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  • Studies in painting at the Escola Massana in Barcelona, the city where she lives and works.

  • Illustrates her first book in 1968.  

  • Has illustrated more than 900 titles, including stories and textbooks.  

  • Created the drawings for two animated series for the British production company King Rollo Films Ltd.  

  • Collaborates with the magazines *Pomme d’Api*, *Cavall Fort*, *Cricket*, and *Ladybug*.  

  • Has collaborated with UNICEF.  

  • Solo exhibitions in Barcelona, Madrid, Paris, Montreuil, Montauban, Lleida, Palma de Mallorca, Taipei, Taiwan, Cornellà de Llobregat, Cardedeu, Vilafranca del Penedès, Terrassa, and Ripoll.  

  • Group exhibitions in many countries. 

  • Has been part of numerous national and international juries.  

  • Lectures and reading animation events in Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Rio de Janeiro, Taipei, New York, and Colombia.  

  • Illustration courses for professionals in Barcelona, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Venice, Taipei, Munich, and Bogotá.  

  • Participated in the First Congress of Catalan Culture and the First Catalan Children's Literature Conference.  

  • Actress and presenter on the TV1 program *Quitxalla* in 1981.  

  • Played an active role in founding the Professional Association of Illustrators of Catalonia, serving as both President and Vice President.  

  • Illustrated all the covers of Gabriel García Márquez’s works and six short stories in the form of illustrated albums.  

  • Playwriting, direction, and scenography for the play *Colors*, based on three stories by Ray Sorigué.  

  • Has designed scenography and costumes for theater.  

  • Has also created objects and puppets for various productions.  

  • Designed and painted puppets and scenography for La Lluna d’en Joan.  

  • The City Council of Barcelona commissioned the creation of the giant figure Laia, based on a character from her 1998 poster for the Santa Eulàlia festival.  

  • Playwriting, scenography, and costume design with Maria and Tilde Espluga for the play El Tub, based on texts by Slawomir Mrozek, premiered at Sala Àtrium in Barcelona in 2012.  

  • Has designed posters, album covers, and advertising materials.  

  • Since 1992, she has combined illustration with painting and sculpture.  

  • Conducted workshops in Sant Ildefons schools in Cornellà to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989.  

  • WHY? Campaign for Children's Rights since 2014.  

  • Anthological exhibition Why? at the Palau Robert in Barcelona, 2018.  

  • Created the sculpture "The Smallest of All" commissioned by the Government of Catalonia in 2019.  

  • Designed the sculpture "Alicia", the award for the Catalan Music Academy Prizes in 2019.  

  • WHY? Action*at the Port of Barcelona in 2020.  

  • Installed the sculpture "Abraçada" in the gardens of Can Deu in Barcelona in 2022.  

  • Painting performances and lectures in Rome in 2023.  

  • Live painting at the Barcelona Book Week, Pilma, and the Medinyà Storytelling Fair in 2023.  

  • Exhibition in Madrid at the National Library (BNE) in 2024.

  • Exhibition *WHY?* at the Museum of Valls in 2024. 

  • Official speaker of the La Mercè festival in Barcelona in 2024.

  • WHY? Action – live painting** at the Casal de Barri del Raval in Barcelona in 2024.

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© 2024 by Carme Solé Vendrell.

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