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Claudia Cárceles is the artist behind
PAPAVER ART


Originally from Spain but currently living in the small Caribbean island of Grenada, were I work as Medical illustrator for St. George's University. On my spare time I do personal projects or paint murals with my colleague and friend Fari.
I am biologist and artist specialized in scientific and medical illustration.
I am experienced in traditional techniques such as watercolor, graphite, color pencil, acrylics, ink.
Once in a while I like to immerse myself in the world of 3D and animation using programs such as ZBrush and Cinema 4D.
EDUCATION
Graduate in Biology by the University of Girona, Spain. 2010-2014
Master of Art in Scientific Illustration by the ZUYD Univeristy, the Netherlands. 2016-2018
SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
Adobe Photoshop, Procreate
Illustrator ZBrush
InDesign Cinema 4D
After Effects
Premiere Pro
AWARDS &
EXHIBITIONS
Dugong cover illustration - Selected as a finalist in the sixth edition of the international prize for scientific and nature illustration Illustraciencia, 2018.
Exhibited at the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN), Madrid. December 2018
Luffa aegiptiaca - Highly commended at the Margaret Flockton Award, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, 2020.
Mona monkey - Selected as a finalist with special mention on the eighth edition of the international prize for scientific and nature illustration Illustraciencia, 2021.
Exhibited at the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN), Madrid. November - December 2021
Endangered Seabirds - First prize on the first edition of the Seabird Illustra organized by Seabird Ecology. Barcelona, 2022
PUBLICATIONS
'Illustrating for animal conservation.
Recovery of dugong population in the Andaman and Nicobar islands.'
Master thesis in Scientific illustration, Maastricht 2018. ISBN 978-94-92741-08-0
A pdf copy is available under request.
Bald uacari
Published in the book 'Primates. Biología, comportamiento y evolución'.
Miquel Llorente Espino. Editorial Lynx. June 2019. ISBN 9788416728145 (p.147)
Illustrations for: Bridging the Divide: the Widening Gap Between Basic Science
and Clinical Research
Matthew Carvey (BSc, EMT-P, FP-C) Woong Kee Baek (MD, MBA) and Robert Hage (MD, PhD, DLO, MBA).
Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George’s University, Grenada.
Translational Research in Anatomy, Elsevier 2021
Impacte dels residus plàstics en organismes marins: avaluació de la bioacumulació
de plastificants i retardants de flama
Berta Sala Solà. PhD program 'Analytical Chemistry and Natural Environment'.
Barcelona University, CSIC. 2022
Mona monkey (Cercopithecus mona)
Published in the book 'Manual de ilustración científica'.
Illustraciencia. Editorial geoPlaneta. 2022. ISBN 978-84-08-25222-1 (p.294)
References and portfolio are available under request
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