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| Illustrator and comic creator, Elio Guevara
was born in Venezuela. In 1994, he moved to the United States to pursue a career as an illustrator. Receiving a scholarship in 1998, he moved to Georgia to study at the Savannah College of Art and Design where he received his MFA in Sequential Art two years later. He focuses with intensity on his concepts and aesthetic priorities, trying to draw feeling, not the image of feeling; trying to create an image that is real without being descriptive; and trying to reach sacredness and fantasy without losing the human. His art struggles between the figurative, abstract and free-associated. His work has been featured in publications such as Image Comics and Spectrum. Elio Guevara now lives in Atlanta, Georgia where he spends his time doing free-lance illustration and teaching at The Art Institute of Atlanta. __________B i o g r a f I a Ilustrador y artista sequencial, Elio Guevara nació en Maracaibo, Venezuela. En 1988 entra a estudiar al Instituto de Diseño de Caracas donde obtiene el título de ilustrador. Decidido a explotar sus habilidades en el campo de la ilustración y la pintura, en 1994 se establece en los Estados Unidos. En 1998, habiendo obtenido una beca de la universidad Savannah College of Art and Design, se muda a la ciudad de Savannah(Georgia), donde recibe su maestria en arte secuencial (sequential art) dos años despues. Evitando iconos convencionales, su pictórica desarrolla la línea del realismo social, intentando reflejar la vida diaria atravez the imagines ficcionales. Su trabajo ha sido impreso en “Spectrum” y diversos comic books. Actualmente, Elio Guevara reside en Atlanta(Georgia), donde se desempeña como professor en el Art institute of Atlanta; ademas de trabajar como ilustrador free-lance. |
