Caio Martinelli
Caio Martinelli
Curriculum
Born in São Paulo-SP - 1972
Graphic designer, illustrator, draftsman and painter
1989-1992
First contacts with drawing and painting: studies in crayon pencil, graphite, India ink
1993
- Beginning of the Visual Arts course at UNESP
- Participation in a painting workshop with the painter Antonio Carlos Rodrigues (Tuneu)
- Early works in computer graphics
1994
- Solo painting exhibition at the Galeria da União Cultural Brasil-United States / series: “Reminiscências”
- First studies in watercolors
1995
- Participation in the Contemporary Art Salon of Santo André (collective-paintings)
1996
- Completion of the Visual Arts course at UNESP
- Participation in the ABCA Panel (collective)
1996 - present
- Work in the area of editorial graphic design: creation of illustrations, page layout, covers and graphic projects for magazines and newspapers:
- Parallel activity of drawing and watercolor studies, with some commercial works published using the technique
2009
- Resumption of artistic production (drawing and painting in watercolor)
2010
- Collective exhibition at Casa da Xiclet (paintings)
2013-2017
- Affiliation to the ABA, participating in group exhibitions and events
2014-2018
- Development of children's illustration work using the watercolor technique, which resulted in the creation of 3 books: "Kiko, the flying rabbit", Kiko and the rescue of the Red Toucan, "Kiko and the lost whale"