Tânia A. Cardoso illustration
Tânia A. Cardoso (Lisbon, 1985) is an aspiring illustrator and visual storyteller based on Rotterdam since January 2015. Tânia works as a freelancer in multiple visual areas such as Comics, posters, customization, scientific and expressive Illustration. However, drawing in the streets of the city is her favorite hobby. She is also a Master in Urbanism by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. Her thesis "Urban Chronicles: Representation and critique of the city through Graphic Novels" was nominated for the ANPUR 2015 award in Brazil and was a finalist for the Future Ideas 2015 Competition in The Netherlands. Her work has integrated collective exhibitions in Portugal, Brazil, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. It won the Street Art competition “Sesimbra is fish and street art” 2014 in Portugal and the “Worldwide Picture Book Illustration Competion” 2015 in the Netherlands. Currently she creates comics and falls in love with children illustration.
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Collective exhibitions
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nxious Portraiture (with catalog pubication) with the piece Slimy Thoughts at The Old Hairdressers, Glasgow, Scotland, 11 October 2016.
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ergílio Ferreira Illustration Competition (top ten) at the João Abel Manta Galleries for G!O Romaria Cultural, Gouveia, Portugal, July/September 2016.
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peculative Fiction in Comics at the Red Gallery of the Municipal Auditorium Augusto Cabrita, Barreiro, Portugal, June/ September 2016.
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orldwide Picture Book Illustration Competition (with catalog publication). At Groeneveld Kasteel Museum in Baarn and Bibliotheek Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Bilderbuchmuseum in Troisdorf, Germany; The Hive in Worcester, Great Britain; Shanghai Public Library, China; 2015/ 2016.
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st Festival of Literature and Illustration of Bahía, Brazil, 2013.
ostra ÚniQa (with work presentation). Organized by Who, Creative Talents Agency, Lisbon, Portugal, 2011.
Awards
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inner in the Worldwide Picture Book Illustration Competition promoted by Lemniscaat Uitgeverij, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2015.
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inalist in the Future of Design at Future Ideas Worldwide Academic Competition, The Netherlands, 2015. ominated for award for ANPUR, Brazil, 2015.
st place in the street art competition Sesimbra é peixe e Arte na Rua/ Sesimbra is fish and street art. Sesimbra, Portugal, 2014.
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erit Scholarship by the Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support of the state of Rio de Janeiro - FAPERJ 2013/2014.
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esearch Scholarship by the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry CNPQ - 2012/2013. st place in the contest for the Poster Competition Festival Altitudes for the Regional Theatre of the Serra de Montemuro, Viseu, Portugal, 2010.
Tânia A. Cardoso
illustrator and visual storyteller
If the house fits is one of the winner illustrations for the Worldwide Picture Book Illustration Competition 2015 sponsored by Lemniscaat Uitgeverij, Protea Boekhuis, Walker Books, Boje and ICPBS.
La petite Minette. Experimental pieces, 2016.
The Star, a tale by VirgĂlio Ferreira. Entry on the top ten
finalists for the VergĂlio Ferreira Illustration Competition 2016.
Sleeping on clouds. Editorial piece, 2016.
Baucis, the city in the sky. Personal project. A series based in The Invisible cities by Ă?talo Calvino,(ongoing). Collecting. Editorial piece, 2016. (right)
Comics Collaboration with writer Sérgio Santos in the short comic Gourmet Delicacies for H-Alt Magazine nº4, Lisbon, Portugal, November 2016. Collaboration on the Children comic À descoberta do lixo perdido/ The discovery of the lost waste written by Portuguese students for the Organization Descobrir os Oceanos and Formato Verde, Lda. Porto, Portugal, August 2016. (publication forthcoming) Illustration page for the comic Púrpura for the writer Pedro Cirne de Albuquerque, São Paulo, Brasil, July 2016. (publication December) Collaboration with writer Joana Varanda in the short comic Gandarinha for H-Alt Magazine nº3, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2016. Collaboration with writer Sérgio Santos in the short comic Punishment for H-Alt Magazine nº2, Lisbon, Portugal, April 2016 and for Sliced Quarterly Magazine issue#4 An experimental comic, U.K., October 2016. Collaboration on the Graphic Novel Akuma tomo I with writer West Givner, Rotterdam, The Netherlands,November 2015. Short Comic Meet me at 3 p.m. for Heirope! Fanzine, Spain, 2011.
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illustration page. (right) Illustration page for Púrpura Comic written by Pedro Cirne de Albuquerque to be published in December at São Paulo. Indian Ink and digital painting. (left)
Gandarinha.
With writer Joana Varanda.
Akuma tomo I. With writer West Givner. Deixei de ouvir o som do vento. Personal project.(right)
Ă€ descoberta do lixo perdido/ The discovery of the lost waste written by Portuguese students.
Iguarias Gourmet/Gourmet Delicacies. With writer SĂŠrgio Santos.
In a distant planet there are stories of a lost civilization in the middle of the sea. An adventurer carries its flying boat in search of treasures and magnificent stories hidden in the ancient stones of its buildings. Places where the seas and the air are in such harmony that we don’t know anymore where one begins and the other ends. The fishes, curious fellows, learned to bend gravity and adventure themselves to explore the mountains and its hidden paths. Our enraptured friend observes the distinct fishes flying around the landscape while his journey companion takes a peek from high above. Nature has taken over the beautiful stone constructions of the city and the animals own the space. Is this special feeling that surrounds the place that shaped the ones that lived here before and the ones that travelled thousands of light-years searching for lost legends.
Lost stories of floating worlds. Winner in the street art compettion Sesimbra is fish and StreetArt, 2014.
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