Cheyne Gallarde
Cheyne Gallarde (born 1980) is an American queer illustrator, actor and photographer who was born and raised in Hawaii. He is known for his vintage comic style drawings which generally focus on significant figures in the LGBTQ+ community.
Cheyne Gallarde
- Born
- 1980
- Occupation
- illustrator
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Cheyne Gallarde (born 1980) is an American queer illustrator, actor and photographer who was born and raised in Hawaii. He is known for his vintage comic style drawings which generally focus on significant figures in the LGBTQ+ community.
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Career
Gallarde is a creator who works in various fields in the arts. He has been chosen by several companies to contribute his illustrations, photographs, and insight. In 2015, he was a guest speaker at a TEDx presentation in Honolulu. Gallarde was also chosen by GLAAD and Adobe to be featured in their pride series "Create Change" which focuses on LGBTQ+ community issues, inspiration, and self-expression.
Photography
Photography
Cheyne Gallarde was the founder and photographer of Firebird Photography. His photographic work mostly consists of self-portrait series that highlight differences at the individual level. • 2013: Loading Zone Exhibition at Universe One. Collection of self portrait photos displaying unique real and fictional characters to display diversity. • 2014: Channeling Your Inner Everyone art installation at Spalding House Contemporary Art Museum. Collection of self-portraits of individuals from different cultural backgrounds.
Illustration
Illustration
section Cheyne Gallarde is most commonly known for his comic style illustrations. Cheyne Gallarde's Illustration Collections • Exhibition/ Contribution Title — Year — Description — Source • Ordinary Ohana — 2016 — Illustrator of book — Pennybacker, and Star-Advertiser Newspaper • Pow!Wow! Hawaii Festival Mural — NA — Mural of mahu, third-gender people, of Hawaii — The Advocate • Honolulu's Rainbow Film Festival — 2019 — Key contributor in visuals — Mark and Art Sphere Inc. • Legendary Children — 2020 — Comic style cover art — The Advocate and Kam • MTV VMA Video of the Year — 2020 — Comic style illustrations of MTV's video of year nominees — Kam, and Art Sphere Inc. • Heroes of History — NA — Comic style illustrations of significant figures — Art Sphere Inc. • Netflix Superqueeroes — NA — Comic style illustrations of LGBTQ+ figures featured in Netflix — Art Sphere Inc. • Moving Parts — NA — Comic Style illustration of Trixie Mattel — Art Sphere Inc. • Bobo's Pride Bars — 2021 — Designed packaging for Bobo's limited edition LGBTQ+ Series Pride Bars — PR Newswire
Awards
• 2012: Rainbow Film Festival Key Visuals Award, for contribution to festival • 2019: National Advertising Award, for drawings of well-known LGBTQ+ figures for Logo TV • 2020: Pele Award Gold Winner, for contributing illustrations for the MTV Music Awards
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