Alejandro Magallanes

He studied at the National School of Visual Arts of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

He dedicates himself to playing and working with letters and images—sometimes on commission, and other times simply for the pleasure of it. To date, he has written ten children’s books, three poetry books, and several artist’s books, including his first novel.

He works in the cultural and social fields, and has drawn, painted, assembled, and designed numerous other books, posters, animations, collages, photographs, letters, and images.

Three monographs on his work as a designer and poster artist have been published in China, Spain, and Germany. Since 2004, he has been a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).

He has received various national and international awards, as well as held exhibitions around the world, though he prefers not to list them in this biography.

He does not believe that an image is worth more than a thousand words, since a thousand words combined can create approximately six million images (just to name a number). He believes that if an image becomes unforgettable in your memory, you will never be able to define in words the emotion it evokes.

Concha Pasamar

Concha M. Pasamar studied History and Philology. Over the past decade, she has trained in illustration through various courses and workshops with professional artists and has developed a career as an illustrator and writer, especially in the field of children’s and young adult literature, with around twenty titles published by different publishers, including Bookolia, Kalandraka, A Fin de Cuentos, Akiara Books, Litera, and Cuento de Luz. Several of her works have received awards and recognitions. In addition, she has carried out other illustration projects, including book covers, CD artwork, posters, and more. She also teaches courses and workshops on illustration and visual storytelling, exploring both practical and theoretical approaches.

Hui-Yin Hsueh

Hui Yin enjoys exploring themes related to people, nature, culture, and gastronomy in her work. She has collaborated with highly acclaimed authors and illustrated picture books such as The Giant’s Tears, Phonetic Practice, Night Dream, Mr. Alzheimer, and The Hole-Poking Monster. Several of her works have been ed by the Books from Taiwan program of the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan. Hui Yin was also ed to participate as an illustrator in the Illustrators Exhibition at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2021.

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.

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