Maria Picasso Piquer

By LatAm ARTE

Maria Picasso Piquer was born in Manresa and is currently based in Barcelona. She trained as an architect but soon realized that illustration was her true vocation, a passion she has pursued ever since. With a recognizable geometric vector style, she enjoys distilling reality to its most recognizable essence. Through the use of pure shapes and color gradients, she creates a striking and timeless perspective on a wide range of subjects. While her career has spanned diverse media and clients, she has recently specialized in caricature, editorial illustration, and poster design. Among her projects, she has illustrated Catalan editions of works by Ursula K. Le Guin, Becky Chambers, Andy Weir, and Frank Herbert, as well as the complete works of Georges Simenon in French. In the video game industry, she has worked on franchises such as The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, and, currently, Star Trek. She has also received widespread recognition as a caricaturist, having served as a speaker and awardee at several conferences in Europe and the United States. Her work has appeared in publications around the world, including Forbes, Vanity Fair, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and ICON, a magazine from El País to which she contributes monthly. In the field of poster design, she has illustrated sporting, institutional, and cultural events both locally and internationally: from the Fira Mediterrània in Manresa to a Norwegian production of Les Misérables, including the Carnaval de Madrid and the Festival 42 in Barcelona. Recently, she published the illustrated book 150 anys en veu de dona with Enderrock Llibres, a project that consolidates her editorial work and reinforces her commitment to cultural dissemination through image.