MIGUEL SANTAMARINA 

Painter, graphic designer and freelance illustrator since 1996, has collaborated with press media from Spain, the United States, Germany, France, UK and China.



In 2020 he began painting large format canvases with a reduced color palette and use of neon colors. Built upon spontaneous and expressive strokes, these artworks reflect influences such as: automatic painting, Sumi-e, screen printing, comic, minimalism, abstract expressionism, Basquiat, Mariscal and Picasso.
  

Tel  +34 616 749 876                                 



SELECTED CLIENTS
- Columbia Journalism Review (USA)
- Computer World (USA)
- International Herald Tribune (France)
- Magazine Manager (Germany)
- Marlena Agency (USA)
- The American Lawyer (USA)
- The Boston Globe (USA)
- The Intercept (USA)
- The New Republic (USA)
- The Progressive (USA)
- Time Magazine Asia (China)
- Middlebury Magazine (USA)
- Washington Post (USA)
- Waterfront Mag. (UK)
- El Mundo (Spain)
- El Pais (Spain)
- Cinemanía (Spain)
- Rolling Stone (Spain)
- Grupo Zeta (Spain)
- La Vanguardia (Spain)
- El Periódico de Cataluña (Spain)
- Edelvives (Spain)
- Ediciones SM (Spain)
- Gráfica (Spain)
- Marie Claire (Spain)
- Público (Spain)
- Revista Telos (Spain)
- Rockdelux (Spain)
- TV-3 (Spain)
- Tau Diseño (Spain)
- Tiempo BBDO-Telefónica (Spain)
- Vasava (Spain)


AWARDS
2024 ASTURIES, Cultura en Rede. Selected Exhibition Project.
2019 AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION. Selected to appear on The AI-AP ARCHIVE.
2014 MOTIVA 2014 Honorable Mention.
2014 3x3 ILLUSTRATION ANNUAL No.11 Honorable Mention.
2014 AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION. Selected to AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION 33 annual Award Book.
2012 AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION. Selected to appear on The AI-AP ARCHIVE.
2007 MOTIVA Award.
2004 MOTIVA Honorable Mention.
2003 MOTIVA Honorable Mention.
2002 MOTIVA Award.
2000 INJUVE Award.
2002 MOTIVA Honorable Mention.
2001 MOTIVA Award.
2000 MOTIVA Honorable Mention.
1999 CAJASTUR Scholarship for artists.
1999 MOTIVA Award.


INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
- La Llocura. Mieres. April 2024.
- Matadero Uno. Oviedo. December 2023.
- La Menuda. Oviedo. October 2023.
- La Vida Alegre. Gijón. August 2023.
- Toma 3. Gijón. April 2023.
- El Olivar. Oviedo. August 2022.


COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS AND FAIRS
- Galería Arancha Osoro. Oviedo. December 2023.
- Alma gráfica. Oviedo. October 2023.
- Alma gráfica. Oviedo. October 2022.
- LABshop. Laboral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial. Gijón. December 2017.
- Tipos ilustrados. Espacio Cromotex. Madrid. December 2004.
- Comic and Illustration contest. Madrid. November 2000.


STUDIES
- Bachelor of Arts and Crafts. Graphic Design. Escuela de Artes Aplicadas. Oviedo. February 1996.