Zoo Valdes has won the grand prize in the 2011 Society of Korea Illusart Design and Illustration Competition. I am still waiting to hear which piece was selected since i submitted two. For more info about SOKI, visit the link below.
http://www.illusart.kr/eng/about.html
Kaleidoscienza and Graphicplayers teams just informed me that the 2010 BIO-GRAPHICS exhibition is going to also be held in March in Esslingen am Neckar, Germany.
Zoo Valdes won 2 awards for The Unwantables packaging at the recent AIGA InShow Awards held in Columbia, SC. One of the awards was a Juror's Award for their favorite piece in the show. To learn more about AIGA SC visit their website at http://southcarolina.aiga.org.
Recently, a poster I designed and illustrated was selcted for an exhibition held in Udine, Italy. The theme of the exhibition was Bio Diversity. Learn and see more at http://kaleidoscienza.blogspot.com/.
Zoo Valdes is self-publishing a very small run of 4x4 inch kid's books in early November. Samples can be seen in the digital section of this website. The book features 19 full color illustrations. More info to come in early November.
Zoo Valdes created an illustration for the Washington Post Travel section to be published on Sunday, October 9. Art direction by Marty Barrick.
Zoo Valdes placed 2 pieces in as runner-up in Creative Quarterly 21. One runner up was for fine art and the other for graphic design. For more info visit http://www.cqjournal.com/winners.html
I will be presenting a paper at the Shadow Play Illustration Symposium in November at the Cardiff School of Art and Design. I will be discussing my recent exhibition of work The Secret Species that took place at The Showroom in Spartanburg, SC.
Zoo Valdes placed 2 pieces in the 14th Seoul International and Cartoon Festival. I received a special jury prize for my piece Eggs Shotski Escapes.