John Joven grew up in Bogotá, Colombia and studied graphic design at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. He still lives there with his wife Ana and 2 children, Avril and Ian. He is fortunate enough to work in his home studio, where he is able to share his passion of drawing and painting with his children while working on projects. He started drawing at an early age and when he was six year old, his parents enrolled him in his first painting, sculpture, and character design class. He remembers his first attempt at illustration drawing Transformers and “Condorito” (a comic character based on anthropomorphic condor from a Chilean cartoonist). He was hooked. John continued to study art with plastic artists. When not illustrating, he enjoys spending quality time with his children, playing soccer with his friends, watching movies and traveling.
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Fede Combi resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was born to be an artist—literally. Fede’s mom started her labor while watching an opera at Teatro Colon. Growing up, his father would often visit the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes with Fede. He cannot remember a time when he was not drawing or painting. At age 14, together with some friends, they made handmade comics and at 16, they started producing Fancines to sell at Canape and El Engendro, some local conventions. Fede’s training in illustration began in the workshop of Jorge Lucas and then in the classic drawing workshop of the brothers Carlos and Enrique Villagran. The Villagran brothers were well known comic artists from Argentina. When they founded the Nippur IV studio, Fede as a student was selected to work with their US clients and how he started illustrating pin up art to the SQP Publishing House. Later, Fede discovered books by Carlos Nine and Roberto Innocenti. He was drawn to their complex technique, their talent in storytelling, and image narratives they exhibited in their picture books. It is at that moment that he decided to become a children’s book illustrator.
Currently, he is now dedicating his time working on picture books in his studio. When not illustrating, he loves to read poetry by Vicente Huidobro, paints wargame miniatures, and collects books –of course not at the same time.
Martín Morón was Born on April 24th, 1982, in Buenos Aires Argentina where he currently lives with his wife Sabrina and their children, Lourdes and Federico. As a young child he used to draw on everything-- everywhere. His drawings just kept on getting larger and more complicated as he tried to pour his creative soul on to paper. Luckily, Martin discovered the format of illustrated books and the magical possibility of telling a story with in a 32-page storybook. In his teens, he felt the need to learn more about illustration and found a kind and generous art teacher who provided guidance and foundation of drawing and painting. Martin went to The School of Visual of San Miguel in Buenos Aires. He started his career as an art teacher while pursuing his own personal projects drawing and writing until he published his first book. Since then, he has illustrated over 50 titles, some of them he was both the illustrator and author. When not illustrating, he enjoys cooking for his family. He would also like to skydive soon!
Margeaux Lucas was born on Halloween, so she loves spooky things like black cats, full moons, and very starry nights. She began drawing constantly from age four, amazing her friends with pictures of people and animals, especially horses, which were her favorite. Her love of picture books came from the many hours she spent before bedtime reading from the collection at her grandmother's house. As a teenager she loved fashion, but found that she was better at drawing than sewing. She studied Graphic Design in school, but is largely self-taught as an illustrator. Margeaux loves to travel, and three of her favorite cities are Paris, London and New York, her current home. Margeaux's work reflects her love of fashion, nature, and the many shapes, sizes and colors that people come in, plus the constant exuberance of children.
