MARISA LICATA

Tel: +54 9 3415 707340

Rosario · Argentina

marisalicata@gmail.com

I was born in 1971 and currently live in Rosario, Argentina.

My CV is multihued. My interests are many. I have a varied set of skills and lots of curiosity. In addition to an academic education, I’m also self-taught in other fields. I have worked for private companies and in state organizations; I’ve also done volunteer work.

My current work is focused mainly on landscape design, illustration and writing. Before that, I got a degree on Social Communications, I was a tango dancer and teacher, I traveled and lived in a number of places, I was a secretary in the administration of a supermarket chain, again I traveled and moved around, and I worked in a call center.

The person I am now lives alongside all these other selves.

My illustrations are made with different techniques, such as watercolor, ink, black pencil and colored pencil. I also employ digital techniques. I’m interested in scientific illustration (especially botanical), as well as editorial and literary illustration, both for children and for adults. I also write my own stories and illustrate them.

I manage naturalistic botanical illustration workshops with the goal of easing people into the field of illustration through observation of nature.

I’ve taken courses on various topics related to drawing and illustration with the following teachers: Carlos Barocelli / Sole Otero / Laura Varsky / Luis Adolfo Serra / Hilda Palafox / Ana Calderón/ José Luis Ágreda / Carmen García Huerta / Marco Mazzoni / Cristian Turdera.

2017 · LANDSCAPE DESIGNER · Landscape Design — ISET 52, Rosario. Final project: Pedacito de cielo (“A little bit of sky”). Reviving and revaluing the open spaces of Rosario’s Provincial Geriatric Hospital.

1995 · Degree on Social Communications – Universidad Nacional de Rosario.

Languages: English / Portuguese / Italian