RECONOCIMIENTOS Y PREMIOS
- Seleccionada para la Muestra de la 27° Bienal de Bratislava 2020 de libros infantiles y juveniles.
- Seleccionada para la Muestra de la 28° Bienal de Bratislava 2021 de libros infantiles y juveniles.
- Premio ADA 2019- Categoría: "Ilustración Infantil y Juvenil".
- Premio ADA 2020 - Categoría: "Audiovisual".
- Mención del Jurado en la primera edición del "Premio Estímulo a la Escritura" en la categoría Libro-álbum. 2020. Organizado por: Fundación Proa, La Nación y Fundación Bunge y Born.
- Beca Fondo Nacional de las Artes . Desarrollo de Proyecto. 2022
Mariana Ardanaz is an illustrator from Punta Lara, a small town near the river in Argentina. Thinking about her childhood, she remembers being a dreamy, expressive, restless girl. That's, indeed, the reason she became a book illustrator! She graduated at the Fine Arts University in La Plata, Buenos Aires. This allowed her to discover a technique that is nowadays her channel of expression: plasticine/ clay art. Not only it gives her the opportunity to draw, paint, and especially model, but most importantly, it connects her to a practice she will never give up: playing!
Since 2014 Mariana has illustrated many children's books from Argentina, España, USA and Chile, magazines, and also made characters and scenery for animated films. She belongs to the Cartoonists Association from Argentina (ADA in Spanish), where they share experiences, learn and fight for labour rights. Mariana likes dancing, watching movies and enjoys the sunshine with her daughter Matilda and her partner Lucas.
