Ana Penyas
Ana Penyas (born 1987 in Valencia) is a Spanish illustrator; in 2018, she became the first woman winner of the Premio Nacional del Cómic.[1][2] • Illustration — Ana Penyas at the IVAM in Valencia.
Also recorded as Ana Peñas
Ana Penyas
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- Born
- 1987 · Valencia.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- illustrator · comics artist · designer · penciller · comics writer
- Fields
- industrial design right · illustration · comic · industrial design
- Education
- Technical University of Valencia
- Honours
- National Comic Award · Prize Josep Toutain to the Best New Talent · Prix Éco-Fauve Raja
- Languages
- Spanish · Catalan
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Ana Penyas (born 1987 in Valencia) is a Spanish illustrator; in 2018, she became the first woman winner of the Premio Nacional del Cómic.[1][2] • Illustration — Ana Penyas at the IVAM in Valencia.
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Ana Penyas (born 1987) is a comics artist, comics writer and designer, among other activities, of Spanish nationality. The comics artist was born in Valencia.
Ana Penyas was educated at Technical University of Valencia. Activity centred on comic, illustration and industrial design.
Languages used include Catalan and Spanish. Honours include National Comic Award and Prix Éco-Fauve Raja.
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Biography
Biography
Ana Penyas studied at Technical University of Valencia. The recorded working language is Spanish and Catalan. The field of work recorded is industrial design right, illustration and comic. Distinctions recorded are National Comic Award, Prize "Josep Toutain" to the Best New Talent and Prix Éco-Fauve Raja.
Graduated in industrial design and a degree in Fine Arts from the Technical University of Valencia, Penyas was selected in 2015 for an artistic residency in Porto, Portugal. She has also participated in artistic residencies at the Ilustrísima illustration fair in Madrid and at the Tenderete self-publishing festival in Valencia, working on several self-publishing projects.[3][4] Penyas has held solo exhibitions at the O! Gallery in Lisbon in 2015, and at Estudio 64 in Valencia in 2016. She has also participated in several group exhibitions in Valencia in 2016, with the Refugio Ilustrado and AnArco projects.[5] As an illustrator, she worked for Pikara Magazine, and has also collaborated with the sonographic project Hits With Tits and the platform CIES NO.[6] She worked with the publishers Barlin Libros, Salamandra Graphic, Libros del Zorro Rojo, Mil razones, Libros del K.O., the cultural website MipetitMadrid, elHype and the magazine Bostezo.[7] In 2021, she published her latest graphic novel named Todo bajo el sol[8] in which she portrays urban speculation and mass tourism in the Levante region of the Iberian Peninsula.[9]
Works
Works
• 2017 – Estamos todas bien. Salamandra Graphic.[15]. • English translation: We're All Just Fine. Translated by Andrea Rosenberg Fantagraphics,2023.[16] • 2017 – En Transición. Autor: Alberto Haller. Barlin Libros.[17]. • 2017 – Mexique: el nombre del barco. Autora: María José Ferrada. Ediciones Tecolote.. • 2021 –Todo bajo el sol. Salamandra Graphic.[18]. • 2025 – En vela, Salamandra Graphic.
Identity
Identity
Ana Penyas is recorded as having received National Comic Award, Prize "Josep Toutain" to the Best New Talent and Prix Éco-Fauve Raja. Recognition and collections. Penyas received National Comic Award, Prize "Josep Toutain" to the Best New Talent and Prix Éco-Fauve Raja.
The comic autor Ana Penyas, who won the prize to the Best New Talent for her comic "Estamos todas bien". Barcelona International Comic Fair 2018.
Ferran Cornellà
Ana Penyas, dibuixant a l'IVAM de València.
Juan García · Institut Valencià d'Art Modern
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1987
Ana Penyas born at Valencia.
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- Experiencias gráficas de Chantal Montellier y Ana Penyas para la concienciación medioambiental. La autobiografía subterránea, CuCo, Cuadernos de cómic, 2022
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2022
- Herramientas de concienciación política en el cómic: yuxtaposición y contraste en Todo bajo el sol, de Ana Penyas, Diablotexto Digital, 2024
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2024
- Todo bajo el sol. Turismo, memoria y representación: una conversación con Ana Penyas, CuCo, Cuadernos de cómic, 2026
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2026
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q57395615: Ana Penyas
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- “Ana Penyas”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Honors
At Iberoamérica Ilustra 2015, she received a special mention for her series "Viaje al interior",and a year later, in 2016, she won the VII Ibero-American Illustra Catalog with "Buscando un sitio." In 2016, she received the Fnac-Salamandra Graphic International Graphic Novel Prize, which allowed her to publish her first graphic novel, "Estamos todas bien" (We're All Just Fine) in 2017, a tribute to post-war women from a feminist perspective.[10][11] In 2018 she was awarded as best new author in the Salón Internacional del Cómic de Barcelona.[12][13] On October 16, 2018, Penyas was awarded the National Comic Prize for her first graphic novel, Estamos todas bien (2018). This prize is awarded annually by the Ministry of Culture and Sport and aims to recognize the best work in this genre published in any of the official languages of Spain during 2017. It includes a cash prize of 20,000 euros. In this twelfth edition of the competition, Penyas has been the first woman to receive this recognition. In February 2022, she received the IV ACDCómic Award for best national work, awarded by the Asociación de Críticos y Divulgadores del Cómic de España (ACDCómic), with his work 'Todo bajo el sol' (Salamandra Graphic).[14]
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- 1.Prieto, Darío. Ana Penyas, primera mujer en ganar el Premio Nacional de Cómic. ELMUNDO. 2018-10-16.
- 2.RTVE.es. Ana Penyas, Premio Nacional de Cómic 2018. 2018-10-16.
- 3.Penyas Ediciones Salamandra. www.salamandra.info.
- 4.EFE. Ana Penyas, primera mujer en alzarse con el Premio Nacional de Cómic. www.publico.es. 2018-10-16.
- 5.Ana Penyas, primera mujer en ganar el Premio Nacional del Cómic. El Confidencial.
- 6.Roca, Ana Teresa. Las abuelas de Ana Penyas, Premio Nacional del Cómic. El País. 2018-10-16. 1134-6582.
- 7.Penyas Ediciones Salamandra. www.salamandra.info.
- 8.Constenla, Tereixa. Ana Penyas dibuja los nubarrones de 60 años de sol y playa. El País. 2021-01-31.
- 9.Abella, Anna. El drama social tras la burbuja del turismo y el ladrillo llega al cómic. El Periódico. 2021-02-17.
- 10.Constenla, Tereixa. Elogio de las abuelas. El País. 2017-12-07. 1134-6582.
- 11.Cultura, elDiarioes. Ana Penyas, primera mujer en ganar el Premio Nacional del Cómic. elDiario.es. 2018-10-16.
- 12.Agencias, Cultura. Ana Penyas, primera mujer en ganar el Premio Nacional del Cómic. elconfidencial.com. 2018-10-16.
- 13.Beltrame, Sara. Ana Penyas y sus abuelas, la revelación del Salón del Cómic de Barcelona. Pikara Magazine. 2018-04-12.
- 14.Press, Europa. 'Todo bajo el sol' de Ana Penyas, mejor cómic del año según la asociación de críticos. ELMUNDO. 2022-02-21.
- 15.Estamos todas bien Ediciones Salamandra. www.salamandra.info.
- 16.Cooke, Rachel. We're All Just Fine by Ana Penyas review – home truths in a tyrant's reign. The Guardian. 2023-02-28. 0261-3077.
- 17.Catálogo. En transición Ana Penyas. Barlin Libros.
- 18.Todo bajo el sol. Megustaleer.
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Herramientas de concienciación política en el cómic: yuxtaposición y contraste en Todo bajo el sol, de Ana Penyas, Diablotexto Digital, 2024Crossref registry
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Todo bajo el sol. Turismo, memoria y representación: una conversación con Ana Penyas, CuCo, Cuadernos de cómic, 2026Crossref registry
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