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Marisol Misenta, known professionally under the mononym Isol, is an illustrator, author of children's books, and singer. She was born in 1972, in Buenos Aires
, Argentina
, where she lives to this day.
” to become a Fine Arts teacher, and spent a few years studying art at the University of Buenos Aires
, a career she finally abandoned to fully devote herself to work as an illustrator and author of children's books, a natural synthesis of her taste for comics, literature and visual arts.
Her first book, Vida de perros (A dog’s life) was published in 1997, following a Mention of Honour at the contest A la orilla del Viento, organized by FCE publishers (Fondo de Cultura Económica
, Mexico). From that moment on she has continued to publish books as an integral author, and has in turn illustrated texts written by other authors, such as Jorge Luján
, Graciela Montes and Paul Auster
.
Her personal style for telling stories by means of drawings (candid, yet sometimes ironic) has allowed her the good fortune of being published in Mexico, Spain, USA, France, Korea, Switzerland and Argentina.
From 2000 to 2005 she published a weekly illustration each Sunday in the Clarín (newspaper)
Sunday magazine, doubtlessly the most widely read paper in Argentina. Her section in the paper involved illustrations of well-known tales for children and young people by established authors. She has also worked for Página/12
newspaper, Para ti
and Noticias magazines, among many others.
She has currently focused completely on children's picture-books, though she also does some graphic works and comics from time to time, as special projects, such as the book Consecuencias, a project set up by Casa de América, Spain, in 2000, and the book Under the Spell of the Moon, for Groundwood Books in 2004.
Among other projects, she took part in the BIB ‘99 Workshop for illustrators, organized by UNESCO
in Slovakia, and has received the Golden Apple 2003 Award for her illustrations to the book Tic Tac.
Her books El Globo (The Balloon) and El cuento de Navidad de Auggie Wren (Auggie Wren's Christmas Story) have been selected to be part of the White Ravens list 2003, and 2004, the latter involving a Special Mention.
Her book Tener un patito es útil (It's useful to have a duck) was selected by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) for their catalogue and exhibition"AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers" (USA). This book won also a Silver Mention in Quórum Awards (Designers Council from Mexico) and it was chosen for the Banco del Libro Best Books 2008 (IBBY Venezuela)
Nomineé for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2008 (Sweden)
As a finalist in the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2006 and 2007 on behalf of Argentina (IBBY/International Board of Books for Young People, Switzerland), she was recognized as one of the five best illustrators in the world.
from 2000 to 2005, with whom she made three records which were published by Indice Virgen (Argentina), Elefant records (Spain and Japan), Darla Records (USA) and Zafra (Mexico). Besides this, she has a Baroque Chamber Music Ensemble called The Excuse since 2002.
In 2004 she was the soloist singer in the play called Nocau, by Krapp dance group, in the Experimental Center of Contemporary Music from the Colon Theater (Buenos Aires) with music of José Halac.
In 2006 she began her collaboration as a singer with the band Alsace Lorraine, started in Chicago in 2000 by Paul Francke
. She sang and co-wrote 6 songs on their album Dark One, to be published by Darla Records, USA.
In 2008 she join her brother Zypce in the project SIMA, forming a duo Isol / Zypce MySpace ISOL/ZYPCE. They released a record called Sima with their own compositions and two songs by the Uruguayan writer Dani Umpi. The record was published in USA by Darla Records http://www.darla.com and in Argentina by the musicians.
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, where she lives to this day.
Background
She studied at the Escuela Nacional “Rogelio YrurtiaRogelio Yrurtia
Rogelio Yrurtia was a renowned Argentine sculptor of the Realist school.-Life and work:Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Basque immigrants in 1879, Rogelio Yrurtia enrolled in the local Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts in 1899. A talented student, he quickly earned a scholarship on which...
” to become a Fine Arts teacher, and spent a few years studying art at the University of Buenos Aires
University of Buenos Aires
The University of Buenos Aires is the largest university in Argentina and the largest university by enrollment in Latin America. Founded on August 12, 1821 in the city of Buenos Aires, it consists of 13 faculties, 6 hospitals, 10 museums and is linked to 4 high schools: Colegio Nacional de Buenos...
, a career she finally abandoned to fully devote herself to work as an illustrator and author of children's books, a natural synthesis of her taste for comics, literature and visual arts.
Her first book, Vida de perros (A dog’s life) was published in 1997, following a Mention of Honour at the contest A la orilla del Viento, organized by FCE publishers (Fondo de Cultura Económica
Fondo de Cultura Económica
Fondo de Cultura Económica is the most important publishing house in Mexico and one of the most important ones in Latin America. It was originally established in 1934 by Daniel Cosío Villegas as a way to provide students of economics with books in Spanish on the subject...
, Mexico). From that moment on she has continued to publish books as an integral author, and has in turn illustrated texts written by other authors, such as Jorge Luján
Jorge Luján
Jorge Luján was born in Córdoba, Argentina and lives in Mexico City where he writes, sings and runs workshops on creative writing. He has published poetry and children's literature , as well as a short story and a book that teaches a method of writing based on images...
, Graciela Montes and Paul Auster
Paul Auster
Paul Benjamin Auster is an American author known for works blending absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction and the search for identity and personal meaning in works such as The New York Trilogy , Moon Palace , The Music of Chance , The Book of Illusions and The Brooklyn Follies...
.
Her personal style for telling stories by means of drawings (candid, yet sometimes ironic) has allowed her the good fortune of being published in Mexico, Spain, USA, France, Korea, Switzerland and Argentina.
From 2000 to 2005 she published a weekly illustration each Sunday in the Clarín (newspaper)
Clarín (newspaper)
Clarín is the largest newspaper in Argentina, published by the Grupo Clarín media group. It was founded by Roberto Noble on 28 August 1945. It is politically centrist but popularly understood to oppose the Kirchner government...
Sunday magazine, doubtlessly the most widely read paper in Argentina. Her section in the paper involved illustrations of well-known tales for children and young people by established authors. She has also worked for Página/12
Página/12
Página/12 is a newspaper based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.Página/12 was founded on May 25, 1987, by journalist Jorge Lanata in association with writer Osvaldo Soriano and investigative journalist Horacio Verbitsky...
newspaper, Para ti
Para Ti
Para Ti is Juan Luis Guerra's Ninth album. Theres a change in his lyrics because they no longer involve his culture or nationality, it involves more his religious faith with songs like "Las Avispas" and "Mi padre me Ama"...
and Noticias magazines, among many others.
She has currently focused completely on children's picture-books, though she also does some graphic works and comics from time to time, as special projects, such as the book Consecuencias, a project set up by Casa de América, Spain, in 2000, and the book Under the Spell of the Moon, for Groundwood Books in 2004.
Among other projects, she took part in the BIB ‘99 Workshop for illustrators, organized by UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
in Slovakia, and has received the Golden Apple 2003 Award for her illustrations to the book Tic Tac.
Her books El Globo (The Balloon) and El cuento de Navidad de Auggie Wren (Auggie Wren's Christmas Story) have been selected to be part of the White Ravens list 2003, and 2004, the latter involving a Special Mention.
Her book Tener un patito es útil (It's useful to have a duck) was selected by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) for their catalogue and exhibition"AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers" (USA). This book won also a Silver Mention in Quórum Awards (Designers Council from Mexico) and it was chosen for the Banco del Libro Best Books 2008 (IBBY Venezuela)
Nomineé for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2008 (Sweden)
As a finalist in the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2006 and 2007 on behalf of Argentina (IBBY/International Board of Books for Young People, Switzerland), she was recognized as one of the five best illustrators in the world.
Singing career
As a singer, she was the vocalist of the band Entre Ríos (band)Entre Ríos (band)
Entre Ríos is an Argentine indietronica band originally formed in Buenos Aires by Sebastián Carreras, Gabriel Lucena and Isol in 2000. They became popular when the song "Hoy no" was used in a Quilmes spot....
from 2000 to 2005, with whom she made three records which were published by Indice Virgen (Argentina), Elefant records (Spain and Japan), Darla Records (USA) and Zafra (Mexico). Besides this, she has a Baroque Chamber Music Ensemble called The Excuse since 2002.
In 2004 she was the soloist singer in the play called Nocau, by Krapp dance group, in the Experimental Center of Contemporary Music from the Colon Theater (Buenos Aires) with music of José Halac.
In 2006 she began her collaboration as a singer with the band Alsace Lorraine, started in Chicago in 2000 by Paul Francke
Paul Francke
Paul Francke is an American songwriter and instrumentalist. He formed the synth pop band Alsace Lorraine in 1998 with guitarist Hewson Chen of the Parasol Records group Vitesse. His music has focused on central Appalachian subjects, the band name referring to that region's history as a contested...
. She sang and co-wrote 6 songs on their album Dark One, to be published by Darla Records, USA.
In 2008 she join her brother Zypce in the project SIMA, forming a duo Isol / Zypce MySpace ISOL/ZYPCE. They released a record called Sima with their own compositions and two songs by the Uruguayan writer Dani Umpi. The record was published in USA by Darla Records http://www.darla.com and in Argentina by the musicians.