2011 - 2012 Cooper Type Extended | Cooper Union New York, U.S.A
BFA in Graphic Design & Visual Communication
(GRADUATED WITH HONORS)
2004 - 2008 ProDiseño Caracas, Venezuela
School of Arts: Theory & Critics
2003 - 2004 Universidad Central de Venezuela Caracas, Venezuela
Professional Experience
Freelance Designer
2008-today
Graphic & Typeface Design, Lettering, Styling & Art Direction for book covers, print, web and exhibitions. While running my own studio, I've worked on a range of project for clients like The New York Times, Bath & Body Works, Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, American Museum of Natural History, Diner Journal, Campari, Phillip 3.1 Lim. I'm available for both In-House & remote work.
Freelance Art Director
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 BuzzFeed New York, U.S.A
Freelance Art Direction, Design, Lettering for the BuzzFeed Commerce Team. Worked on the rebranding of their self-care brand Goodful. Also, was the lead in various design sprints for major brands such as Diageo, Maybelline, Procter and Gamble, The Home Depot.
Book cover designer
2013-2016 Random House New York, U.S.A
Book cover design for Knopf, Vintage and Anchor and Vintage Español for authors like Jhumpa Lahiri, Dave Eggers, Bill Bryson, Mark Twain, Dinaw Mengestu, Neil Smith, Javier Marías, Paulo Coehlo, William Ospina, Wayne Dyer among others.
Teacher Assistant
2012-2013 Cooper Union New York, U.S.A
Teacher Assistant of Cooper Type Postgraduate programs in typeface design. Taught by renowned type designers: Hannes Famira & Just van Rossum (Condensed Program, 2012), Jesse Ragan (Extended Program, 2012-2013) & Sara Soskolne (Principles of Typeface Design, 2013).
Lead Designer
2010-2012 C&G Partners LLC
Lead Designer for print, web and exhibitions. Developing web design, branding, packaging, and exhibition graphics for various clients like Kaplan Thaler, St. Patrick’s Cathedral, USDC, CUNY, Museum of Jewish Heritage, Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF).
Intern
2008 American Museum of Natural History Graphic design and animation for “Extreme Mammals” Mammal Locomotion Interactive Pieces. Art Direction: Camila Benítez
Freelance Designer
2006 Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Sofía Ímber Caracas, Venezuela Graphic Design of Museum’s catalogues and pop material for Museums Stores in the city of Caracas.
SKETCHING TECHNIQUES FOR THE MODERN LETTERER 2016 TYPO BERLIN Berlin, Germany
Drawnking
2016 Small-group lettering workshops taught in-house and at Isabel Urbina Peña Studio. New York, U.S.A
Lettering Workshop & Talk
2015-2016 Guest Teacher and Lecturer for Irina Lee's class What's Your Type? School of Visual Arts New York, U.S.A
Letterholic
2015 Teacher's Assistant for Alex Trochut's Lettering Workshop Letterholic Cooper Union New York, U.S.A.
Exhibitions
Cover Girls
2017 AIGA Philladelphia Philadelphia, PA
Boogaloo Mutante
2014 Brooklyn, NY
Type@Cooper 2012
2012 Type Directors Club New York, NY
Cooper Union New York, NY.
TIPex
2008 Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Sofía Ímber Caracas, Venezuela
4 en Casa
2007 Caracas, Venezuela
Oficina #1: Con las tablas en la cabeza
2006 Caracas, Venezuela
Accolades & Recognitions
Tipos Latinos
2016 Galea Display, selected for the Biennale
Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers
2016
Book Cover Series for Mark Twain's books selected for 50 Covers of 2015.
PRINT Magazine New Visual Artists: 15 Under 30
2015
Selected as one of the fifteen New Visual Artist of 2015, by Print Magazine.
Design Observer 50 Books | 50 Covers
2015
Book Jacket for "All Our Names” selected for 50 Covers of 2014.
The New York Times Best Book Covers 2014
2014 Book Jacket for "All Our Names” featured in The New York Times Book Review
PRINT Magazine Typography and Lettering Awards
2014 Lettering Award for book jacket “All Our Names”
Fine Book Press Association
2013 Honorable Mention in the Text Family Category for the original typeface "Galea Display"
Muse Awards
2012 Education & Outreach Bronze: Coming of Age Website
Web Marketing Association Webaward
2011 Outstanding Achievement in Web Development for: Coming of Age Website Egg Strategy Website
Communicator Awards
2010 Locomotion Interactive for American Museum of Natural History’s Extreme Mammals
Continuing Education
Script Lettering Brush Lettering Ken Barber
2014 Cooper Union New York, U.S.A
Intermediate Python Andy Clymer Robofont Frederick Berlaen
2013 Cooper Union New York, U.S.A
Copperplate I Intensive Marcy Robinson
2014 Society of Scribes New York, U.S.A
Intro to Sign Painting John Downer
2012 Cooper Union New York, U.S.A
Italic Hand Calligraphy Cara Di Edwardo
2011 Cooper Union New York, U.S.A
Great Web Design with CSS Dan Han
2009 School of Visual Arts New York, U.S.A
Artists Books Esther K. Smith
2009 Cooper Union New York, U.S.A
Joy of Code HTML Bud Krauss
2008 Pratt Institute New York, U.S.A
An Intro to Letterpress Dikko Faust
2008 School of Visual Arts New York, U.S.A
Conceptual Art Painting Víctor Hugo Irazábal
2004 Instituto Armando Reverón Caracas, Venezuela
Skills
Adobe Creative Suite Art Direction Book Design Calligraphy Embroidery Fontlab Glyphs Graphic Design HTML & CSS Illustration Knitting Lettering Letterpress Photography Basic Python Risograph Robofont Silkscreen Styling Typeface design Fluent in Spanish and English Basic French