Location: Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Profile Last Updated: March 12, 2007

Member Since: March 07, 2007

User Type: Design Professional

Disciplines: Illustration

Tags: illustration, fashion, art, advertisement

Occupation: Illustrator at Gaston Caba

School: UBA '2005

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Description: Gastón Caba Gastón Caba(1978), freelance illustrator. Currently lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina. His work features worldwide in many exhibitions, websites, international magazines, plus some books like "Pictoplasma - The Character Encyclopaedia" (Pictoplasma Publishing), “Pictoplasma 2” & "Tres Logos" (Die Gestalten Verlag), “The big book of illustration ideas” (Harper Collins), “Football Heroes” (Herzglut Verlag) & the upcoming "Latex for fun" (Die Gestalten Verlag). He was member of Grupo Sorna, an eclectic bunch of writers & designers, where he developed a flash animation series named “Mundo Juanca”. Juanca´s characters design has been the main loved characters in Gastón´s work (recently on the cover of IdN magazine). Last year he made up the “Ping-Pong Remix” project, a big collaborative project in wich he invited +70 of the best illustrators/designers around the world to remix his ping-pong characters into original artworks. In SS07 he´ll launch his own fashion brand named "Gaston Custom" based on Hong Kong and distributed worldwide. He´s also composer/singer for Flavia & the Motonets. Solo Shows: 2006 "Monstrosity" for LA Gear. LCX. Hong Kong. 2006 “Gods of Inspiration” Benetton´s Fabrica Features . Hong Kong. 2005 Proyecto 100x70. Subaquatica. Madrid, España. Group Shows: 2007 (upcoming) "Celebrate Water", Show-off Gallery, UK 2007 The Short Fuse, FX 2007, Florida 2006 Football Heroes, Bd Pavés, Sierre/Siders, Valais, Switzerland 2006 Football Heroes, Alte Kaserne, Winterhur, Switzerland 2006 Characters at war , Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA). 2006 Design Warriors. The Butter Factory, Singapore. 2006 Festival Buen Día, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2005 Homage to Helvetica Collaborative, Cantoyama, Hong Kong 2005 Sayonara/Proyector Proyect, aRamona Gallery, New York 2005 GET IT LOUDER: A visual noise made by young talented designers and artists around the globe. Shenzhen+Shangai+Beijing, China 2005 Characters at war, NRW-Forum für Kultur und Wirtschaft Ehrenhof 2 / Dusseldorf / Germany 2004 Characters at war, Zentralburo, Berlin 2003 Pictoplasma Art Exhibit: An exhibition of contemporary character design and art, F.I.N. Arts, New York 2003 Pictoplasma Art Exhibit: An exhibition of contemporary character design, Zakka Corp, New York Some previous clients: -UNESCO / Argentina Goverment / Argentina -Orange / UK -YCN Online / UK -RSA.org.uk & Just a Drop / UK -Benetton / Hong Kong -LA Gear / Hong Kong -Milk Magazine / Hong Kong -IdN Magazine / Hong Kong -FRD Services / Hong Kong -Computer Arts Mag / China -ZINEFEST2005 / USA -TheLevel5 – Kaching Brands/ USA -XLR8R Mag / USA -Die Gestalten Verlag / Germany -Hersglut Verlag / Germany -Applied Clothing / UK -Banco Hipotecario / Argentina -Qubo Mag / Spain -Pezelectrico / Spain More info: Personal Portfolio: http://www.gastoncaba.com.ar Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gastoncaba mail: [email protected] Buenos Aires – Argentina

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