Mantraste^PT

Mantraste (Bruno Reis Santos), born in 1988 in Caldas da Rainha, is a Portuguese illustrator and author with a degree in Graphic Design from ESAD.cr. He has illustrated over one hundred covers for authors such as J.G. Ballard, Ali Smith, and Michel Rio, and has published books such as “Sebenta do Diabo” and “The Tree as an Antenna to a Spiritual Revolution”.

She taught illustration and risograph printing at various institutions, such as ESAD.cr, Lusófona, IED Madrid and ETIC, and conducted workshops in Brazil, France and Portugal. He has participated in community projects such as “Meu Bairro do Futuro” (2021) and “Subimos Junt_s?” (2024), and has collaborated with clients such as Apple, Samsung, the New York Times and the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic.

She has had solo and group exhibitions, such as “Manifestation for a Small Peace” (2024) and “A Kind of Book” (2022), and received the Municipal Medal of Cultural Merit of Caldas da Rainha in 2019.