ZE OTAVIO | HOW AN EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL CAME TO A SUDDEN CONCLUSION FOR POLITICO
The People vs. Trump. It isn't so often you get to create a piece of art for a major trial…
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May
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Zé Otavio
OLIMPIA, BRAZIL
Zé is a proof to the tradition that the biggest gift an artist can have is his eyes. To look outwards, recognize the other, extract enough of the outer world to compose his own interior portrait.
Born in Olímpia-SP, the artist has lived in London and São Paulo. Zé’s relationship with art began while drawing friends and live models in design school. After working for a while in studios, he found himself as a freelance illustrator. And are these strokes that you can see on the pages of the biggest magazines, editorials and prints in Brazil and around the world.
The artist Zé Otávio roams freely through themes and techniques. Colorful, chaotic, defiant, sexy, androgynous, provocative.
Featured Clients
Editora Abril, Editora Globo, Companhia das Letras, Penguin Classics, Hearst Magazines, Ideafixa, Lollapalooza, Itaú Cultural, O Estado de São Paulo, Folha de SP
Group Exhibitions
- “Sketchbooks” at POP Gallery / Rojo ArtSpace SP
- Moda Ilustrada – Estilo e Tendência | Olido Gallery SP
- “Magioska” at Pop Gallery organized by Magenta Gallery
- IlustraBrazil! China | The Foundry Gallery, Xangai
- Fashion and Art | Alliance Française Sao Paulo
- VANITAS 2012 / 2013 – PLUS Gallery / GO
- CONTENDO ARTE – PLUS Gallery / GO
- E(FEMME)RA – Urban Arts SP
- lustraBrasil! 6, 7, 8, 9 e 10 SIB / Senac SP
- SAO PAULO – Ornitorrinco Gallery SP
- “Impressões Sonoras” FNAC / PLUS Gallery / GO
- 2011 | IlustraBrazil! China | The Foundry Gallery, Xangai
Publications
- Illustration Now! 5 – Taschen
- Lürzer’s Archive 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide 14/15
- Illustration Now! Fashion – Taschen
- 1,000 Portrait Illustrations: Contemporary Illustration from Pencil to Digital
- Sketchbook Experience: Zé Otavio
Artist News
May
22
ZE OTAVIO | ZE OTAVIO | COVER REVEAL | JOAO UBALDO RIBEIRO FOR YOUNG READERS FOR NOVA FRONTEIRA PUBLISHING
More fantastic covers by #lcmartist Zé Otavio for Nova Fronteira Publishing. "In 'The Art and Science of Stealing Chickens', João…
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May
14
ZE OTAVIO | COVER REVEAL | CARLOS HEITOR CONY FOR YOUNG READERS FOR NOVA FRONTEIRA PUBLISHING
Excited to share this new cover art by #lcmartist Zé Otavio for Young Readers (Coleção Jovens Leitores) for Nova Fronteira Publishing,…
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