, the Guadalajara Book Fair, and the White Ravens at the Internationale Jugendbibliothek. Their books have been translated into more than six languages. This collaborative duo lives in Berlin, working on a collective, anti-authoritarian, and self-managed project.

Valerio Vidali

Valerio Vidali is an award-winning Italian illustrator and picture book author. His work has been published internationally and recognized with honors  such as the New York Times best Illustrated Book, The Ilustrarte Grand Prix, and awards from the American Society of Illustrators and the Bologna Children's Book Fair. He currently lives and works in Porto, Portugal.

Maru Aguzzi

She studied Graphic Design in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and specialized in publishing, a job that she has been doing for almost 30 years now. Has lived in Mexico since 2003 and works as a Cultural Promoter. Is the Founder and Director of Gran Salon Mexico, a contemporary illustration fair that takes place annually in Mexico City since 2014 and, in parallel throughout the year, she runs Gran Salon Agency, where she focuses on working with illustrators in different types of projects.

Other activities involving the participant:

Illustrated Books