©Tiago Galo

Tiago Galo

Illustrator

Tiago Galo (Portugal) is an illustrator based in Lisbon. He started his work as an illustrator collaborating in small fanzines and exhibitions, before finishing his degree in Architecture. In 2011 he won the prize for best comic at the Amadora BD competition. After some years working as an architect he engaged in some kind of soul-searching wondering and returned to his work as an illustrator. In 2021 he was one of the Bologna Children´s Book Fair Illustration Exhibition Winners. Currently he works as a freelance animator and illustrator for National Geographic Travel, Penguin Random House, Boston Globe, Google, BBC Focus, Vogue, GQ, Time Out, Financial Times, 7UP and Condé Nast Traveler, among others.