Born in Valencia, Spain in 1983. Graduated in the UPV San Carlos
School of Fine Arts.
Since 2011 she has been working in painting, illustration, editorial, and
muralism for artistic, commercial, and social projects worldwide. Some
include:
More of ten books published with Planeta, Penguin Random House,
Taschen, Astiberri, and collaborated with the Thyssen Museum.
Humanitarian projects with The Malala Fund and UNRWA (United
Nations).
Selected on “Illustration now!5” amongst the 100 best illustrators
globally.
Exhibitions in Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Madrid, Seoul, and New York.
Her artistic style is distinctive, difficult to define, and always intended
to challenge the concept of normative beauty. Some recurring themes
are gender equality and social justice.
“Gathering Maria Herreros’s various illustrations could be like taking a
stroll through a botanical garden in the middle of a big city. Duality is
implicit in everything she does; it’s like walking between the beautiful
and the ugly, the sweet and the brutal, the intimate and the strange.”