Marta Granados, a Colombian graphic designer

Born in Duitama, Colombia in 1943. Marta Granados studied at the Javeriana University and at the University of Los Andes, in Bogota; subsequently at the National Superior School of Decorative Arts, in Paris, and the Saint Martin’s School of Art in London. Presently, she works for Colcultura, Museum of Modern Art, Patrimonio Fílmico Foundation, Santillana Foundation, The National Theatre and the Economic Cultures Found.

Her work has been shown individually in the Modern Art Museum of Bogota in 1983 and 1992, in Santillana del Mar in 1985, in the Grand Palais of Paris in 1986, and in the Book Fair of Guadalajara, in 1993. She has also participated in the Poster Biennials in Warsaw, Lathi, Colorado, Helsinki, Tehran and Mexico, where she obtained the 2nd prize in the cultural poster cathegory, in 1992. Her designs have been published in Graphis Poster, Who is Who in Graphic Art, World Graphic Design Now and Comunication Arts.