CV

Studies

University Specialization in Scientific Illustration

University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

2019 – 2020

Bachelor of Biology - Mention Ecology

Central University of Venezuela (UCV)

2006 – 2015


Some courses

«Ilustra Infantil» (Children Illustration) dictated by Isa Loureiro, with Illustraciencia Academy (2022)

– «Ilustrando Crustáceos»  dictated by Iara Chapuis, during the International Congress of Scientific Illustration Online of Illustraciencia (2021).

- Botanical Illustration course. Uniting Art and Science at Bergara IV (2019)

- «Ilustrando la ciencia 5» by Illustraciencia at the CosmoCaixa Museum, Barcelona. (2018)

– «NHI101x: Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration 101» by University of Newcastle via edX (2017).


Works & publications

- Animation and scientific illustration with Lanius Animatics (2020 – present).

- Illustrations for the section «Mujeres y Ciencia» (Women and Science) del Nº 16 de la Okeanos magazine de la Sociedad Atlántica de Oceanógrafos (2023).

- Illustrations, infographics, and layout of «Guía Ilustrada de los cazones de las Islas Canarias» with the Laboratorio de Pesquerías from the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain (2023).

- Press article: «La fauna y flora del Golfo de Bizkaia, con todo lujo de detalles» from El Correo newspaper (2022).

- Illustrations for "Report Your Mosquito" Citizen Science Program of the Incubadora Venezolana de la Ciencia (2021).

- Series of realistic Illustrations for the Azertu program of Ortzadar SL of "Representative Species of the Protected Areas of the interior of Euskadi" (2020).

- Infographics and outreach article "The fungus that threatens the world's amphibians" for the Illustrating Science section of the Cuaderno de Cultura Científica (2021).

- Barbo de Graells infographics for Wikipedia (2020).

- Botanical illustration of the "Douglas Fir" for the UPV/EHU (2020).

- Part of the back cover of BioGaia magazine Nº 18 (2020).

- Illustrations in Explora magazine (Nº 3 y 4) (2018 – 2019).

- Project «Acanthoscurria geniculata. Tarántula rodillas blanca» for the 5th edition of the course "Ilustrando la Ciencia" of Illustraciencia (2018).


Awards

2023 – 2024 Winner of the IV "Flora y Fauna (sub)marina del Golfo de Bizkaia" Scientific Illustration Contest of the Plentzia Marine Station (PiE. UPV/EHU). Press realease


Exhibitions

2024 Exhibition of two pieces at the Green Open Gallery from «Ellas Ilustran Botánica» along with other female artists. Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, Spain.

2023 Temporal exhibition of collective work in the maritime festival «Itsasaldia» from the III "Fauna y Flora (sub)marina del Golfo de Bizkaia" Scientific Illustration Contest of the Plentzia Marine Station (PiE. UPV/EHU): - Ayuntamiento de Plentzia, Bizkaia, Bilbao, Spain.

2022 Exhibition of collective work from the II "Fauna y flora (sub)marina del Golfe de Bizkaia" Scientific Illustration Contest of the Plentzia Marine Station (PiE. UPV/EHU):"Fauna y flora submarina"» – Salón Bizkaia, Bilbao, España.

2022 Exhibition of collective work from the I "Fauna y flora (sub)marina del Golfe de Bizkaia" Scientific Illustration Contest of the Plentzia Marine Station (PiE. UPV/EHU):"Del mar al papel"» – Salón Bizkaia, Bilbao, España.

2020 Collective art exhibition: «Representando la ciencia» – Sala Carpintería, Bergara, España.

2019 Collective art exhibition: «Ilustrando el mar» – Sala Gran Salle de la Facultad de Ciencias y Tecnología (UPV/EHU), Leioa, Espala.


Others

- Scientific outreach article "The silence of amphibians" in Explora Magazine No. 4. Revista Explora Nº 4 (2019).

- Scientific publication: Fonseca Pérez, K.A., Molina, César and Tárano, Z. 2017. Diet of Dendropsophus microcephalus and Scarthyla vigilans (Anura: Hylidae) at a locality in north western Venezuela with notes on microhabitat occupation. Pap. Avulsos de Zool. (São Paulo) Paulo), 57(7):93 104, 2017.

Languages

Spanish (native)

English (advanced)

French (basic)


Skills

Digital techniques

– Photoshop

– Krita

– Illustrator

Traditional techniques

- Graphite

- Watercolor

- Ink

- Colored pencils

Infographics

Animation