Ana Juan facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Ana Juan
Juan in a Photo by Laura Martínez Lombardía
Born	1961 Valencia, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Occupation	Artist, painter, illustrator, sculptor

Ana Juan (born in 1961 in Valencia, Spain) is a talented Spanish artist. She is known for her amazing illustrations, paintings, and sculptures.

Life and Career

Ana Juan studied fine arts at a university in Valencia. After graduating in 1982, she moved to Madrid. This was during an exciting time called the "movida madrileña," when there was a lot of new art and culture.

In the early 1980s, Ana worked with popular magazines like La Luna and Madriz. She was often the only female artist creating comics and illustrations for Madriz.

In 1991, she lived in Paris for a short time. She also showed her art in Geneva and New York. In 1994, she received a special scholarship from a Japanese publisher, Kodansha. This allowed her to live and work in Japan for three months.

When she returned to Madrid in 1995, she started working for The New Yorker magazine. She has designed more than 20 covers for them! One famous cover, called "Solidarité," was made after a sad event in Paris to show support.

Ana Juan has won many important awards for her work. In 1998 and 1999, she received the Gold Medal for Illustration from the Society of Newspaper Design. In 2010, the Spanish Ministry of Culture gave her the "Premio Nacional de Ilustración," which is a big national award for illustration.

Today, Ana Juan creates her own books, writing the stories and drawing the pictures. She also shows her art in exhibitions all over the world. She has illustrated many book covers for famous authors like Isabel Allende. She even illustrated a book by the well-known horror writer Stephen King, called The Man in the Black Suit. This is very rare, as King usually doesn't let other artists illustrate his books!

Exhibitions

Ana Juan's art has been shown in many places around the world.

Solo Exhibitions

She has had many solo shows, where only her art is displayed. Some of these include:

• 1988: Galerie Notuno, Geneva
• 1992: "Graphic works," Galería del Progreso, Madrid
• 1992: 121 Greene Street Gallery, New York
• 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
• 2017: "Dibujando al otro lado," Museo ABC, Madrid
• 2019: "Anna dei miracoli," open-air exhibition, Bologna

Group Exhibitions

Ana Juan has also participated in many group exhibitions with other artists. Some examples are:

• 1991: "Arco 91," Madrid
• 1995: "Falsos originales," Galería Maeght, Barcelona
• 2012: "Les couvertures du New Yorker," Galerie Martel, Paris
• 2017: "Fanzination. Los fanzines de cómic en España," Institut Valencià d'Art Modern (IVAM), Valencia
• 2017–18: "Pasa página. Una invitación a la lectura," Museo Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid
• 2019: "Milagros," Instituto Cervantes, Rome and Naples

Prizes and Awards

Ana Juan has won many awards for her amazing art and illustrations.

• 1984: Best cover of the year, Saló del Còmic de Barcelona, Spain.
• 1988: Trofeo Laus 88 for Best Advertising Illustration, Spain.
• 1994: Kodansha Publishing scholarship, Japan.
• 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998: Silver and Gold Medals from the Society of Newspaper Design for her illustrations.
• 2001: "Best illustrated book" for Snowhite, Spain.
• 2005: The Ezra Jack Keats Award for The Night Eater, USA.
• 2006: Lupine Award, Picture Book Winner, USA.
• 2007: Junceda Iberia Prize for For you are a Kenyan Child, Spain.
• 2010: National Illustration Award from the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
• 2017: Golden Awards of the ADCV for her interactive exhibitions.
• 2020: Premio Gràffica.

Books

Ana Juan has created many books, sometimes writing the stories herself and always providing the beautiful illustrations.

• 2001: Amantes, Spain
• 2001: Snowhite, Spain
• 2002: Frida (with texts by Jonah Winter), USA
• 2004: Elena's Serenade (with texts by Campbell Geeslin), USA
• 2004: The Night Eater, USA
• 2006: For You Are a Kenyan Child (with texts by Kelly Cunnane), USA
• 2007: Demeter (with texts by Bram Stoker), Spain
• 2010: Circus, Italy
• 2011: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (with texts by Catheryne M. Valente), USA
• 2011: The Pet Shop Revolution, USA
• 2013: Carmilla (with texts by Sheridan Le Fanu), Mexico
• 2017: El hombre del traje negro (with texts by Stephen King), Spain
• 2019: Anna dei miracoli, Italy
• 2019: Un milagro para Helen, Spain
• 2020: La vida secreta de los gatos (with texts by Marta Sanz), Spain

Book Covers

Ana Juan has designed many book covers for famous authors, making their stories come alive before you even open the book.

• 2006: La casa de los espíritus, by Isabel Allende
• 2006: Retrato en sepia, by Isabel Allende
• 2011: El cuaderno de Maya, by Isabel Allende
• 2011: La isla bajo el mar, by Isabel Allende
• 2012: Cuentos de Eva Luna, by Isabel Allende
• 2018: Eva Luna, by Isabel Allende
• 2020: De amor y de sombra, by Isabel Allende

Covers for The New Yorker

Ana Juan has created many memorable covers for The New Yorker magazine. Each cover tells a story or captures a moment in time.

• 13 July 1998: New Yorker July 13th, 1998
• 2 August 1999: City in Mourning
• 31 July 2000: A Star is Born
• 4 March 2002: Let the Fur Fly
• 16 September 2002: Dawn Over Lower Manhattan
• 19 January 2015: Solidarité (a cover showing unity and support)
• 19 & 26 December 2016: Yule Dog
• 8 October 2018: Unheard

Other Works

Beyond books and magazines, Ana Juan has also created other artistic works.

• 2002: Film poster for A Snake of June, Japan
• 2006: Poster for Latin Beat Film Festival
• 2006: Poster for Feria del Libro de Madrid (Madrid Book Fair)
• 2012: Poster for Cirque Jules Verne
• 2020: Tarot Cats, a special tarot card deck
• 2020: Poster for the XXIX Festival Internacional en el Camino de Santiago

See Also

In Spanish: Ana Juan para niños