Maria Loor is an LA based, ecuadorian multidisciplinary designer and illustrator
with strong conceptual skills and creative leadership experience.
with strong conceptual skills and creative leadership experience.
Her career spans from art to design and education. She started in advertising at JWT- Norlop Ecuador,
graduated from RISD with honors and worked in New York with Roger van den Bergh,
founded her creative boutique marialoordg and lead the Graphic Design department at Universidad
Casa Grande in Ecuador. She traveled extensively and have lived in in different places such as New York, London and Buenos Aires, where she was able to exhibit her graphic design and fine arts work.
graduated from RISD with honors and worked in New York with Roger van den Bergh,
founded her creative boutique marialoordg and lead the Graphic Design department at Universidad
Casa Grande in Ecuador. She traveled extensively and have lived in in different places such as New York, London and Buenos Aires, where she was able to exhibit her graphic design and fine arts work.
Her work has been published by TASCHEN in the Latin American Graphic Design and Logos books. She was awarded by the AIGA Miami Chapter for the "Ecopartner Logo" designed while working at Original Impressions and her chair design won the "People's Choice Award" on the Aiga Centennial Celebration.
Today she is a full time Designer at Jakks Pacific in Santa Monica,
while illustrating for different publications at her home studio on the weekends.
while illustrating for different publications at her home studio on the weekends.
She is a frequent contributor for Gravy, the seasonal food culture magazine by The Southern Foodways Alliance.
Her latest creative adventure is co-founding QuindeLove with her partner,
a non-profit creative space to give back.
a non-profit creative space to give back.
When she is not designing or illustrating...
she is drawing or painting ..... or helping her wife with their garden in LA :)
she is drawing or painting ..... or helping her wife with their garden in LA :)
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Publications, Honors & Recognitions
Maria's graphic design and fine arts work has been exhibited, awarded and featured by different Institutions and publications around the world. She has written design articles and has served as judge in different design competitions. Below are some of her most recent and significant recognitions.
Her illustration and design work has been published by TASCHEN and Trama, the RISD Catalogue as well as the cover for the online directory of the RISD portfolios by Behance.
Her work has been awarded in South America as well as the AIGA Miami chapter.
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DesignHer: Works by Contemporary Women Graphic Designers
September 30 - December 12, 2021
DesignHer was an exhibition of contemporary graphic design focusing on women practitioners. If spoken, the show’s title’s H is silent, representative of how the story of design and the story of women in design are the same. It also symbolizes that for much of design’s history, the contributions of women have been largely unheard. A primary theme within the show is how women have been at the forefront of defining and challenging the conceptions of design; also, how design exists, often simultaneously, as culture’s most public and private expression. Participants range from younger artists building a reputation through internationally-renowned leaders in the discipline. From individually crafted objects to mass media campaigns, DesignHer speaks about design writ large through the voices of women speaking design to our culture.
This exhibition is guest-curated by Kenneth FitzGerald and Melissa Warp. Funding is provided in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
https://www.hollins.edu/museum/exhibits/current/
https://www.instagram.com/wilsonmuseum/
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Aiga Miami Chapter
Logo "Ecopartner", 2008
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Award - II Ecuadorian Design Biennale, Brochure category, 2000 Ecuador
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“Best Ecuadorian Logos” First Prize and Honor Mention 1999, Ecuador
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Featured in RISD Books. 1994, Providence RI
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Bo Bernstein Award. Best Degree Project,
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, Rhode Island, 1994
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, Rhode Island, 1994
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"Cóndor de Oro" Advertising Award. Best Campaign for magazine and Best Poster, Advertising agencies of Ecuador. Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1991
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Best Illustration Award, “El Comercio” Newspaper. Quito,Ecuador, 1990
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Featured in
"Latin American Graphic Design"
by TASCHEN
"Latin American Graphic Design"
by TASCHEN
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Featured in "Logos" by TASCHEN.
AIGA Miami award for logo design.
"Ecopartner Logo" (as Art Director at Original Impressions) which was featured
in the logo book by TASCHEN.
"Ecopartner Logo" (as Art Director at Original Impressions) which was featured
in the logo book by TASCHEN.
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Featured in
"Latin American Graphic Design"
by TRAMA
"Latin American Graphic Design"
by TRAMA
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Interviews & Featuring
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WanderMag
I was invited to participate in the 3rd issue of Wandermag for Earth Day Celebration. 29 women from all ages from seven countries illustrated and created stunning art to celebrate and say thank you to Mother Earth.
The illustration spread I created represents that we are one and we are all connected.
The illustration spread I created represents that we are one and we are all connected.
Follow this link to check out the entire issue wandermag.design and all the amazing art. @wandermag started as a lockdown project featuring artist from all over the world to express and inspire through art.
Cover art by the super talented Isabel Espanol www.isabelespanol.com
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You can find her work in WomenWhoDraw.
Women Who Draw is an open directory of female* professional illustrators, artists and cartoonists. It was created by two women artists in an effort to increase the visibility of female illustrators, emphasizing female illustrators of color, LBTQ+, and other minority groups of female illustrators.
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Her work is also in TheyDrawandCook.
They Draw & Cook (TDAC) was founded in 2010 and is the internet's largest collection of illustrated recipes created by artists from around the world.
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VoyageLA
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Awards
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AIGA
People's Choice Award at Centennial Celebration.
Miami, 2015
