Cristina Sampaio lives in Lisbon. She graduated in 1985 from the Lisbon School of Fine Arts.
She has been illustrating children's books since 1987 and has worked since 1986 as an illustrator and cartoonist for several magazines and newspapers in Portugal and abroad. She has also worked in animation, multimedia and set design.
Her work has been shown in group and solo exhibitions in Portugal, Brazil, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Greece, Norway and Canada.
Among other awards, in 2002, 2005 and 2009 she received an Award of Excellence from the Society for News Design (USA) and in 2009 a Silver Medal from SND Spain. In 2006 and 2010 she received the Stuart Award for the best Portuguese press cartoon. In 2007 she received the first prize in the editorial category of the World Press Cartoon and an Honorable Mention in 2009.
She has been illustrating children's books since 1987 and has worked since 1986 as an illustrator and cartoonist for several magazines and newspapers in Portugal and abroad. She has also worked in animation, multimedia and set design.
Her work has been shown in group and solo exhibitions in Portugal, Brazil, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Greece, Norway and Canada.
Among other awards, in 2002, 2005 and 2009 she received an Award of Excellence from the Society for News Design (USA) and in 2009 a Silver Medal from SND Spain. In 2006 and 2010 she received the Stuart Award for the best Portuguese press cartoon. In 2007 she received the first prize in the editorial category of the World Press Cartoon and an Honorable Mention in 2009.
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