Francisco Javier Da Silva Irago,[ citation needed ] better known as Kiko da Silva, is a Galician illustrator and cartoonist.
Francisco Javier Da Silva Irago,[ citation needed ] better known as Kiko da Silva, is a Galician illustrator and cartoonist.
In April 2010, he was awarded a €6,000 grant from the Art and Law Foundation for the realization of his first graphic novel. [1] [2]
Da Silva has exhibited and discussed his work in different venues and events. He was part of the opening press conference of the 2017 edition of Viñetas desde o Atlántico in A Coruna, Spain, along fellow authors Ralph Meyer and Dave McKean. [3]
He has received multiple awards for his creative work. [4] His mockumentary comic book El infierno del dibujante (Illustrator's hell) was awarded the Banda Deseñada Castelao prize from the city of A Coruna. [5]
In 2012, he founded O Garaxe Hermético , a professional school of comics and illustration in Pontevedra. [6] Artists such as Francesc Capdevila Gisbert and David Rubín have lectured at the school. [7] The venue has also hosted comic book events, such as an exhibition by American cartoonist Peter Bagge in 2022. [8]
He has also been involved in local politics. In 2018, he took part in a campaign against historical revisionism, [9] and in 2021, he was part of a dispute relating to the tendering procedures of the local government. [10] [11]
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