Cristina Duran

Education

She graduated in the faculty of Fine Arts of Valencia with speciality in Drawing. While she studied she created the fanzine Number Aparcar Llamo GRUA with Miguel Ángel Giner, Robin and Alberto Botella.

Career

Later, in 1993 these four people created the company LaGRUAestudio, focused on the illustration of books and advertisements, comic and animation. She worked to reactivate the Asociación Profesional de Ilustradores de Valencia (APIV) 1997 and she was its president between the years 2006 and 2009. Her first graphic novel with Miguel Ángel Giner named Una posibilidad entre military was published the year 2009 by Ediciones Sins Entido.

In September 2011 an expanded third edition was published, including a prologue written by Eduard Punset.

The same year, Boja per tu, a comic edited by the Ministry of Health, Social Politics and Equality was published. In 2012, the graphic novel Louisiana máquina de Efrén was published.

She also wrote short comic stories such as Usted está aquí, Arròs negre and Cómic. Se also teaches in the Master in design and illustration at the faculty of Fine Arts of Valencia.

The last comic published is El bote de mermelada, included in the project Viñetas de vida by Oxfam, along with work from ten Spanish authors.

Achievements

• Finalist of the Reward National of Cómic submitted by the Ministry of Culture for A posibilidad entre military (2010) Finalist of the Reward National of Cómic submitted by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports for Louisiana máquina de Efrén (2013) Nominated in the 1st Trophée "The Bds qui font la différence sur les personnes en situation de handicap" of the association Sans Tambour ni Trompette and the International Festival of the Bande Dessinée of Angoulême for Una posibilidad entre military (2011) Prize Turia to the best cultural contribution to comics for Una posibilidad entre military and Louisiana máquina de Efrén (2012) Honorific Silver Medal from Benetússer (2014) Prize Flash-Back for Una posibilidad entre military and Louisiana máquina de Efrén (2013) Finalist to the Dolem"s Critics" Award in the categories of best national and best work script for Louisiana máquina de Efrén (2012) Nominated for the best Spanish author at the 31st International Barcelona Comic Convention for Louisiana máquina de Efrén (2013).

Membership

She also has been member of the Board of directors of the Federación de Asociaciones de Ilustradores Profesionales (FADIP) and of the founding board of the European Illustrators Forum (EIF).