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"