IlustraFest23, Madrid Illustration Fair

The Campus of Design and Creative Industries of UDIT, University of Design, Innovation and Technology, hosted last Thursday 13, Friday 14 and Saturday 15 April the Illustration Fair IlustraFest23, curated by Inmaculada Corcho Gómez, Director of the ABC Museum of Drawing and Illustration and Javier Chavarría, Director of the Master's Degree in Illustration at UDIT.

The exhibition included a tour of some of the most outstanding works from the career of the renowned illustrator Javier de Juan, one of the great creators of the Movida Madrileña, as well as a total of 24 stands where the work of more than 30 illustrators such as Jorge Arévalo, Víctor Coyote, Toño Benavides, David Despau, Urban Sketchers, Iván Araújo, Alberto Hoyos and Cristina Valencia could be admired and purchased.

In addition, within the calendar of activities of IlustraFest23, there were also talks, workshops, round tables, book sales..., as well as a tribute to the career of the illustrator and creator Javier de Juan.

IlustraFest23 Agenda

Thursday 13th April

11.30 a.m.: Inauguration of the IlustraFest23 Illustration Fair.

12.00 a.m.: Session with Pepe Medina: "What we do when we do nothing".

12.30 p.m.: Session with Álvaro Zornoza

13.00: Session with Nader Sharaf

1.30 p.m.: Session with Adriana Bermúdez: "The ABC of Collage".

4 p.m.: Session with Carlos Yuste: "Working under concepts".

4.30 p.m.: Session with Urban Sketchers

5 p.m.: Session with Nikita Rodriguez

5.30 p.m.: Session with Despau and Jorge Arévalo

6.30 p.m.: Tribute to Javier de Juan

7.30 p.m.: Concert by Víctor Coyote

Friday 14th April

11.30 a.m.: Session with Chucherías de Arte and Víctor Coyote

12 noon: Session with Toño Benavides

12.30 p.m.: Round table presentation of the book Capas en el Tiempo, lo que cuentan los Collages with the graphic designer Emilio Gil; Marcelo Ghio, Director of Experimenta and the graphic designer Chema Ribagorda.

4pm: Round table with APIM: "Together we are stronger". Albertoyos, Rocío La Pequeña, Cris Valencia, Marina Speer, Tania Izquierdo and Juan José Colsa.

5pm: Session with Daniel Diosdado.

5.30 p.m.: Session with Iván Araujo: "The artist's notebook and expanded drawing".

6 p.m.: Presentation of the book "Collage meets Design" by Javier Chamorro

6.30 p.m.: Session with Antonia Santolaya

Saturday 15th April 

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.: Laboratoria Workshop: Éranse muchos cosas (There were many things)