Collective residencies / Retreat for illustrators to cooperate with International publishers / Olot
CHRISTIAN INARAJA GENÍS
From Monday, 25 September 2023 to Friday, 6 October 2023
Bio
Artist based in Barcelona mostly working on picture books & other publications, specially for children. In addition to books, he has illustrated for posters, advertising, packaging, press...
Among recent awards won include the Crítica Serra d'Or Award (2022), Junceda Awards (2013, 2022), National Award for the Best Published Book (2019), International Compostela Prize for Picture Books (2018), International Benicarló Prize for Picture Books (2020) or VEGAP Proposals (2013). He has also been included in the 2022 IBBY Honour list.
He is currently teaching illustration at ILLA School of Art in Sabadell & he is also member of the IBBYCat Executive Committee. He also has been Vice-President of the Catalonia Professional Association of Illustrators - APIC (2005-2012), member of the Executive Committee of the Catalan Council for Children’s and Young People’s Books - CLIJCat (2005-2012) & Head of the Illustration Department of ILLA School of Art (2000-2017).
Project
I will be working in a children's book for Bulutsu (Turkei) as part of the Creative Residency Project organised by the Institut Ramon Llull and Faberllull.
"Illustrators, in our role as artists/artisans, tend to work alone, maintaining only digital contact with our clients. In bringing us together, this stay produced a veritable creative explosion and an exchange of ideas that would otherwise have been hard to achieve. Faberllull provided the perfect space and ideal context to bring this to fruition.
It has been a privilege for all of us to have taken part in this creative residency for illustrators at Faberllull. The fact that we were given a real commission from an international publishing house meant that we were able to make the most of our days and develop our personal projects, all while benefiting from the creative flow of ideas that came with staying here at Faberllull.
I want to thank the Institut Ramon Llull for making this possible, Faberllull for arranging and coordinating the project, and Pepa for hosting us."
