Profile of an Artist: Eduardo Bertone
We interviewed Eduardo Bertone, an illustrator and graphics design artist from Argentina.
Q: What is your history with art?
A: I was born in Argentina in 1977, there I studied graphic design and started to work as freelance. In 2000 I moved to Madrid where I worked as art director, freelance illustrator and I also began being interested in painting. Then I studied illustration which gave the possibility to chose new ways to show my point of view. I have shown part of my work in visual projects, books, magazines, a couple of small solo shows, and I toke part in some art group exhibitions in different parts of the world. Like: Colors Notebook, it was part of “Fabrica: les yeux ouverts” intinerant exhibition at Centre Pompidou in Paris, Triennale di Milano and Shanghai Art Museum. And “ROJO®SMART: Open your mind” at Ivaliden1 Gallery in Berlin.
Q: What mediums do you work with?
A: My art background came from graphic design, art direction and illustration world, and I take a lot of reference from the street. But I’m always looking for new ways to say what I fell, then my style is always changing and trying diferent mediums, but I love painting on wood with acrylic or mixed media.
Q: Were you influenced by any other artists? If so, who?
A: By Rauschenberg, Baskiat, Hering… And the new ones: David Chong Lee, Tim Marrs, Andy Potts, Chuck Anderson, Dave Kinsey, Dustin Parker…
Site: http://www.bertoneeduardo.com
eithiriel @ April 27, 2008
Great work! I wonder if it’s coincicence, or cultural, but of the few (not a scientific study by any means) of the artists, and digital artists I have seen from Latin American countries, and Spain, all have great sense of color, and seem to use yellows, reds, and bright colors better than others…