Authors
Abel Bentín (Lima, 1984)
Abel Bentin (Lima, 1984) graduated from the Faculty of Arts at the Universidad Católica in Peru in 2008, with the Winternitz Prize for first place in painting. He also received the Telefonica Award for recognition of first place in the specialty of painting in 2008. He has participated in several groups and presented the intervention Sugar Attack in Lucia de la Puente Gallery in August 2009. His first solo exhibition, Candyvore generated great public interest and media attention. In 2012 he presented his second solo show, I do not believe in the same gallery. He illustrated El bosque que silba for Polifonía in 2010. www.abelbentin.com
Cristina Sono (Lima, 1982)
Studied Hispanic Literature at the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Peru. She write stories and poetry. Her area of interest is the revaluation and redefinition of Peruvian oral tradition. She has worked as a writer and editor at major publishing houses and print media. Cristina shares her work on the side with Sebastián, and together they made their home a forest.
Micaela Chirif (Lima, 1973)
Studied philosophy at Universidad Antonio Ruiz de Montoya, and at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. From 1999 to 2008 she directed the portal Perucultural, which hosted over sixty websites of Peru's most important cultural institutions. In 1999 she created the children's portal enREDos which she ran until 2004, the year Educared joined the project as a consultant until 2009. Between 2007 and 2008 she directed the Child and Youth Series from the publisher Peisa. In 2010 she led the development of the Andean Community's portal project, Culturande. She is currently in charge of the Los cuentos del MALI series which is published by Museo de Arte de Lima. She has published the poems De vuelta (Colmillo Blanco, 2001), Cualquier cielo (Mundo Ajeno, 2008) and Sobre mi almohada una cabeza (Pre-Textos, 2012). She has written children's stories, Don Antonio y el albatros, co-authored with José Watanabe (Peisa, 2008), Buenas noches, Martina (Peisa, 2009), En forma de palabras (Polifonía, 2010), El contorsionista (Museo de Arte de Lima, 2011) and Desayuno (Polifonía, 2013).
Gabriel Alayza (Lima, 1981)
Received the Adolfo Winternitz in 2006 for best student of the Painting specialty of the Faculty of Arts at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. In the Forum Gallery he presented the following individual samples: Cargar (2007), Asesionos delicados (2011) y Estado del tiempo (2013). He has also participated in several national and international exhibitions. He illustrated the children's stories La bruja Malasú (Centauro, 2009) Buenas Noches, Martina (Peisa, 2008), En forma de palabras (Polifonía 2010) and Desayuno (Polifonía, 2013). Both written by Micaela Chirif. He currently runs the illustration studio, Hermanos Magia with Matthew Alayza. He is also a professor at the Art Faculty of PUCP, Center for Imaging and Alternating Current School of Art and Design in Lima Peru.
Fito Espinosa (Lima, 1970)
Graduated in Painting at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú at the top of his class. Fito Espinosa's work has won numerous awards and acknowledgments (VII Salón Nacional de Pintura ICPNA in 1995, Johnnie Walker Award in 1996 and the French Embassy Visual Arts Prize, Passport for an artist, in 1998), Over the years he has consolidated his position as the aesthetic, plastic and graphic benchmark for later generations.
Ten solo exhibitions, five of them in the Galería Fórum (El hombre dividido, 2000; Malaespina, 2002; Mecánix, 2004; Chico lunar, 2007; and Te llevo en mi universo, 2009) and participated in various group exhibitions inside and outside of Peru, including the FIA Iberoamerican Art Fair in Caracas (1998 and 2000), the International Art Fair in Cologne, Germany (2000 and 2001) as well as the traveling exhibition Cinco artistas del Perú (in Quedlinburg, Germany , Ivrea, Italy, and Arvada Center for the Arts in Colorado, USA) have helped support his long career.
He participated as an illustrator for various publications as well as in numerous advertising campaigns. From there he jumped to the publishing world and presented his first illustrated book Luz artificial (Santillana, 2008). In 2010 Fito embarked on a new paper adventure and, with Polifonía Publishing, published El mundo invisible along with a sample of prints and paintings at the Galería Índigo. In 2012 Polifonía republished his second picture book, El capitán de los cielos intermedios.
He also combined his artistic work with teaching at the School of Art and Graphic Design at the Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola until 2008.
Michela Casassa (Lima, 1973)
Studied Business Administration at Universidad de Lima and then did a Masters in International Economics and Management with a specialization in finance from the SDA Bocconi in Milan.
Michela is a banker by profession, and has worked in financial institutions in Milan, London, Istanbul, Munich and some other Eastern European cities. Back in Lima she began developing her art from recycled materials and her interest in photography. She is also one of the founders and directors of Cuatro en un baúl, space decoration, art and design.
She currently serves as Vice President at Intercorp Financial Service. Michela has a charming five year old son named Lago, who accompanies her on all her adventures. www.michelacasassa.com
Javier Ramos Cucho (Lima, 1982)
Is a painter who graduated from the National School of Fine Arts of Peru in 2006. He has held nine solo exhibitions: Motor x2 (Neomutatis, 2007), Mundoarmado (Galería Dédalo, 2008), Puente Nuevo (Yacana Bar, 2008), Humano Genérico (Bruno Gallery, 2009), Fantasía Pura (Galería de Arte Contemporáneo – Cusco, 2010), Máquinas (Hotel Los Delfines 2010) y Año 2696 D.C (Bruno Gallery, 2010), Anaplastología (Galería DelBarrio, 2011) and La tiranía de los sentidos (Galería Índigo, 2013). He has participated in more than fifty national and international exhibitions and is co-founder of the Limaginario brand.
Throughout his work we can his interest in discovering the operation of machines and nature. As a child he enjoyed assembling and disassembling objects such as radios, blocks and toys. This playful spirit always remained.
http://www.javieramoscucho.blogspot.com
Torreja / Mónica Torrejón Majluf (Lima, 1975)
Studied graphic design at the Toulouse Lautrec Institute, Digital Design at George Brown College in Toronto, Canada, New York University and the School of Visual Arts (NY) with renowned designer Milton Glaser. She worked as Art Director in multiple agencies in advertising in Lima, Toronto and New York. She is currently Squarehand Creative Director, among their client list is Paul McCartney, Jerry Seinfeld, AMEX, Nickelodeon, Angus & Julia Stone, and Intel. She has participated in various group shows at the Queen Bee's Art & Cultural Center in San Diego, California, among them are: Portraits of women everywhere, Women with heart, and Abstract spring. She also participated in the exhibition Moments of Being (2010) at Space Womb Gallery, New York. In Lima she has exhibited at Late Night (2010) and Desenfranquiciados (2010). Her first solo show, My mind is a revolving door (Lima, 2010), was held in Bruno Gallery. Her work has appeared in several design and illustration books and publications.
www.elcasoricardina.com
Ricardo Liniers Siri (Buenos Aires, 1973)
Is a cartoonist and artist. From 1999 to 2001 he published his strip Bonjour weekly on Page 12. Also in 2001 he published the book Warhol for beginners with Santiago Rial Ungaro. The comedian Maitena presented a La Nación and in June 2002 began publishing Macanudo, which showed his beloved and popular characters. He also did the comic strip "Cultural DNA" published exclusively in the weekly magazine La Nación every Saturday: "Things that happen to you if you're alive".
In addition, he has publications in Macanudo books (# 1 - # 5) and Bonjour by Ediciones de la Flor. He launched Macanudo # 6, # 7, # 8, #9 and 10 independently through the La Editorial Común, among other books. As well as Cuadernos y Macanudísimo with Ediciones Larivière.
Liniers has designed covers and LP art for renowned musicians like Kevin Johansen and Andres Calamaro. He also has a live music and painting show with musician Kevin Johansen, the conducted tours are jointly published in the 2008 book 0ops (Editions of the Flower). As a plastics artist, has made numerous samples of paintings and illustrations in various Latin America and European countries.
In 2011 Polifonía republished que hay antes de que haya in hardcover in Peru and presented, along with Leire print workshop, an exhibition of his artwork at the Galería Índigo. www.porliniers.com