About | Daniel Liévano

Daniel is a conceptual illustrator & author based in Bogotá, Colombia.

Part of his work consists of visualizing avant-garde ideas from leading minds in science and art fields in major media companies. An important part of his personal staple is developing multiple styles, of abstract or figurative nature. This has allowed him to approach in detail diverse tones and themes of a variety of projects on science, literature, poetry, technology, and psychology. Recent examples include: three illustrated award-winning collection books for the English publisher Folio Society, a digital cover for The New Yorker magazine on the future of sustainability and the cover of the Financial Times magazine on Wassily Kandinsky.

Likewise, Daniel, interested in visual storytelling as an author, is concerned with the formal relationships of general semiotics with poetry and art. Among other accolades, his recent graphic novel Gravity and Other Substances received the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators of New York and the Seymour Chwast MA-g Award in Zurich, juried by Seymour Chwast himself. In 2022, Daniel was awarded the first prize of the World Illustration Awards, given by the Association of Illustrators (AOI) established in the United Kingdom.

This is his Skillshare Class about How to brainstorm visual ideas.

Selected Clients

Folio Society UK

Financial Times
The New York Times
The New York Times Magazine
The New Yorker
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Divinity School
The Guardian
The Atlantic
The Economist
ProPublica
Harper's Magazine
Emergence Magazine
Penguin Random House
The Washington Post
Metaleap Creative
Curaprox

The Generalist
Spectrum News
Die Zeit
The Sunday Times
The Boston Globe
The Lancet
Point Five Studio
Pentagram
Texas Monthly
Foreign Affairs
Fine Acts
Area 23/FCB Network
El Espectador
Radioambulante
WeTransfer
Guideposts
Commercial Observer
Vanderbilt University
Amagord
The American Lawyer
El Malpensante
Editorial Norma
Vice

Awards

GOLD MEDAL 2020
Society of Illustrators NY

Society of Illustrators of New York 2020
Book Category - Graphic Novel - "Gravity"

OVERALL PRO WINNER 2022
World Illustration Awards AOI

The Association of Illustrators AOI 2022
"Sound Wild and Broken"

BEST 100 - 2023
Kyoto Global Design Awards

"Remarkable talent, innovative design perspective, and exemplary craftsmanship".

SILVER MEDAL 2022
Society of Illustrators NY

Society of Illustrators of New York 2022
Book Category - "Kafka on the Shore"

SCIENCE & TECH AWARD 2022
World Illustration Awards AOI

The Association of Illustrators AOI
"Sounds Wild & Broken" -
Science & Technology Award 2022

SCIENCE & TECH AWARD 2020
World Illustration Awards AOI

The Association of Illustrators AOI
"WeTransfer roadmap to Sustainability" -
Science & Technology Award 2020

SEYMOUR CHWAST MA-g Award

The Museum of Avant-garde 2021

"Gravity" - Graphic Novel

SILVER MEDAL LAD 2023

Latin American Design Awards

"Norwegian Wood"- Editorial Category

SILVER MEDAL LAD 2023

Latin American Design Awards 2018

"Björk Symbolism"- Editorial Category

SILVER MEDAL LAD 2022

Latin American Design Awards

"Kafka on the Shore"- Editorial Category

BRONZE MEDAL LAD 2018

Latin American Design Awards 2018

"La vida es ilusión Vol. 2"- Illustration Category

Honors

ASME Finalists Best Digitall Illustration 2023

American Illustration 2020
Communication Arts Award of Excellence 2020
World Illustration Awards Shortlist 2020
Best Books of the Year List Arcadia
Communication Arts 61 Shortlist - 2019
3x3 Honorable Mention 2018
Communication Arts 60 Shortlist - 2018
Society of Illustrators 60 - 2018
3x3 Honorable Mention - 2017
Communication Arts 58 - 2017
Society of Illustrators 59 - 2017
Lápiz de Acero 2017 Finalist
Lápiz de Acero 2016 Finalist
Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Illustrators
Worldwide 2016-2017
American Illustration 35
Latin American Illustration 4