Oscar Romero was born in 1970 in Bogotá(Colombia), He to take one's first steps in the art as cartoonist, in thats time he studied watercolor by himself, but he was not progress during many time, when his studies in Biology in the Universidad Nacional de Colombia was over he decided enrolls at the Illustration and arts specialization in the Corporación Escuela de Artes y Letras, where he meet to Rodez with who he takes art classes, he was who chance Oscar art perception, then he studied with Carlos Diaz Consuegra in the Virgilio Barco library illustration course. Oscar get the qualified at children illustration in the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University.

Oscar Romero has work as cartoonist for the Corona Fundation, then he has work as illustrator artist for the Instituto Amazonico de Investigaciones Científicas SINCHI and he worked for Panamericana Publishing from Puerto Rico.

Oscar is happy drawing, drinking wine, drinking chocolate, eating cheese and with the wind in his face. When he draw, he feel fire in his fingers, and it is good for himself.

Exhibitions

Expocomic 2006

Galeria Colombiana del Diseño

UTOPTICO 2008

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Adwards

1993 Honourable metion in The CAFAM international cartoon contest.

1997 Second place in the Faculty of linguistic (Universidad Nacional de Colombia) cartoon contest.

1999 Honourable mention in the Faculty of Sciences (Universidad Nacional de colombia) photography contest.

 

 

Publications

 

2006 Caiman Negro de la amazonía Colombiana, Instituto amazonico de investigaciones Científicas SINCHI.

2007 Creativos de Colombia ezine number 2 june - july.