Young Guns

Young Guns is a portfolio competition awarding creative professionals 30 years and under, including designers, illustrators, entrepreneurs, and more!

Young Guns 21 Jury

Maria Jesús Contreras

YG20
Illustrator, Designer

Independent

Santiago, Chile

I'm an illustrator born and raised in the south of Chile. I studied Graphic design in Santiago where I currently live. My art features loud and saturated colors and is filled with memories of childhood. I'm obsessed with creating creatures, whether human or animal or even inanimate objects. Fear and Humor are my two motivations. I currently work for clients such as the New York Times, The Atlantic, Texas Monthly, Penguin Random House, NPR, The New Yorker, The Telegraph, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, among many others My work has been shown in It's Nice That, Domestika, Wetransfer, and Colossal, Creative boom and others. In 2022 I won the Young Guns award from The One Club for Creativity. This year AI42 Selected Winner, Currently long-listed on longlisted for WIA2023. Judge of Latin American design awards in 2023, and New Blood Portfolio Competition in collaboration with Editor X for D&AD.

 

 

 



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