“From Sketch to Story: The Creative Journey of Adolfo Arranz” Solo exhibition of Adolfo Arranz’s journalistic and personal work
The Consulate General of Spain in Hong Kong - in collaboration with South China Morning Post and the Spanish Programme of The University of Hong Kong - is delighted to present "From Sketch to Story: The Creative Journey of Adolfo Arranz", the very first solo exhibition covering the professional and the personal works of this renowned artist. The exhibition explores the intersection of artistic expression and journalistic storytelling in Arranz's visually captivating creations.
Adolfo Arranz is a Spanish artist based in Hong Kong, currently working with Reuters to develop innovative visual presentations of news stories. With a passion for handcrafted illustrations, Arranz creates visual displays that are both informative and appealing.
Throughout his career as a journalist, which led him to work for media outlets such as El Mundo in Spain, Mediacorp in Singapore, and South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, where he rose to various positions during the two periods in which he worked for them (2011-2014 and 2016-2022), he has received over 150 awards for his contributions to visual communication. Among those awards are four gold medals at the Malofiej Awards, a gold in the Society for News Design; on two occasions the Sigma Delta Chi Award from the Society of Professional Journalists of the USA -an award shared with the SCMP graphics team-, a PRINT Award, the Pencil Wood Award, three golds in Wan-Ifra, and he is a four-times winner in the best design category of the Hong Kong News Awards. Back in May of this year, Adolfo was chosen World’s Best Designer by the Society of News Design https://snd.org/adolfo-arranz-named-worlds-best-designer-in-the-digital-creative-competition/.Programme Enquires: cog.hongkong@maec.es
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