Roberto Parada (painter)
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Roberto Parada (born 1969) is a freelance illustrator who has been creating paintings for major American magazines for over 20 years. Some of the publications include TIME Magazine, Rolling Stone, Reader's Digest, Fortune, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated and Esquire.[http://www.articlesandtexticles.co.uk/?p=27 Short article about the artist]
Roberto graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY where he studied fine arts and illustration. Upon graduating in 1991, Roberto started working in the editorial illustration market.
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He has created a vast array of portraits from the caricatured to the thought provoking which have captured the interests of Art Directors throughout the world. Roberto has created several cover illustrations for publications, including an Eminem cover for Rolling Stone.[https://web.archive.org/web/20070516103649/http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/5399841/eminem_photos/photo/2/large Rolling Stone] He illustrated the TIME Magazine cover of Suddam Hussein which had a bloody X through his face, a revival reminiscent of the cover in which TIME magazine put an X on the face of Hitler.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20030421,00.html |title=TIME Magazine Cover: After the Fall - Apr. 21, 2003 - Iraq - Saddam Hussein - Middle East |magazine=Time |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615175221/http://www.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,20030421,00.html |archive-date=15 June 2006 |url-status=dead}}
Roberto illustrated the poster for Carrie Fisher's Wishful Drinking performances at Arena Stage in Washington D.C.{{Cite web | title=Arena Stage / Wishful Drinking | url=http://www.arena-stage.org/season/08-09/wishful-drinking/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080829112618/http://www.arena-stage.org/season/08-09/wishful-drinking/ | access-date=2025-03-19 | archive-date=2008-08-29}}
In September 2004, Roberto had a successful bone marrow transplant from an anonymous donor, to cure severe Aplastic Anemia.[http://www.aamds.org/aplastic/news/news.php?id=48 Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation]
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External links
- [http://www.robertoparada.com Roberto Parada's website]
- [http://www.academyart.edu/news/spotlight.jsp?titles=/news/mktg_news0014.html An article on Roberto Parada]
- [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/roberto-parada_n_1696317.html Huffington Post article about Roberto Parada's Magazine Illustrations: Homer Simpson, Kobe Bryant, And More, Manipulated To Make A Point]
Gallery
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Category:American illustrators
Category:Pratt Institute alumni
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