Mario Cau

Ilustrador

Campinas, Brazil

Work Experience

Petisco

Artist, writer, editor, member of editorial council

Petisco is a web-based comic author group, with ongoing webcomics.

My webcomic is called "Terapia" (Therapy) and it's been on since March 2011, having won the HQMIX Award for Best Webcomic in 2012.

www.petisco.org/terapia
March 2011 - Present Brazil

Pandora Escola De Arte

Teacher

Classes I currently teach:
- Basic drawing
- Basic Illustration / Comics art
- Advanced Illustration
- Advanced Comics Narrative
- Inking
- Perspective
- Anatomy and movement
May 2007 - Present Campinas, Brazil

Publicity

Illustrator

A wide range of illustration work, mostly freelance.
2006 - Present Brazil

Quarto Mundo

Writer, artist, editor, member of editorial council

Quarto Mundo was a group of artists, writers and editors. One of the most important comic creator collectives in Brazil.
June 2008 - December 2012 Brazil

Front

Writer, artist, member of editorial council

January 2007 - January 2010 Brazil

Editorial

Freelance Illustrator

January 2004 - Present

Education

Unicamp

Bachelor of Visual Arts

Mastered in Drawing and Painting.

Conclusion project was the story "NÓS - Dream Sequence Revisited", later published by Balão Editorial in Brazil.
March 2003 - March 2008 Campinas, Brazil

Languages

English (Fluent),
Portuguese (Native),
Português (Native),
Spanish (Conversational),
Italian (Beginner),

Awards

AQCSP

Best Artist 2014

2015

Troféu HQMIX

Won Best Adaptation to Comics, for Dom Casmurro

2014

Troféu HQMIX

Won Best Webcomic for "Terapia"

2014

Troféu HQMIX

Won Best Independent Group Anthology for "Petisco Vol. I" with other Petisco's artists

2012

Secretaria De Estado Da Cutura - São Paulo

ProAC - Programa de Ação Cultural

2011

Troféu HQMIX

Won Best Webcomic for "Terapia"

2011

Troféu HQMIX

Nominated for Best independent comic series for "Pieces #3"

2010

Troféu HQMIX

Nominated for "Best editorial project" for "NÓS - Dream Sequence Revisited"

2010

Troféu HQMIX

Nominee for New Artist

2009

Troféu HQMIX

Nominee for Best independent comic for "Pieces #1 and #2

2009