Ana Juan

Ana Juan (born 1961) is a Spanish artist, illustrator and painter.

Life and career After graduating in fine arts from Universidad Politécnica in Valencia (1982), she moved to Madrid at the height of the movida madrileña and in the early 1980s she collaborated with magazines such as La Luna and Madriz (where "for the first seven months of the magazine's life, [she] was the only regular female artist" and for which "she authored seventeen comic book works" and illustrated many scripts for other artists).

In 1991, she temporarily moved to Paris and exhibited in Geneva and New York. In 1994, she received a fellowship by the Japanese publishing house Kodansha and lived in Japan for three months.

Back in Madrid in 1995, she started contributing to The New Yorker, for which she has designed more than 20 covers over the years, among which "Solidarité", after the Charlie Hébdo shooting in Paris.

In 1998 and 1999, she was awarded the Gold Medal (category: Illustration) by the Society of Newspaper Design and on September 24, 2010, she was awarded the “Premio Nacional de Ilustración” by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.

She currently creates her own books (texts and illustrations), exhibits her work all over the world (Spain, Mexico, Japan, Italy...) and contributes to many Spanish and international magazines. She has also illustrated many Isabel Allende’s book covers for Plaza e Janés (Penguin Random House), including Retrato en Sepia, Eva Luna, El cuaderno de Maya, Of Love and Shadows. She is one of the very few artists who was allowed by the author himself to illustrate a book by Stephen King, namely The Man in the Black Suit (El hombre del traje negro, Nórdica Libros, 2017).

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions 1988 Galerie Notuno, Geneve 1989 Galería Mama Graf, Seville 1992 "Graphic works", Galería del Progreso, Madrid 1992 121 Greene Street Gallery, New York 1993 "Graphic works", Galería Viciana, Valencia 1993 "Graphic works", Galería Bubión, Granada 1993 "Graphic works", Galería Jordi Barnadas, Barcelona 1993 Galería del Progreso, Madrid 1994 121 Greene Street Gallery, New York 1994 Art Miami, 121 Greene Street Gallery, New York 1997 Galería Taller Mayor 28, Madrid 1997 Galería Tiempos Modernos, Madrid 1998 "Sculpture", Galería Tiempos Modernos, Madrid 1999 Bellreguard, Casa de Cultura, Valencia 1999 Galería Sen, Madrid 2000 Artexpo 2000, Galería María José Castellví, Barcelona 2005 "Cor i Foscor", Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca 2011 "Snowhite's Secret Box", Museo ABC, Madrid 2012 "Snowhite's Secret Box", Pinacoteca di Bologna 2014 "Ana Juan. Posters 2002–2014", La factoría de papel, Madrid 2014 "Amantes", "Carmilla", "Frida" and "Snowhite", Museo de la ciudad, Querétaro 2017 "Dibujando al otro lado", Museo ABC, Madrid 16.03.17–18.06.17 2017 "El hombre del traje negro", exhibition of the original works, Panta Rhei, Madrid 2019 "Anna dei miracoli", open-air exhibition by #logosedizioni & CHEAP, via Indipendenza and via San Giuseppe, Bologna 2023 “Ana Juan. La grande battaglia”, Complesso San Paolo, Modena, on the occasion of DIG Festival

Group exhibitions 1991 "Arco 91", Ediciones Dos Negritos, Madrid 1992 "Collage", Galería del Progreso, Madrid 1993 "El canto de la tripulación", Galería Detursa, Madrid 1993 "X Anniversary", Galería Viciana, Valencia 1993 "Bestiario", Galería del Progreso, Madrid 1994 "El muro de Woodstock", Woodstock94, Woodstock 1995 "Falsos originales", Galería Maeght, Barcelona 1995 "L’Homme sans tête", Galerie Michel Lagarde, Paris 1995 "El objeto del arte", Fundación Juan March, Cuenca 1999 "Tango", Galerie Contours, Hamburg 2001 "Arco 2001", Galería Sen, Madrid 2001 "Los cuatro sentidos", Galería Maria José Castellví, Barcelona 2001 "La elegancia del espíritu", Galería María José Castellví, Barcelona 2001 "Mi mejor amigo", Galería Sen, Madrid 2001 "Tipos ilustrados", Cromotex, Madrid 2012 "Les couvertures du New Yorker", Galerie Martel, Paris 2014 Latin Beat Film Festival, T-Site Daikanyama, Tokyo, with Roger Olmos and Alejandro Magallanes 2016 "Sobras de arte", La factoría de papel, Madrid 2017 "Sobras de arte", La factoría de papel, Madrid 2017 "El tercer año", La factoría de papel, Madrid 2017 "Fanzination. Los fanzines de cómic en España", Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia 2017 "Los siete pecados capitales", Espai Refugi @ Galería Shiras, Valencia 2017–18 "Pasa página. Una invitación a la lectura", Museo Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid 2018 "Under the Influence: The Private Collection of Peter de Sève”, Society of Illustrators, New York 2019 “Milagros”, Instituto Cervantes, Roma (with Roger Olmos) 2019 “Milagros”, Instituto Cervantes, Naples (with Roger Olmos) 2020 "The Turn of the Screw", online exhibition 2020 "Bestiario para después de…", La factoría de papel, Madrid

Prizes and awards 1984: Best cover of the year, Saló del Còmic de Barcelona, Spain, Revista MADRIZ nº 3 1988: Trofeo Laus 88 for Best Advertising Illustration, Spain, Paga tú 1994: Kodansha Publishing scholarship, Japan 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998: Silver Medal by the Society of Newspaper Design, category: Illustration 1996, 1997 and 1998: Gold Medal by the Society of Newspaper Design, category: Illustration 1996, 1997 and 1998: Excellence Award, Society of Newspaper Design, USA, Art and Illustration portfolio / Two or more colors 2001: “Best illustrated book” by the Conselleria de Cultura Educació i Ciència de la Generalitat Valenciana for Snowhite, Edicions de Ponent 2005: The Ezra Jack Keats for The Night Eater, Arthur Levine Books, USA 2005: Comston Book Award, Minnesota State University, USA 2006: Lupine Award, Picture Book Winner (category: illustrator), Maine, USA 2007: Junceda Iberia Prize, APIC – Asociación de Ilustradores de Cataluña, for For you are a Kenyan Child, Simon & Schuster, Spain 2007-2008: Prize for the best book published in the Valencian Community, category: best book published in Castilian Spanish, Demeter, Edicions de Ponent 2009: Mention for the Premio CCEI de Ilustración, Bibi y las bailarinas, Alfaguara 2010: National Illustration Award, Spanish Ministry of Culture, Spain 2012: San Carlos Medal, Facultad de BBAA, Valencia, Spain 2017: Golden Award of the ADCV, in the category "new media: installations” for the interactive exhibition “Ana Juan. Dibujando al otro lado” (in collaboration with the Politécnico de Valencia) 2017: Golden Award of the ADCV, in the category "new media: gaming” for the project “Earthland, Snowhite’s Mystery Tale” (simultaneous to the exhibition “Ana Juan. Dibujando al otro lado”, in collaboration with the Politécnico de Valencia)

Books

2001, Amantes, 1000 editions, Spain 2001, Snowhite, Edicions de Ponent, Spain 2002, Frida (texts by Jonah Winter), Arthur Levine Books, USA 2004, Elena's Serenade (texts by Campbell Geeslin), Simon & Schuster, USA 2004, The Night Eater, Arthur Levine Books, USA 2006, For You Are a Kenyan Child (texts by Kelly Cunnane), Simon & Schuster, USA 2007, Demeter (texts by Bram Stoker), Edicions de Ponent, Spain 2007, The Jewel Box Ballerinas (texts by Monique de Varennes), Schwartz & Wade Books, Random House, USA 2008, Bibi y las bailarinas (texts by Monique de Varennes), Alfaguara, Spain 2008, The Elephant Wish (texts by Lou Berger), Schwartz & Wade Books, Random House, New York, USA 2008, Cuentos esenciales (texts by Guy de Maupassant, translation by José Ramón Monreal), Literatura Random House, Spain 2010, Amantes (translation by Fabio Regattin), #logosedizioni, Italy 2010, Circus, #logosedizioni, Italy 2010, L’isola (texts by Matz Mainka, translation by Antonella Lami), #logosedizioni, Italy 2011, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (texts by Catheryne M. Valente), Feiwel & Friends, USA 2011, The Pet Shop Revolution, Arthur Levine Books, USA 2011, Snowhite (translation by Antonella Lami and Bill Dodd), #logosedizioni, Italy 2011, Sorelle (texts by Matz Mainka, translation by Antonella Lami), #logosedizioni, Italy 2011, Cartoline Ana Juan, #logosedizioni, Italy 2011, Wakefield (texts by Nathaniel Hawthorne, translation by María José Chuliá), Nørdica Libros, Spain 2012, Promesse (texts by Matz Mainka), #logosedizioni, Italy 2012, Demeter (texts by Bram Stoker, translation by Antonella Lami), #logosedizioni, Italy 2012, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There (texts by Catheryne M. Valente), Feiwel & Friends, USA 2013, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two (texts by Catheryne M. Valente), Feiwel & Friends, USA 2013, Carmilla (texts by Sheridan Le Fanu, translation by Juan Elías Tovar Cross), Fondo de cultura económica, Mexico 2013, Otra vuelta de tuerca (texts by Henry James, translation by José Bianco), Galaxia Gutenberg, Spain 2014, Mi querida Babel (music and texts by Juan Pablo Silvestre, concept by Oscar Mariné), La mano cornutta, Spain 2014, Ana Juan. Catalogo, #logosedizioni, Italy 2015, Carmilla (texts by Sheridan Le Fanu, translation by Francesca Del Moro), #logosedizioni, Italia 2015, Lacrimosa (texts by Matz Mainka), #logosedizioni, Italy 2015, The Boy Who Lost Fairyland (texts by Catheryne M. Valente), Feiwel & Friends, USA 2016, Hermanas (texts by Matz Mainka), Edelvives, Spain 2016, Frida (texts by Jonah Winter, translation by Fabio Regattin), #logosedizioni, Italy 2017, El hombre del traje negro (texts by Stephen King, translation by Íñigo Jáuregui), Nørdica Libros, Spain 2018, Pelea como una chica (texts by Sandra Sabates), Editorial Planeta, Spain 2019, Anna dei miracoli (translation by Valentina Vignoli), #logosedizioni (in collaboration with CBM Italia), Italy 2019, Un milagro para Helen, Libros del zorro rojo, Spain 2019, Otra vuelta de tuerca (texts by Henry James, translation by José Bianco), Lunwerg, Spain 2020, La vida secreta de los gatos (texts by Marta Sanz), Lunwerg, Spain 2020, L’uomo vestito di nero (texts by Stephen King, translation by Silvia Fornasiero), Sperling & Kupfer, Italy 2020, Ortigas a manos llenas (texts by Sara Mesa), librerías de La Conspiración de la Pólvora, Editorial La uÑa RoTa, Editorial Delirio, La Moderna editora, Spain 2020, Revolución en la tienda de animales, Baobab, Planeta, Spain 2021, La vita segreta dei gatti (texts by Marta Sanz, translation by Federico Taibi), #logosedizioni, Italia

Book covers

2006, La casa de los espíritus, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España 2006, Retrato en sepia, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España 2006, Mi país inventado, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España 2011, Inés del alma mía, by Isabel Allende, Random House Mondadori, España 2011, El cuaderno de Maya, by Isabel Allende, Random House Mondadori, España 2011, La suma de los días, by Isabel Allende, Plaza & Janes Editores, España 2011, Hija de la fortuna, by Isabel Allende, Random House Mondadori, España 2011, La isla bajo el mar, by Isabel Allende, Random House Mondadori, España 2011, Il quaderno di Maya, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia 2012, Amor, by Isabel Allende, Plaza & Janes Editores, España 2012, Cuentos de Eva Luna, by Isabel Allende, Plaza & Janes Editores, España 2013, Ritratto in seppia, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia 2013, Il mio paese inventato, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia 2013, Inés dell’anima mia, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia 2014, La città delle bestie, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia 2014, Paula, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia 2015, Paula / La suma de los días, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España 2015, La somma dei giorni, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia 2015, Il regno del drago d’oro, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia 2015, L’isola sotto il mare, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia 2017, Paula, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España 2018, Eva Luna, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España 2019, El plan infinito, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España 2020, El libro de los anhelos, by Sue Monk Kidd, Ediciones B, España 2020, De amor y de sombra, by Isabel Allende, Plaza & Janes Editores, España

Covers for The New Yorker

13 July 1998, New Yorker July 13th, 1998 2 August 1999, City in Mourning 31 July 2000, A Star is Born 2 October 2000, Page-turner 4 March 2002, Let the Fur Fly 16 September 2002, Dawn Over Lower Manhattan 14 April 2003, Action 2 February 2004, Huddling for Warmth 10 May 2004, Open Wound 27 September 2004, Brought to Heel 13 & 20 June 2005, Début on the Beach 12 September 2005, Requiem 3 March 2008, Fading 10 March 2008, Blossoms 1 September 2008, Object of Desire 8 February 2010, Baby, it’s Cold Outside 29 March 2010, Homage 12 September 2011, Reflections 25 March 2013, Art and Architecture 27 May 2013, Defiance 24 March 2014, Metamorphosis 19 January 2015, Solidarité 19 & 26 December 2016, Yule Dog 8 October 2018, Unheard

More

2002, Film poster for A Snake of June, by Kayju Teather and Shinya Tsukamoto, Japan 2002, Cover Venti4 Magazine Imperi dei sensi 2006, Poster for Latin Beat Film Festival 2006, Poster for Feria del Libro de Madrid 2007, Poster for Latin Beat Film Festival 2008, Poster for Latin Beat Film Festival 2010, Poster for Latin Beat Film Festival 2011, Poster for the Campaña fomento de la lectura, Fundació Bromera 2012, Poster for Cirque Jules Verne, Saison Équestre 2012–13 2012, Isabel Allende slipcase, Random House Mondadori 2013, Manifesto Latin Beat Film Festival 2020, Tarot Cats, Fournier 2020, Poster for the XXIX Festival Internacional en el Camino de Santiago