Saturday, October 23, 2021

Wikipedia Draft- Alyssa Bermudez

Alyssa Bermudez (could not find birthday yet) is an author, illustrator, and art teacher known for her works [Big Apple Diaries, Lucía the Luchadora].


Biography


Early Life and Education:

Alysa Bermudez was born and raised in New York. She received her graduate and undergraduate degree in illustration and animation at the Fashion Institute for Technology. She is an author, illustrator and art teacher for students between age 5 through 75. According to her official website, it is important to her to make engaging stories that make learning fun while representing diversity and and being mindful of the multitude of children’s backgrounds. One can find her work in magazines, on stages, in several children’s books, on fabric, in fashion, on Greeting cards, on product packaging and so much more. (Reference 1.) You can read more about her on her professional website official biography https://www.alyssabermudezart.com/about 


Style/Techniques:

Cartoon, Design, Digital, Gouache, Line, Line with Color, Pastel, Stylized, Watercolor, Decorative, Pattern

Subject/Specialties:

Action, Botanical, Children, Children's Books, Comic Book, Greeting Cards, Holidays, Licensing, Packaging, Sports, Lifestyle, Feminine, Ethnic, Urban, Surface Design

Art  (or Notable Works or Selected Works. Also Exhibitions, Projects, Collections)

  • Big Apple Diaries, August 2021, published by Roaring Brook Press, written and illustrated by ME!

  • We Laugh Alike Juntos Nos Reimos, April 2021, published by Charlesbridge, written by Carmen T Bernier Grand

  • Art Direction and Fabric Design for Keshet 2016-2019

  • Art Teacher since 2011

  • Artist for Inscape Tasmania since 2018

  • You and Me and the Space Between, illustrator for Terrapin Theatre Tour of China 2019

  • My Singing Nana, 2019, published by Magination Press, written by Pat Mora

  • Goodnight 70s, 2019, published by Andrews McMeel, written by Peter Stein

  • Becoming Beatriz cover wrap art, 2019, published by Charlesbridge, written by Tami Charles

  • Amelia Chamelia Series Books 1-4, published by Penguin Random House Australia, written by Laura Sieveking

  • Lucia The Luchadora & The Million Masks, 2018, published by POW! Kids, written by Cynthia Leonor Garza

  • Lucia The Luchadora, 2017, published by POW! Kids, written by Cynthia Leonor Garza


AWARDS/HONORS:

  • Junior Library Guild Selection- Big Apple Diaries

  • Américas Award Commended Title - Lucía the Luchadora

  • Amelia Bloomer Book List - Lucía the Luchadora

  • NPR Best Books of the Year – Lucía the Luchadora

  • Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books – Lucía the Luchadora

  • Kirkus’s Best Picture Books to Give Readers Strength – Lucía the Luchadora


References

  1. Bermudez, Alyssa. “About the Artist.” Alyssa Bermudez, https://www.alyssabermudezart.com/about. 

  2. “Alyssa Bermudez.” Painted Words, 6 Aug. 2021, https://www.painted-words.com/portfolio/alyssa-bermudez/.

  3. “Alyssa Bermudez.” Alyssa Bermudez - Cartoon Illustrator | New York, https://www.directoryofillustration.com/artist.aspx?AID=15343. 


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