Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Artist of the day, October 27, 2020: Carlos Zamora, a Cuban-born graphic designer, illustrator (#1127)

Carlos Zamora (1978) graduated from Havana Design Institute, Cuba in 2000. In 2004 he immigrated to Quito, Ecuador and arrived in the United States in 2006. His early professional endeavors in Cuba included The Office of Historical Restoration for Old Havana, Alicia Alonso’s National Ballet of Cuba, Casa de las Américas, Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba and cigar company Habanos S.A. Between 2000 and 2004 he served as Art Director for magazines including Opus Habana, Gaceta de Cuba, Anales del Caribe, Cuba en el Ballet and Conjunto. Magazines, book covers and posters resumed his professional life in Havana.

Zamora has worked as a designer at Fleishman Hillard, St. Louis and Kiku Obata & Company, St. Louis and is now Creative Director at Express Scripts in St. Louis. He is a former President of AIGA, St. Louis Chapter and serves as a brand chair on several boards. His illustrations have been published by the New York Observer, The Boston Globe, Ad Age, American Lawyer, The Wall Street Journal, Alive, and St. Louis Magazine. His work has been included in American Illustration 34, 3x3 Illustration Annual No.12, and Society of Illustrators 58th. Communication Arts featured his work in the Typography and Illustration Annuals 2017.


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Mr. Carlos Zamora

Holiday Parlor Tour 2009

2011, Summer LaFayette Square

2012, St. Louis Design Week

2012, St. Louis Filmmakers

2014, AIGA St. Louis

2014, Laumeier Sculpture park

2015, Holiday Parlor Tour

2015, Library Journal cover

2016 Miami New Times

2016, Ad Age cover

2016, American Lawyer Cover

2016, Art of Travel

2016, Lincoln Center Fall Gala

2016, Mostly Mozart

2016, STL Ballet Ball Dance

2016, STL Magazine  cover

2016, The Art of the Matter

2017, Dance, STL Ballet Ball

2017, Express Scripts

2017, Pinnacle Awards. 2jpg

2017, Tap Dynamics

2018, STL Ballet Ball

2018, New Horizons

2018, The Real Deal

2019, STL Ballet ball

2020, Cartel Stop Corona

Angels on Earth, n.d.

Blink, n.d.

Cherokee Street, n.d.

Clementines, n.d.

First-Fridays, n.d.

New York Observer Superfood n.d.

WSJ Prosecco editorial, n.d.

WSJ Women Writer editorial, n.d.

 

 

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