Illustrator and graphic artist. She uses digital and traditional media in her work, creating expressive, poetic, and visually powerful compositions. She studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts and later focused her training on illustration and narrative by attending workshops in Montevideo and Buenos Aires. Driven by her artistic restlessness and exploration, she has delved into various languages, adapting her work to animation, set design, tattoo art, murals, ceramics, and textile design. In the field of editorial illustration, she has illustrated for newspapers, magazines, and books published in Uruguay, Argentina, and Spain. She has worked with clients such as Planeta, Penguin, Banda Oriental, Topito Ediciones, Criatura, Revista Lento, Diario Gigantes, Jacobin Latin America, Diario Tiempo Argentina, Semanario Brecha, Periplo, the Municipality of Ribadeo, among others. She has participated in over 20 books, most of them picture books. For the past 20 years, she has been in charge of art and graphics for the Uruguayan band Cuatro Pesos de Propina, creating album covers, posters, video clip art, and visuals, contributing a personal and artistic stamp to the musical interpretation. Her work has been recognized and exhibited both nationally and internationally. In Uruguay: In 2025, she was selected by the Cultural Center of Spain in Montevideo to hold a retrospective exhibition of her work as the graphic artist for Cuatro Pesos de Propina. Also in 2025, she received an award for her animated short "Querida Vejez" at the film festival on aging, which took place concurrently in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Brazil, and Spain. She has received mentions on five occasions in the National Illustration Award from the Ministry of Education and Culture, obtaining a Special Mention in the 2023 edition. In 2023, she received an Honorable Mention in the National Crafts Award. Internationally: She was invited by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture to exhibit collectively in 2024 and was selected in competitions such as the NAMI Contest in South Korea in 2023, the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy in 2021, Città del Sole in Italy in 2016, and the 15th Croatian Biennial of Illustration in 2014.

Daniela Beracochea

Illustrator and graphic artist. She uses digital and traditional media in her work, creating expressive, poetic, and visually powerful compositions. She studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts and later focused her training on illustration and narrative by attending workshops in Montevideo and Buenos Aires. Driven by her artistic restlessness and exploration, she has delved into various languages, adapting her work to animation, set design, tattoo art, murals, ceramics, and textile design. In the field of editorial illustration, she has illustrated for newspapers, magazines, and books published in Uruguay, Argentina, and Spain. She has worked with clients such as Planeta, Penguin, Banda Oriental, Topito Ediciones, Criatura, Revista Lento, Diario Gigantes, Jacobin Latin America, Diario Tiempo Argentina, Semanario Brecha, Periplo, the Municipality of Ribadeo, among others. She has participated in over 20 books, most of them picture books. For the past 20 years, she has been in charge of art and graphics for the Uruguayan band Cuatro Pesos de Propina, creating album covers, posters, video clip art, and visuals, contributing a personal and artistic stamp to the musical interpretation. Her work has been recognized and exhibited both nationally and internationally. In Uruguay: In 2025, she was selected by the Cultural Center of Spain in Montevideo to hold a retrospective exhibition of her work as the graphic artist for Cuatro Pesos de Propina. Also in 2025, she received an award for her animated short "Querida Vejez" at the film festival on aging, which took place concurrently in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Brazil, and Spain. She has received mentions on five occasions in the National Illustration Award from the Ministry of Education and Culture, obtaining a Special Mention in the 2023 edition. In 2023, she received an Honorable Mention in the National Crafts Award. Internationally: She was invited by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture to exhibit collectively in 2024 and was selected in competitions such as the NAMI Contest in South Korea in 2023, the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy in 2021, Città del Sole in Italy in 2016, and the 15th Croatian Biennial of Illustration in 2014.

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Illustrator and graphic artist. She uses digital and traditional media in her work,
creating expressive, poetic, and visually powerful compositions.

She studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts and later focused her training on illustration and narrative by attending workshops in Montevideo and Buenos Aires.

Driven by her artistic restlessness and exploration, she has delved into various
languages, adapting her work to animation, set design, tattoo art, murals, ceramics,
and textile design.

In the field of editorial illustration, she has illustrated for newspapers, magazines, and
books published in Uruguay, Argentina, and Spain. She has worked with clients such as
Planeta, Penguin, Banda Oriental, Topito Ediciones, Criatura, Revista Lento, Diario
Gigantes, Jacobin Latin America, Diario Tiempo Argentina, Semanario Brecha, Periplo,
the Municipality of Ribadeo, among others. She has participated in over 20 books,
most of them picture books.

For the past 20 years, she has been in charge of art and graphics for the Uruguayan
band Cuatro Pesos de Propina, creating album covers, posters, video clip art, and
visuals, contributing a personal and artistic stamp to the musical interpretation.
Her work has been recognized and exhibited both nationally and internationally. In
Uruguay: In 2025, she was selected by the Cultural Center of Spain in Montevideo to
hold a retrospective exhibition of her work as the graphic artist for Cuatro Pesos de
Propina. Also in 2025, she received an award for her animated short “Querida Vejez” at
the film festival on aging, which took place concurrently in Uruguay, Argentina, Chile,
Peru, Mexico, Brazil, and Spain. She has received mentions on five occasions in the
National Illustration Award from the Ministry of Education and Culture, obtaining a
Special Mention in the 2023 edition. In 2023, she received an Honorable Mention in the
National Crafts Award.
Internationally: She was invited by Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture to exhibit collectively in
2024 and was selected in competitions such as the NAMI Contest in South Korea in
2023, the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy in 2021, Città del Sole in Italy in 2016, and the 15th Croatian Biennial of Illustration in 2014.

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    uniE621 Illustration series
    Home, 2024 Series of illustrations created for an exhibition in Taiwan, invited by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan. Technique: Tempera and pencil.
    uniE621 Picture Book
    Tiempo / Time Text: Dana Kimelman. Technique: Analog techniques, scanning, and image collage.
    uniE621 Picture Book
    Mi ábaco y yo / My Abacus and I Technique: Analog techniques, scanning, and image collage. Text: Evelyn Aixala and Diego Tosar. Based on notes by Diego Tosar, Eve Aixala recounts the experience of a neurodivergent child, offering us a different perspective on the world.
    uniE621 Narrative
    Lobas / Wolves. Series of 5 pieces created in 2020. Media: Mixed media. Watercolors, pen, colored pencil, tempera, ink. Selected for the Bologna International Fair, 2021.
    uniE621 Poetry Book
    Cosa Seria / Serious thing Scheduled for publication in 2026 by Editorial Periplo, Argentina. Technique: Watercolors, pencil, scanned analog image collage. A book about friendship, the distance between childhood friends, the personal journey, and the fortune of finding new friends.
    uniE621 Project Book
    Mayo Floral / Floral May Book project in development. Technique: Watercolors, pen, ink, pencil, and digital editing. The series received a Special Mention in 2023 from the National Illustration Award from the Ministry of Education and Culture, Uruguay.