Cheyne Gallarde

Cheyne Gallarde (born 1980) is an American queer illustrator, actor and photographer who was born and raised in Hawaii. He is known for his vintage comic style drawings which generally focus on significant figures in the LGBTQ+ community.

Career Gallarde is a creator who works in various fields in the arts. He has been chosen by several companies to contribute his illustrations, photographs, and insight. In 2015, he was a guest speaker at a TEDx presentation in Honolulu. Gallarde was also chosen by GLAAD and Adobe to be featured in their pride series "Create Change" which focuses on LGBTQ+ community issues, inspiration, and self-expression.

Photography Cheyne Gallarde was the founder and photographer of Firebird Photography.

Illustration

Cheyne Gallarde is most commonly known for his comic style illustrations. and Star-Advertiser Newspaper Pow!Wow! Hawaii Festival Mural NA Mural of mahu, third-gender people, of Hawaii The Advocate and Art Sphere Inc. MTV VMA Video of the Year 2020 Comic style illustrations of MTV's video of year nominees Kam,

Awards 2012: Rainbow Film Festival Key Visuals Award, for contribution to festival 2019: National Advertising Award, for drawings of well-known LGBTQ+ figures for Logo TV 2020: Pele Award Gold Winner, for contributing illustrations for the MTV Music Awards