Arantza Pena Popo is an Ignatz Award-Nominated Colombian-born and Los Angeles-based artist who explores slice-of-life narratives through her comic artwork. You can find her playing bass in the dark, listening to too much Mitski, and rollerskating in the park.
She began contributing gags to The New Yorker in August 2020.
CLIENTS
Them.us
Cartoon Network
The New Yorker
Los Angeles Times
Refinery 29
826 Valencia
Washington Post
The New York Times
KPCC/LAist
It's Nice That
PUBLICATIONS
The New Yorker
Polyester Zine
Shortbox Comics
The Daily Trojan
The Stranger
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Ignatz Award Nomination for Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Mini-Comic 2021
National Winner of the Doodle for Google Contest 2019
Scholastic Art Awards Gold Medal: Comic Art 2017
EXHIBITIONS
"The World is Looking for You" Solo Exhibition at Junior High Los Angeles (Feb 2022)
Riso Weekend at Junior High (Dec 2021)
SHIRT-TEEN at Junior High (July 2022)
FAIRS/FESTIVALS
Brooklyn Art Book Fair (Brooklyn, NY)
SPRINT Milano (Milan, Italy)
Grid Zine Fest (Salt Lake City, UT)
Piche Fest (Madrid, ES)
SHAKE Bristol (Bristol, UK)
PAGEMASTERS Fall & Winter Zine Fair
(London, UK)
Photo Credit: @jondelreal
COLLECTIONS
Barnard Zine Library
New York, NY | Acquired in 2021
Athens Zine Bibliothèque
Athens, Greece | Acquired in 2021
SAIC Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
Chicago, IL | Acquired in 2020
TALKS/PANELS
PIP Illustration Bristol Creative Weekend: "Insights Corner"| Oct 2022 | Bristol, UK
Comics O'Clock Comics Reading | Heavy Manners Library| Mar 2022 | Los Angeles, CA
BIPOC POP Conference | Scrapping: Comics, Zines, and Reparative Justice | UT Austin, TX
