About me

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Hello there!. My name is Mario Jodra. I am an illustrator, painter, designer and poet born in Zamora (Spain). Now I live in Madrid, the city where I grew up, after living in cities such as London, Toronto and Vancouver.

I am an artist currently specialized in a figurative and realistic style. I use traditional media such as pencil and charcoal, which I combine with digital art techniques. I am an illustrator who likes the use of intense color, but I am also passionate about black and white. I really enjoy playing with all the textures and shading provided by pencil and charcoal, and create dark atmospheres out of it.

I have worked as a designer for studios and agencies and now as a freelance illustrator for editorial and publishing clients while I participate in print and book fairs and exhibitions, and working on artist’s book publishing projects that include fi elds such as visual arts, comic book and poetry.

My art has been exhibited in different countries and cities (Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin, Paris, Milan, etc.) in various individual and collective exhibitions and art fairs. 

I am currently working in my studio in Madrid.

Collective exhibitions

Matadero. La Casa del Lector. (Madrid) 
CentroCentro, 4th floor (Madrid) 
Matadero. La Central del Diseño. (Madrid) 
Casa de Vacas (Madrid)
Círculo de Bellas Artes (Madrid)
Centro Cultural de la Villa, VII Certamen de Libro de Artista (Móstoles) 
Galería Espacio 8 (Madrid)
Miscelanëa + Ras gallery (Barcelona) 
Box 32 gallery (Berlín)
Art&Techno. Teatro Eslava (Madrid)
Galería Apetit (Bilbao)

Individual exhibitions

Sala Siroco. Lounge (Madrid)
Sala de exposiciones, Editorial SinSentido (Madrid) 
Sala Noble del Convent de Sant Agustí (Barcelona) 
Sala Artepolis (Madrid)
Galería Casa de los Jacintos (Madrid)
59 Rivoli | Chez Robert Électron Libre (París)
Sala de exposiciones Teatro Gurdulú (Madrid)

Participation in Book and Art Fairs

Feria Ilustrísima. Museo ABC (Madrid)
Mazoka. Feria de Dibujo e ilustración. Centro Cultural Montehermoso (Vitoria-Gasteiz)
Open Mercado. Museo Würth (La Rioja)
Krunch Festival. C.C. Quadernillos (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid)

Feria Dibumad. Galería de Cristal, Palacio de Cibeles (Madrid)
Encuentro editores Inclasificables. Casa de las Conchas (Salamanca)
Fanzimad. Biblioteca Pública Municipal Iván de Vargas (Madrid)
HUL(Q). ¡Hostia un libro!. C.C. Quadernillos (Alcalá de Henares, Madrid)
Feria de Artistas Españoles. Fondazione Metropolitan San Paolo Converso (Milán)
Feria de ediciones independientes y libros autoeditados. La Maripepa (Madrid)
Autozine. Mercado Municipal de Numancia (Madrid)
We Love Market. Mercado del Diseño de Andalucía (Paseo de los Tristes, Granada)  
Zinecrash. Mercado de La Guindalera (Madrid) 
Feria del Arte Alternativo. La Tabacalera (Madrid)
Guindazine. Mercado de La Guindalera (Madrid) 

Some Clients 

Libros del KO, Editorial Edelvives, eme21magazine, VICE Magazine, Desperta Ferro Ediciones, La Razón, Touchline publishing agency UK, Madrid Destino (Ayuntamiento de Madrid), Artema Comunicación, Global Estrategias/Demos Group, Hedima Formación, Cyberscribe Solutions, Endesa, Grupo Sacyr

Press 

Mario Jodra, el dibujante del alma patricia y ‘dickensiana’ del viejo Madrid  (elDiario.es).

https://www.eldiario.es/madrid/somos/mario-jodra-dibujante-alma-patricia-dickensiana-viejo-madrid_1_9603105.html

Mario Jodra, el ilustrador del Madrid viejo en grafito y carboncillo (La Razón).

https://www.larazon.es/madrid/20221022/agi2pdbrcbbdlbzmm7by4ekv4e.html

Madrid illustrated Maps & Guides: Century-Old Restaurants and Tabernas.

RTVE, ABC, La Vanguardia, El Mundo, La Razón, Telemadrid, COPE, Conde Nast Traveler, El Periódico, Time Out, Economía Digital, Diario de Madrid

Get in touch!

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Mario Jodra