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CATALINA VELĂ SQUEZ GONZĂ LEZ catalinavelasquez.co London, NW8 0SD 07492660604 catsvg@icloud.com
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WORK EXPERIENCE Graphic Designer Sweet P Social, United Kingdom May 2016 - March 2017 Design all the communication pieces for the brand, art direction in photoshoots, branding development. Illustrator for Father John Misty May 2016 Graphic Designer Made in Arts London, United Kingdom Feb 2016 - April 2016 Create and design the 2016 MiAL Catalogue. Graphic Designer FANVOX, United Kingdom March 2014 - Present Design all the communication pieces for the brand. Print & Pattern designer KUPA, Colombia Jan 2015 - Jun 2015 Create and develop a print and pattern collection for the bagpacks brand KUPA. Art Director Foro Nacional por Colombia, Colombia Apr 2013 - Present Design all the communication pieces for the NGO, Books, Magazines, publications, communication campaigns. Graphic Director TREI (design consulting studio), Colombia Jan 2014 - Dec 2015 Design, create brand identities and communication campaigns for small startups.
Graduated Designer Assistant Universidad de los Andes, Colombia Feb 2013 - Aug 2013 Design all the communication pieces for the Design department. Graphic Designer, Stylist Buenamarca (e-commerce platform), Colombia Oct 2012 - Mar 2013 Plan the communication strategy for the whole website. Style and plan photoshoots. Costume Designer Costume Designer, Italy Jan 2011 - Jun 2011 Design the costumes for the theatre play run by the company Opera Liquida. AWARDS, ACHIEVEMENTS & FEATURES Thesis Exhibition "Volarán" (2012) Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia Project: ‘La piel se hace verbo’ Part of the MiAL Autumn/Winter 2015 Collection, London, United Kingdom Featured in Oddpear’s Blog, an australian brand that produces socks with a socially conscious focus.Link:https://www.oddpears.com/blogs/blog/melting-psychedelic-patterns-and-surface-design-fromcatalina-velasquez-g
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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND Universidad de los Andes BA Design, Option in Textiles 2007 - 2012 Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti Milano - NABA BA Fashion 2010 - 2011 Central Saint Martins MA Communication Design 2015 - Present
INTERESTS & ADDITIONAL SKILLS
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Languages Spanish (native), English (proficient), German (proficient), Italian (proficient) Interests Music festivals and concerts, reading, travelling. Interested in living abroad and knowing new cultures As a designer, I have always been attracted to the way aesthetics are an expression of culture and this interest has increasingly grown throughout my career by experiencing in different projects how communication is a constant element of human reality. In that sense, my approach to design has always embraced a strong visual component. And although I am aware that design does not solely rely on visual aspects, I do believe that people experience things in a particular visual symbolic form. Salary Expectation £25.000 per year
CATALINA VELÁSQUEZ GONZÁLEZ catalinavelasquez.co London, NW8 0SD 07492660604 catsvg@icloud.com