Fernando Vicente Sánchez is a Spanish painter and illustrator, born in Madrid in November 1963. His first works were published as an illustrator in the early eighties in the Madriz magazine, where he would work continuously both in the field of illustration and cartoon. Since then he has worked in magazines such as La luna de Madrid, Lápiz, Vogue, El País Semanal,, Letras Libres, and so on.
From 1999 to present, published extensively on the cultural supplement of the newspaper El Pais, Babelia . Thanks to this work has won three Award of Excellence from the Society for News Design. Besides his work for newspapers and magazines, has also performed numerous covers of books and records. In 1984 he first exhibited his works at the Galeria Moriarty. Since then he has participated in numerous exhibitions, both collective and individual, being especially remarkable the retrospective Universos (2011). His work is collected in the volumes, Los pin-ups by Fernando Vicente (2004, Dibbuks) Illustrated Literature (2007, Ediciones Sins Entido and Diputacion de Sevilla), Portraits (2009, Blur Editions), Portadas (2010, Brandstudio Press) and Universos (2011, City of Palma de Mallorca and Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo).
As for his work as a painter, highlight the Atlas series, Anatomías and Vanitas.
