Reach out for work inquiries, collaborations, or just to say hi!: apenapopo[at]gmail[dot]com
Arantza Pena Popo is an Ignatz Award-Nominated Colombian-born, Atlanta-raised and New York-based artist who explores slice-of-life narratives through her comic artwork. You can find her playing bass in the dark and rollerskating in the park.
She currently works at Business Insider as a Story Art Fellow.
​
​
​
​
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
Business Insider
​
PUBLICATIONS
The New Yorker
Polyester Zine
Shortbox Comics
The Daily Trojan
The Stranger
​
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Printed Matter Volume Grant 2023
Short Run Comics Fest Special Guest 2023
Ignatz Award Nomination for Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Mini-Comic 2021
National Winner of the Doodle for Google Contest 2019
Miss Read Berlin Art Book Fair BIPOC Support Grant 2024
​
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​
Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair (Los Angeles)
Short Run Seattle (Seattle, WA)
Small Press Expo (Bethesda, MD)
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)
LA Zine Fest (Los Angeles)
Expozine (Montreal, CA)
Miss Read Berlin Art Book Fair (Berlin)
​
​
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
Short Talks at Short Run Seattle 2023
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 2023 | Scrapping: Comics, Zines, and Reparative Justice | UT Austin, TX
​
​
