Ana Juan


Ana Juan is a Spanish artist, illustrator and painter.

Life and career

After graduating in fine arts from Universidad Politécnica in Valencia, she moved to Madrid at the height of the movida madrileña and in the early 1980s she collaborated with magazines such as La Luna and Madriz.
In 1991, she temporarily moved to Paris and exhibited in Geneva and New York. In 1994, she received a fellowship by the Japanese publishing house Kodansha and lived in Japan for three months.
Back in Madrid in 1995, she started contributing to The New Yorker, for which she has designed more than 20 covers over the years, among which "Solidarité", after the Charlie Hébdo shooting in Paris.
In 1998 and 1999, she was awarded the Gold Medal by the Society of Newspaper Design and on September 24, 2010, she was awarded the “Premio Nacional de Ilustración” by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
She currently creates her own books, exhibits her work all over the world and contributes to many Spanish and international magazines. She has also illustrated many Isabel Allende’s book covers for Plaza e Janés, including Retrato en Sepia, Eva Luna, El cuaderno de Maya, Of Love and Shadows. She is one of the very few artists who was allowed by the author himself to illustrate a book by Stephen King, namely The Man in the Black Suit.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • 1988 Galerie Notuno, Geneve
  • 1989 Galería Mama Graf, Seville
  • 1992 "Graphic works", Galería del Progreso, Madrid
  • 1992 121 Greene Street Gallery, New York
  • 1993 "Graphic works", Galería Viciana, Valencia
  • 1993 "Graphic works", Galería Bubión, Granada
  • 1993 "Graphic works", Galería Jordi Barnadas, Barcelona
  • 1993 Galería del Progreso, Madrid
  • 1994 121 Greene Street Gallery, New York
  • 1994 Art Miami, 121 Greene Street Gallery, New York
  • 1997 Galería Taller Mayor 28, Madrid
  • 1997 Galería Tiempos Modernos, Madrid
  • 1998 "Sculpture", Galería Tiempos Modernos, Madrid
  • 1999 Bellreguard, Casa de Cultura, Valencia
  • 1999 Galería Sen, Madrid
  • 2000 Artexpo 2000, Galería María José Castellví, Barcelona
  • 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
  • 2014 "Ana Juan. Posters 2002–2014", La factoría de papel, Madrid
  • 2014 "Amantes", "Carmilla", "Frida" and "Snowhite", Museo de la ciudad, Querétaro
  • 2017 "Dibujando al otro lado", Museo ABC, Madrid 16.03.17–18.06.17
  • 2017 "El hombre del traje negro", exhibition of the original works, Panta Rhei, Madrid
  • 2019 "Anna dei miracoli", open-air exhibition by #logosedizioni & CHEAP, via Indipendenza and via San Giuseppe, Bologna
  • 2023 “Ana Juan. La grande battaglia”, Complesso San Paolo, Modena, on the occasion of DIG Festival

    Group exhibitions

  • 1991 "Arco 91", Ediciones Dos Negritos, Madrid
  • 1992 "Collage", Galería del Progreso, Madrid
  • 1993 "El canto de la tripulación", Galería Detursa, Madrid
  • 1993 "X Anniversary", Galería Viciana, Valencia
  • 1993 "Bestiario", Galería del Progreso, Madrid
  • 1994 "El muro de Woodstock", Woodstock94, Woodstock
  • 1995 "Falsos originales", Galería Maeght, Barcelona
  • 1995 "L’Homme sans tête", Galerie Michel Lagarde, Paris
  • 1995 "El objeto del arte", Fundación Juan March, Cuenca
  • 1999 "Tango", Galerie Contours, Hamburg
  • 2001 "Arco 2001", Galería Sen, Madrid
  • 2001 "Los cuatro sentidos", Galería Maria José Castellví, Barcelona
  • 2001 "La elegancia del espíritu", Galería María José Castellví, Barcelona
  • 2001 "Mi mejor amigo", Galería Sen, Madrid
  • 2001 "Tipos ilustrados", Cromotex, Madrid
  • 2012 "Les couvertures du New Yorker", Galerie Martel, Paris
  • 2014 Latin Beat Film Festival, T-Site Daikanyama, Tokyo, with Roger Olmos and Alejandro Magallanes
  • 2016 "Sobras de arte", La factoría de papel, Madrid
  • 2017 "Sobras de arte", La factoría de papel, Madrid
  • 2017 "El tercer año", La factoría de papel, Madrid
  • 2017 "Fanzination. Los fanzines de cómic en España", Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia
  • 2017 "Los siete pecados capitales", Espai Refugi @ Galería Shiras, Valencia
  • 2017–18 "Pasa página. Una invitación a la lectura", Museo Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid
  • 2018 "Under the Influence: The Private Collection of Peter de Sève”, Society of Illustrators, New York
  • 2019 “Milagros”, Instituto Cervantes, Roma
  • 2019 “Milagros”, Instituto Cervantes, Naples
  • 2020 "The Turn of the Screw", online exhibition
  • 2020 "Bestiario para después de…", La factoría de papel, Madrid

    Prizes and awards

  • 1984: Best cover of the year, Saló del Còmic de Barcelona, Spain, Revista MADRIZ nº 3
  • 1988: Trofeo Laus 88 for Best Advertising Illustration, Spain, Paga tú
  • 1994: Kodansha Publishing scholarship, Japan
  • 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998: Silver Medal by the Society of Newspaper Design, category: Illustration
  • 1996, 1997 and 1998: Gold Medal by the Society of Newspaper Design, category: Illustration
  • 1996, 1997 and 1998: Excellence Award, Society of Newspaper Design, USA, Art and Illustration portfolio / Two or more colors
  • 2001: “Best illustrated book” by the Conselleria de Cultura Educació i Ciència de la Generalitat Valenciana for Snowhite, Edicions de Ponent
  • 2005: The Ezra Jack Keats for The Night Eater, Arthur Levine Books, USA
  • 2005: Comston Book Award, Minnesota State University, USA
  • 2006: Lupine Award, Picture Book Winner, Maine, USA
  • 2007: Junceda Iberia Prize, APIC – Asociación de Ilustradores de Cataluña, for For you are a Kenyan Child, Simon & Schuster, Spain
  • 2007-2008: Prize for the best book published in the Valencian Community, category: best book published in Castilian Spanish, Demeter, Edicions de Ponent
  • 2009: Mention for the Premio CCEI de Ilustración, Bibi y las bailarinas, Alfaguara
  • 2010: National Illustration Award, Spanish Ministry of Culture, Spain
  • 2012: San Carlos Medal, Facultad de BBAA, Valencia, Spain
  • 2017: Golden Award of the ADCV, in the category "new media: installations” for the interactive exhibition “Ana Juan. Dibujando al otro lado”
  • 2017: Golden Award of the ADCV, in the category "new media: gaming” for the project “Earthland, Snowhite’s Mystery Tale”
  • 2020: Premio Gràffica

    Books

  • 2001, Amantes, 1000 editions, Spain
  • 2001, Snowhite, Edicions de Ponent, Spain
  • 2002, Frida, Arthur Levine Books, USA
  • 2004, Elena's Serenade, Simon & Schuster, USA
  • 2004, The Night Eater, Arthur Levine Books, USA
  • 2006, For You Are a Kenyan Child, Simon & Schuster, USA
  • 2007, Demeter, Edicions de Ponent, Spain
  • 2007, The Jewel Box Ballerinas, Schwartz & Wade Books, Random House, USA
  • 2008, Bibi y las bailarinas, Alfaguara, Spain
  • 2008, The Elephant Wish, Schwartz & Wade Books, Random House, New York, USA
  • 2008, Cuentos esenciales, Literatura Random House, Spain
  • 2010, Amantes, #logosedizioni, Italy
  • 2010, Circus, #logosedizioni, Italy
  • 2010, L’isola, #logosedizioni, Italy
  • 2011, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making, Feiwel & Friends, USA
  • 2011, The Pet Shop Revolution, Arthur Levine Books, USA
  • 2011, Snowhite, #logosedizioni, Italy
  • 2011, Sorelle, #logosedizioni, Italy
  • 2011, Cartoline Ana Juan, #logosedizioni, Italy
  • 2011, Wakefield, Nørdica Libros, Spain
  • 2012, Promesse, #logosedizioni, Italy
  • 2012, Demeter, #logosedizioni, Italy
  • 2012, The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, Feiwel & Friends, USA
  • 2013, The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two, Feiwel & Friends, USA
  • 2013, Carmilla, Fondo de cultura económica, Mexico
  • 2013, Otra vuelta de tuerca, Galaxia Gutenberg, Spain
  • 2014, Mi querida Babel, La mano cornutta, Spain
  • 2014, Ana Juan. Catalogo, #logosedizioni, Italy
  • 2015, Carmilla, #logosedizioni, Italia
  • 2015, Lacrimosa, #logosedizioni, Italy
  • 2015, The Boy Who Lost Fairyland, Feiwel & Friends, USA
  • 2016, Hermanas, Edelvives, Spain
  • 2016, Frida, #logosedizioni, Italy
  • 2017, El hombre del traje negro, Nørdica Libros, Spain
  • 2018, Pelea como una chica, Editorial Planeta, Spain
  • 2019, Anna dei miracoli, #logosedizioni, Italy
  • 2019, Un milagro para Helen, Libros del zorro rojo, Spain
  • 2019, Otra vuelta de tuerca, Lunwerg, Spain
  • 2020, La vida secreta de los gatos, Lunwerg, Spain
  • 2020, L’uomo vestito di nero, Sperling & Kupfer, Italy
  • 2020, Ortigas a manos llenas, librerías de La Conspiración de la Pólvora, Editorial La uÑa RoTa, Editorial Delirio, La Moderna editora, Spain
  • 2020, Revolución en la tienda de animales, Baobab, Planeta, Spain
  • 2021, La vita segreta dei gatti, #logosedizioni, Italia

    Book covers

  • 2006, La casa de los espíritus, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España
  • 2006, Retrato en sepia, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España
  • 2006, Mi país inventado, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España
  • 2011, Inés del alma mía, by Isabel Allende, Random House Mondadori, España
  • 2011, El cuaderno de Maya, by Isabel Allende, Random House Mondadori, España
  • 2011, La suma de los días, by Isabel Allende, Plaza & Janes Editores, España
  • 2011, Hija de la fortuna, by Isabel Allende, Random House Mondadori, España
  • 2011, La isla bajo el mar, by Isabel Allende, Random House Mondadori, España
  • 2011, Il quaderno di Maya, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia
  • 2012, Amor, by Isabel Allende, Plaza & Janes Editores, España
  • 2012, Cuentos de Eva Luna, by Isabel Allende, Plaza & Janes Editores, España
  • 2013, Ritratto in seppia, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia
  • 2013, Il mio paese inventato, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia
  • 2013, Inés dell’anima mia, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia
  • 2014, La città delle bestie, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia
  • 2014, Paula, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia
  • 2015, Paula / La suma de los días, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España
  • 2015, La somma dei giorni, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia
  • 2015, Il regno del drago d’oro, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia
  • 2015, L’isola sotto il mare, by Isabel Allende, Feltrinelli, Italia
  • 2017, Paula, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España
  • 2018, Eva Luna, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España
  • 2019, El plan infinito, by Isabel Allende, Debolsillo, España
  • 2020, El libro de los anhelos, by Sue Monk Kidd, Ediciones B, España
  • 2020, De amor y de sombra, by Isabel Allende, Plaza & Janes Editores, España