Juan Cavia

Juan Cavia (born 14 January 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentinian production designer, art director, and illustrator.

Juan Cavia
Born	(1984-01-14) January 14, 1984 (age 41) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Area	Artist
Notable works	'The Adventures of Dog Mendonça and Pizzaboy'

Biography

Juan Cavia developed his skills in painting, drawing, composition, dynamics and various techniques of representation and animation. After secondary school, he begins to study film while working as storyboard artist and concept designer.

Since 2005, he has been working as an art director for film, theater and advertising.

Comics

He was a co-author of The Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy (book trilogy), Os vampiros and Comer Beber. He frequently collaborates with writer Filipe Melo and artist Santiago Villa. The forewords of volume I and volume II were written by legendary filmmakers John Landis, Tobe Hooper and George A. Romero. In 2012, he illustrated a story for an anthology commemorating the 25th anniversary of Dark Horse Presents, a compilation featuring works by Frank Miller and Mike Mignola.

Films

As production designer, he worked for nine feature films. He frequently collaborates with art director and production designer Walter Cornás. Cavia also was responsible for the set design of the film El Secreto de Sus Ojos, which won the Oscar Award for best foreign film in 2010.

References

• http://www.darkhorse.com/Comics/21-704/The-Untold-Tales-of-Dog-Mendonca-Pizzaboy-one-shot
• http://expresso.sapo.pt/bd-editora-norte-americana-dark-horse-vai-publicar-historia-de-filipe-melo-e-juan-cavia=f621461
• https://cornascavia.com/home