Reach out for work inquiries, collaborations, or just to say hi!: apenapopo[at]gmail[dot]com
CLIENTS
The New York Times, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Cartoon Network, The Stranger Seattle, It’s Nice That, Portland State University, Bella Figura, Georgia State University, Portland Mercury, BusinessInsider, 826 Valencia, Refinery 29, Them.us, Polyester Zine, No Bells Magazine, WNYC, Ugly Duck, KPCC/LAist
WORKSHOPS/TALKS/PANELS
Short Talks at Short Run Seattle 2023
PIP Illustration Bristol Creative Weekend: "Insights Corner"| Oct 2022 | Bristol, UK
Comics O'Clock Comics Reading | Heavy Manners Library| Mar 2022 | Los Angeles, CA
BIPOC POP Conference 2023 | Scrapping: Comics, Zines, and Reparative Justice | UT Austin, TX
Arantza Pena Popo is an Ignatz Award-Nominated Colombian-born, Atlanta-based book artist, cartoonist, animator, and illustrator. She currently works as a risograph technician and arts educator at Posy Press. She was previously the 2024-25 Center for Cartoon Studies Fellow. Arantza runs Soft Power Press, a publishing project that gives resources to Black queer people in the south to access book arts and printmaking.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Ignatz Awards Nomination for Outstanding Minicomic | 2025
Expozine Honorary Guest | 2024
Mini Comic Award Nomination Cartoonist Cooperative | 2024
Short Run Seattle Special Guest Seattle, WA | 2023
Cartoonist Studio Prize Nomination, The Center for Cartoon Studies | 2024
Miss Read Berlin Art Book Fair BIPOC Support Grant | 2024
Printed Matter Volume Grant, LA Art Book Fair | 2023
Short Run Comics Fest Special Guest | 2023
Ignatz Award Nomination for Outstanding Artist and Outstanding Mini-Comic | 2021
National Winner of the Doodle for Google Contest | 2019
EXHIBITIONS
Black Zine Fair Reading Room, The Center for Arts and Advocacy| 2026
Black Zine Fair Reading Room, Secret Riso Room| 2025
Unfolding Duplications: Contemporary Risograph Publishing,
San Francisco Center for the Book | San Francisco, CA | 2024
Creature Comforts, Secret Room Press | 2024
(Be) Longing House of Foundation Moss, Norway | 2023
"The World is Looking for You" Solo Exhibition at Junior High Los Angeles | Feb 2022
Riso Weekend at Junior High | Dec 2021
SHIRT-TEEN at Junior High | July 2022
COLLECTIONS
Barnard Zine Library
New York, NY | Acquired in 2021
Athens Zine Bibliothèque
Athens, Greece | Acquired in 2021
SAIC Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection
Chicago, IL | Acquired in 2020
