Diego Torres

Painter/Illustrator/Collagist/Content Creator/Graphic Designer

Los Angeles, CA, USA
Diego Felipe Torres (b. 1989) is a multidisciplinary artist working in mixed-media collage, drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, illustration, and graphic design. He received his BFA from Pratt Institute (2012) and was artist-in-residence at the Julio Valdez Printmaking Studio in New York City (2014) and the Bogong Centre for Sound Culture in Bogong, Australia (2016).He was an intern at The New Yorker Magazine (2011) and The Norton Museum of Art (2006).

His artwork has been commissioned by The New York Times, Datlook, The Deal, and W42ST, and been featured in the American Illustration and Latin American Ilustración annuals. He was awarded an art commission by CityMD (2015) and has received awards from Tomie dePaola, AIGA Worldstudio, The National Society of Arts and Letters, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, and the Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Key in Computer Art.

Work Experience

The Walt Disney Company

Set Design Art Department Assistant

2020 - California, United States

Various Clients

Freelance Illustrator, Content Creator, Designer

2011 -

Leslie Wigon / Brian Grimwood Art

Remote Image Retoucher, Graphic Designer

2019 -

The New York Times

Freelance Illustrator

2014 -

ATLIST

Remote Image Retoucher, Editor

2019 - 2020

Brian Labrecque Studio

Prop/Set Assistant

2014 - 2015

Richard Dupont Studio

Studio Assistant

2014 - 2015

Doug Beube Studio

Studio Manager

2013 - March 2015 New York, United States

Sotheby's

Temporary Property Handler

2013 - 2013 New York, United States

Kon Trubkovich Studio

Studio intern

February 2012 - 2012 Brooklyn, New York, United States

The New Yorker

Illustration & Design intern

Art intern assisting with archiving and selecting spot illustrations for manuscripts
June 2011 - August 2011 New York, New York, United States

Jaffe Center For Book Arts

Studio assistant

Studio assistant operating the Vandercook 4 Proof Press for book project
September 2008 - October 2008 Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Norton Museum Of Art

Art & Research intern

Research intern assisting education and curatorial staff; also designer for the invite to the intern exhibition
June 2006 - August 2006 West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Education

Pratt Institute

BFA in Communications Design (Emphasis in Illustration)

2007 - 2012 Brooklyn, New York, United States

Languages

English (Fluent),
Spanish (Fluent),
Italian (Conversational),

Awards

CityMD

Artist Commission

2015

American Illustration

American Illustration 31 Selected Piece

2012

Tomie DePaola

Illustration Scholarship

2011

AIGA - The Professional Association For Design

The Coyne Family Award in Illustration

2009

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Gold Key in Computer Art

2007

Arts For The Future

Scholarship

2007

Skills

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Soundbooth, Art History, Audio, Collage, Design, Drawing, Freelance Illustration, Graphic Design, Painting, Photography, Poetry, Printmaking, Retouching,