DIEGO BECAS
Diego Becas is an illustrator, designer and artist specializing in the creation of book covers and posters for cultural activities. He has developed his career, mainly, in the European publishing market.
His images are evocative and conceptual: they scream, whisper or remain silent.
Its visual approach is deeply conceptual: the concept is the soul of the image and the graphic style the breath that gives it life.
Diego interprets the world using analogical techniques and materials such as printmaking, cut paper, wood, ink, watercolor, acrylic and stencil. He assembles small objects to create allegorical stages, creating hand lettering and uses a reduced color palette. The results are expressive visual metaphors rich in meaning and textures.
Diego doesn't use artificial intelligence. He uses artisanal intelligence.
Trained as a designer he develops projects in an integral way from an authorial perspective. Creating the concept, storytelling, illustration and final design of the piece.
He has made 9 solo poster exhibitions and participated in 30 collective exhibitions around the world.
His works have been exhibited in prestigious cultural spaces such as the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (Musée du Louvre), Victoria and Albert Museum and Somerset House, both in London, Retrovangarda Gallery in Warsaw and 3sec Gallery in the Netherlands, among others.
CLIENTs
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Penguin Books UK
Penguin Random House Spain
Thames & Hudson
Bonnier Books UK
Big Picture Press
Gustavo Gili
Planeta
Vegueta Ediciones
Sigilo
Estudio Ductus
Ediciones UC
Punto De Vista
Temas de hoy
Penguin Random House Chile
Alfaguara
Quilombo -
Dagoll Dagom
La Brutal
T de Teatre
International Brazilian Opera Company of New York -
Science Film Festival
Lollapalooza Chile
Chile Design Month
Festival Chile Jazz
The Jazz Corner
Santiago International Poetry Festival -
La Diaria de Uruguay
Endémico Magazine -
Goethe Institut
Panta Rhei bookstore
Schwaderer wines
Piel de Lobo beer
Ritual Inhabitual Artist Collective
Caleta Bay
Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage of Chile
AWARDS
Winner
The Academy Of British
Cover Design Awards (ABCD)
London, 2026
Shortlisted
V&A Illustration Awards
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, 2026
Winner
Bolognaragazzi Award
Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Bologna, 2023
Winner
Award for Excellence in Graphic Design
Chile, 2016.
Winner
World Illustration Awards
London, 2017.
Winner
Global Biennale of Graphic Design
Moscow, 2016.
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Breda: tell me your hidden problems
3Sec gallery
Breda, Países Bajos (2019)Diego Becas: Carteles y Diseño
Sala de arte AIEP
Santiago de Chile (2018)Cartel de autor
Vitrina Drugstore
Santiago de Chile (2016)Persona: carteles de ópera y teatro
Galería Bautista
Santiago, Chile (2016)Patadas: 50 carteles de Diego Becas Villegas
Bienal Internacional del Cartel de Bolivia 2015
La Paz, Bolivia (2015)Diego Becas Poster Artist
Galería Radicales
Santiago de Chile (2013)Muros que Hablan
Metro Bellas Artes
Santiago de Chile (2013)
Entre el ángel y la bestia
Junto a la artista Paula Manzor
Centro Cultural Balmaceda Arte Joven
Valparaíso, Chile (2007)Horizon Carré en Caligramas
Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
Santiago de Chile (2006) -
Latin American Art
Retroavangarda Gallery
Warsaw, Poland (2023)
¡Urge!
Diseño para la emergencia ambiental
Centro Cultural Matta, Embajada de Chile
Buenos Aires, Argentina (2022)
Ciudades Abiertas
Central de Diseño Matadero
Madrid, España (2022)
13 PLASTER
International Festival of graphic Design
Centre of Contemporary Art
Torun, Polonia (2022)La ruta de la plata
Galería Manuel E. Amador
Universidad de Panamá (2022)
Future now!
Posters without borders
India (2019)
Not a fairy tale
Invernadero Cultural
Quito, Ecuador (2019)Painting, graphic and poster
Retroavangarda Gallery
Warsaw, Poland (2018)50th posters in the park Memory Park
Buenos Aires, Argentina (2018)Bienal Internacional del Cartel Bolivia, BICeBé 2017 Museo Nacional de Arte
La Paz, Bolivia (2017)1917-2017. 100 years of Russian Revolution
Arkhangelsk, Russia (2017)Global Biennale of Graphic Design
Central House of Artist Moscow
Moscow, Russia (2016)World Illustration Awards
Sommerset House
Londres, UK (2016)Triennal of the political poster
Belgium (2016)
Ladfest Expo latina
Lima, Perú (2016)
International Strelka Design Festival
Poster Action “Dostoyevsky. Black and white”
Strelka, Rusia (2016)Passagio dall´inferno
Pratovecchio
Toscana, Italia (2015)
Italian poster biennial
Liguria, Italia (2015)International Triennial of Eco-poster
“The 4th Block”
Kharkiv, Ukraine (2015)Muip Biennial
Estambul, Turquía (2014)13 Bienal Internacional del Cartel en México BiCM
Ciudad de México, México (2014)11 Golden Bee Global Biennale of Graphic Design.
Moscú, Rusia (2014)International Strelka Design Festival
Poster Action “Lautrec Today, 150 years”
Strelka, Rusia (2014)International Strelka Design Festival
Poster Action “World War I – 100 years”
Strelka, Rusia (2014)Poster For Tomorrow
Poster Action “A Home For Everyone”
Musée des Arts Decoratifs
Musée du Louvre
París, Francia (2013)Latin American Fotografía and Ilustración 2 AP-AI.
Nueva York, E.E.U.U (2013)
Bienal de Cartel de Bolivia BICeBé
Poster Action “100 años de Vinicius da Morais”
La Paz, Bolivia (2013)
11 Bienal de Artes Mediales
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
Santiago de Chile (2013)
Descorchando Miradas
Santiago de Chile (2013)Remix Bicentenario
Centro Cultural La Moneda
Santiago de Chile (2009)
Remix Bicentenario
Centro Cultural La Moneda
Santiago de Chile (2008)