Christian Montenegro is an Argentinean illustrator.
First, he studied comics in Alberto Breccia's atelier and later Graphic design in the Buenos Aires University.
Since the year 2002 he's worked with the digital media, mixing concepts from design with his previous experience in the comics. The style could be compared with a Lego system, simple pieces are combined in a more complex organization.
His works has been published in Argentina and all over the world.

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Christian Montenegro es ilustrador argentino.
Estudió historieta con Alberto Breccia y luego diseño gráfico en la Universidad de Buenos Aires.
Desde el año 2002 trabaja en formato digital fusionando conceptos del diseño con su experiencia previa en la narración gráfica. Su estilo podría compararse con un Lego, piezas simples que se combinan en organizaciones complejas.
Su trabajo ha sido publicado en numerosos medios tanto de Argentina como del exterior.

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Exhibitions

Figures Futur 2002, 18 Salon du livre te de la presse jeunesse en Seine-Saint-Dennis Paris. November 2002
Pictoplasma "Characters at War", Berlin. October 2004
Maxalot gallery, Barcelona. August 2006
Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires October 2006
Bologna Children's Book Fair, Bologna. March 2008
ARTig 2008, Basel. April 2008
Remix Bicentenario, Santiago de Chile. August 2008
Illustrative International Art Festival, Zürich. October 2008
Pictoplasma Exhibition - Silk to Print, musée d'Art contemporain de Bordeaux. December 2008
Seven Deadly Seans, Johanssen Gallery, Berlin. March 2009
Mundos para Armar, Fundación OSDE, Buenos Aires. June 2009

Lectures

Pictoplasma Conference, October 2004, Berlin
Congreso Creactivo, Universidad de Hermosillo, Marzo 2006, Mexico
Pictoplasma Conference II, October 2006, Berlin
Trimarchi 07, October 2007, Mar del Plata
Dejando Huella, June 2008, Corrientes
Universidad del Pacífico, October 2008, Santiago de Chile
Character Design, Universidad de Palermo, June 2009, Buenos Aires
Illustrative, October 2009, Berlin

Press

Beaux Arts magazine, France
DPI magazine, Taiwan
Etapes magazine, France
Goo magazine, Argentina
Items magazines, Holland
IDN magazine, China
Idea Illustrator magazine, China
Novum magazine, Germany
Objects magazine, Germany
Peugeot magazine, Argentina
Shift magazine, Japan
The Club Voice (Swatch) magazine, Switzerland
Übersee magazine, Germany
Xfuns magazine, China

Collaborations

Acido Surtido magazine, Argentina
Box book, Sandu Publications, China
Colour me book, Pictoplasma, Germany
Consecuencias book, INJUVE, Spain
Design to Help book, Die Gestalten Verlag, Germany
El Tripero magazine, Ediciones del Tripero, Argentina
Football Heroes book, Herzglut Verlag, Switzerland
Grimm book, Die Gestalten Verlag, Germany
IDN 15th anniversary book, IDN, China
Illusive 1 and 2 book, Die Gestalten Verlag, Germany
Illustration Now Vol.2 book, Taschen, Germany
Into the Nature book, Die Gestalten Verlag, Germany
It's a matter of Illustration book, Victionary, China
Just for you book, Index Book, Spain
Lápiz Japonés magazine, Comuna del Lápiz Japonés, Argentina
Native Weapon magazine, England
NeoGeo book, Die Gestalten Verlag, Germany
Pictoplasma the character Encyclopaedia vol. 2 and 3, Pictoplasma book, Germany
Rolitoboy book, IDN, China
Secrets of Digital Illustration book, Rotovision, Switzerland
soDA magazine, Switzerland
Spooky calendar, Die Gestalten Verlag, Germany
Sushi book, Germany
The Ark Project book, IDN, China
WeAr magazine, Germany

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