About

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Name: Marcela Bolívar
Current location: Cali (Colombia)

With a career in graphic design and a passion for photography and illustration, Marcela has focused in digital art since 2004. Her artworks all based on photographs go through a heavy process of transformation, assemblage and detail that puts them closer to a pictorial expression.

If you wish to hire her for your personal or commercial project fill the CONTACT form or send her an e-mail at m4rcelab@gmail.com

 

Awards | Recognition

  • Cum laude award | Bachelor’s degree thesis Azufre, Mercurio y Ceniza | Instituto Departamental de Bellas Artes Cali | 2011
  • First Place | Photo Technique Magazine Juried Exhibition: The Photographic Experience | USA | May 2011
  • Winner, Outstanding Amateur Photography Award | Camera Obscura. Journal of literature & photography | Vol 2 Winter 2010 | USA
  • Picture of the week | Advanced Photoshop Magazine | United Kingdom | August 2010
  • Excellence award in horror/surreal category | EXPOSÉ 5 Finest digital art in the known universe |Ballistic Publishing | Australia | 2007
  • First Prize in Photomontage category | Feria Nacional de Fotografía | Cali, Colombia | 2006

Press | Bibliography

  • Curvy 8 | Curvy World Media | Australia
  • Conjure Wife by Fritz Leiber. Edited by Centipede Press | Cover and inside art | USA
  • Advanced Photoshop Magazine (Germany) | Article | Issue November 2011 | Germany
  • Advanced Photoshop Magazine | Reader’s gallery | Issue 87 2011 | UK
  • Photo Technique Magazine | Cover and review | July/August 2011 | USA
  • Exposé 9 | Surreal category | Ballistic Publishing | Australia
  • Camera Obscura Journal of literature & photography | Vol 2 Winter 2010 |USA
  • Advanced Photoshop Magazine | Interview, Picture of the week |Issue 75 2010 | UK
  • Bacánika Magazine |Issue 17 | Ilustration for the article “La respuesta de la ciencia” | Colombia
  • SYNK Magazine | Cover and interview | Issue 1. October 2007 | Australia
  • Dark Realm Magazine | Article | Issue 26 2007 | USA
  • Exposé 5 | Excellence award | Ballistic Publishing | Australia