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I'm a multidisciplinary Colombian Graphic Designer based in Leipzig, Germany; working as a SENIOR UI ARTIST II at BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT on DIABLO IV for over 8 years ( from Leipzig, Munich and Hamburg in Germany; and Irvine, California in USA ). Honored to be the first BLIZZARD employee working abroad. I'm 47 years old and I have 27 years experience in different fields as advertising, prints, font design, corporate identity, web design, tv, AAA video games and mobile games for clients and projects in Latin America, United States and Europe. 

I have worked at GOOD GAME STUDIO ( Hamburg ) as a SENIOR UI ARTIST for an Unannounced AAA game and a variety of mobile games; and at CD PROJEKT RED ( Warsaw ), as a UI ARTIST in the AAA projects THE WITCHER 3 - WILD HUNT and early prototypes for CYBERPUNK 2077. 

Recently I have been gaining experience as a Speaker and Guest Lecturer in events as the organized by the DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCINCES in Germany (2024) and BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES in The Netherlands (2023), and at TROJAN HORSE WAS A UNICORN CARRER CAMP SPRING EDITION 2023, participating in a individual TALK and a ROUND TABLE.

As image lover/creator/explorer I started my professional career back in Colombia working for small advertising agencies even before started to study at the university. I’m graduated with honors and my career has been echoed in areas as corporate identity, typeface design (I have created over 20 of them) and especially illustration with works published in several publications. 

Parallel to my professional work I’m developing consistently personal works with which I had also won international recognitions and been exhibited at various events and countries (Colombia, Argentina, Mexico, USA, Poland, Germany, among others) ; my artworks are as well constantly reviewed in publications of art and design as IdN Magazine, Imagine FX Magazine, 2D Artists, DPI Magazine, 46 PGS and Proyecto Diseño among others, and is also featured in specialized blogs of design and / or illustration due to the expressive quality of my work.

I'm happily married with the Visual Artist Weronika Kwiatkowska Forero and We are parents to two kids. 

If you want to hire my services, ask questions, make comments or request support for interviews and publications, speeches and conferences, please direct your words to: fernandoforeroart(at)yahoo.com

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ACHIEVEMENTS
- 2025 -

PODCAST INTERVIEW:
> BONFIRE CONVERSATIONS: FERNADO FORERO

FEATURED WORK:
> BEHANCE PHOTOSHOP: DIABLO IV: ICONOGRAPHY & GRAPHICS

DESIGNED TYPEFACES TO DATE: 
Old Fenris, Regional Glyphs in DIABLO IV (5 family fonts), Clases Glyphs in DIABLO IV (5 family fonts ) , Ishia Antiqua, Urbania, Aliovha, Refaxed, Efficient Fax, Khamus, Arleah, Últimos Ritos, Czarnulka, Ovhol, Intuitiva, Feeda, Ornalia, Melonella, Ornamentus, Nugg, Cioran, Vexa, Aliovha, Boys & Girls, Nyleshna, & Selbst, Boys & Girls

- 2024 -

TALK PRESENTATION:
> FERNANDO FORERO : CREATIVITY · IMAGE · UI ART
DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES - GERMANY

FEATURED WORK:
> BEHANCE GAME DESIGN: DIABLO IV: USER INTERFACE ART
> BEHANCE ICON DESIGN: DIABLO IV: ICONOGRAPHY & GRAPHICS
> BEHANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN: TYPOGRAPHY: OLD FENRIS: THE DIABO IV OFFICIAL FONT
> BEHANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN: DIABLO: CELEBRATORY COINS

PODCAST INTERVIEW

- 2023 -

FEATURED WORK:
> BEHANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN: DIABLO IV: CLASSES GLYPHS
> BEHANCE GRAPHIC DESIGN: DIABLO IV: REGIONAL GLYPHS

> ONLINE TALK: 
DESIGN, IMAGE, CREATIVITY, UI ART
TROJAN HORSE WAS A UNICORN, CARRER SPRING EDITION

> ONLINE ROUND TABLE
UI/UX WITH AND WITHOUT DESIGNER OR UI ARTIST
TROJAN HORSE WAS A UNICORN, CARRER SPRING EDITION

- 2022 -

GUEST LECTURER (ONLINE SESSION):
> FERNANDO FORERO : CREATIVITY · IMAGE · UI ART
BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, BREDA - THE NETHERLANDS

VIDEO INTERVIEW:
INDUSTRIA ANIMACIÓN  - MEXICO

ONLINE TALK:
GAMECITY HAMBURG

VIDEO INTERVIEW:
NUOVA - HONDURAS

PUBLICATION:
> 46PGS MAGAZINE | SPECIAL DOBLE ISSUE 9-10
Several personal artworks has been selected to be published in the Croatian Graphic Design Magazine.

- 2021 -
MOVE TO LEIPZIG FROM MUNICH (September)

INTERVIEW:
INTERFACE IN GAME 

PODCAST INTERVIEW:
Interview with Ahmed Salama, UI/UX Director at Ubisoft in Stockholm

- 2020 -

PUBLICATION
Edited by System Design Limited. Hong Kong 

INTERVIEW
> CHARLANDO DE DISEÑO DESDE EL VIEJO CONTINENTE 
Universidad CUN ( Corporación Unificada Nacional de Educación Superior ) Bogotá.

- 2019 -
MOVE TO GERMANY MUNICH FROM CALIFORNIA IN THE UNITED STATES (April)

PUBLICATION:
 > Edited by BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT

INTERVIEW:

FEATURED WORK:
> GRAPHIC DESIGN (BEHANCE) GALLERY | ART SYMBOLOGY FOR THE BOOK OF ADRIA
> ILLUSTRATOR (BEHANCE) GALLERY | ART SYMBOLOGY FOR THE BOOK OF ADRIA

- 2018 -

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
60 artworks has been selected between more than 940 from Californian artist by the Juror Dave Barton, Lead Art Critic and Writer for publications as OC Weekly, Orange Coast, LA Weekly and American Teatre between others.
Irvine Fine Arts Center | Irvine, California - USA

FEATURED WORKS
> INDUSTRIA ANIMACION | PORTAFOLIO DE FERNANDO FORERO


- 2017 -
MOVE TO CALIFORNIA IN THE UNITED STATES FROM HAMBURG IN GERMANY (August)

PUBLICATION:
> THE DARK BOOK: INTO THE MYSTERIOUS MIND OF THE ARTISTS
Edited by CYPI PRESS. November 2017

FEATURED WORK
> ILLUSTRATION SERVED GALLERY | BESTIARY | SKETCHBOOK 2015/16

INTERVIEW
> BARON MAG (Canadian online magazine)  | FERNANDO FORERO, USER INTERFACE ARTIST AT BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT

- 2016-

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
> LIFE | LIKE
Oberfett Art Gallery | Hamburg - Germany

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
> GOOD GAME STUDIO ART EXHIBITION
Oberfett Art Gallery | Hamburg - Germany

FEATURED WORKS
> ILLUSTRATION SERVED GALLERY | SKETCHING THE LIFE
> GAME DESIGN | UI ART (for an unannounced Video Game)
> ILLUSTRATION | THE BLACKBOOK BESTIARY
> ILLUSTRATION | DIGITAL ARTWORKS 2015-2016

RADIO INTERVIEW
> NOCTURNA RCN RADIO
Bogotá | Colombia

- 2015 -
MOVE TO HAMBURG IN GERMANY FROM WARSAW IN POLAND (August)

HIGHLIGHTED COLOMBIAN ABROAD
>The Colombian Department of Migration Affairs and Consular and Citizen Service under the Project "COLOMBIA UNITES US (COLOMBIA NOS UNE)" had featured an article under the title "Fernando Forero, a Colombian Graphic Designer who Reinvented himself in Poland to shine in the world" 

PUBLICATIONS
2D ARTIST MAGAZINE. ISSUE 111. March
> Edited by 3D TOTAL PUBLISHING. 2015

FEATURED WORKS
> WACOM GALLERY | MTV LIVE HD : INK WORLD
> WACOM GALLERY | DIGITAL ILLUSTRATIONS
> DRAWING SERVED | THE OTHER OTHERNESS

FEATURED

- 2014 -

ARTBOOK
SKETCHING FROM THE IMAGINATION: FANTASY
> Edited and published by: 3DTotal.com Ltd. 2014

ARTBOOK
SKETCHBOOKS: VOLUME TWO
> Edited by IMAGINE FX MAGAZINE. 2014

IMAGINE FX MAGAZINE. ISSUE 107. April
> Featured works in the section SKETCHBOOK


​​​​​​​FEATURED WORK
> TYPOGRAPHY SERVED | ASFALTO FONT
-2013-

SUPPORTING: "Sweet Charity Edition – designers who care" 2013-2014 . Germany.

ARTBOOK
Published by Moon Art (DPI MAGAZINE). Taiwan 2013

FEATURED WORKS
> Drawing served | Birds
> Creativos Colombianos | ¿Conoces a Fernando Forero?

INTERVIEW

-2012-

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION:
> Los Visitantes. "Rojo Bermelo" Gallery Mexico City
> III Salón Imagen Palabra. "Universidad los Libertadores" / Bogotá - Colombia

BEHANCE REVIEW PORTFOLIO COLOMBIA
> Universidad de los Andes. Bogota-Colombia

FATURED WORKS:
> Empty Kingdom | Fernando Forero’s Portfolio
> ADWEEK Talent Gallery | Ground Frost Identity
> Illustration Served | Portraits
> Illustration Served | MTV HD-LIVE: Ink World
> FURIA MAG | Selected works

INTERVIEW
> Limmie Magazine. Yakarta.

-2011-

ARTBOOK
A SONG FOR JAPAN. Edited by PECHA KUCHA NIGHT BOGOTA.
> Selected Illustration for the publication

ARTBOOK
EDITORIAL DESIGN BY CHOI´S GALLERY / SHANGAI
3 groups of artworks selected from the portfolio to be published.

ILLUSTRATIONSERVED FEATURED WORKS:
> Bestiary (personal illustrations)
> Illustrations 2
 
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:
> IV Salon of Illustration "Club el Nogal" / Bogotá- Colombia.
> II Salón Imagen Palabra 2011. "Universidad los Libertadores" / Bogotá-Colombia.
> "Romanticasos" Illustration. Argentina
 
HONORGUEST:
> YoungIllustrators Awards 2010-2011 | Ilustrative.de Germany
 
INTERVIEW:
> “CreativosColombianos” Magazine No.8 Colombia.

- 2010 -

ARTBOOK
HUGOCREATE / HUGO BOSS
> Work for the contest “Hugo Create” selected to be edited in the book of the 100 best designs of 2008.
(Work selected between more than 13.000 proposals from 108 countries around world).

BEHANCE.NET FEATURED WORKS:
The most popular site of graphic design in the world featured 3 times personal works.
> Illustrations  
> The Black Notebook of illustrations
> Black Book: Emotional Bestiary

FEATURED WORK:

INTERVIEW
Tipografico.org | Fernando Forero

- 2009 -
MOVE TO POLAND FROM COLOMBIA (October)

-2008-

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS:
> Two Worlds. Between the soul and the body. Fernando Forero and Weronika Kwiatkowska Forero. Gallery of Artistic Exhibitions GBP. Warsaw-Poland
> “MujeresArte y realidad” (Womens Art & Reality) | RioNegro, Antioquia - Colombia
>"Romanticasos"(Comun & Corriente Project ) | Casa Ensamble Gallery. Bogotá - Colombia
 
TIPOS LATINOS. THIRD BIENNIAL OF LATINAMERICAN TYPOGRAPHY 2008
Tipefaces “Khamus” and “Últimos Ritos"selected to be part of the body of the exibitions in Argentina, Bolivia,Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela.
View more.
 
“CRANN" Argentine graphic design magazine .
Contest for the cover Number 28 with 6 proposals selected on the contest.
 
“OPGRAFICAS 40 YEARS ” contest. IV Salon of graphic design: Colombia Positiva.
> Poster Selected to be exhibited in the MAMBO (Museum of Moder Art of Bogotá) 2007, and in the Biblioteque “El Tintal“ .Bogotá-Colombia.

ARTBOOK CATALOGUE
“OPGRAFICAS 40 YEARS ” contest. IV Salon of graphic design: Colombia Positiva.
 
“PROYECTO DISEÑO” COLOMBIAN MAGAZINE OF DESIGN.
> Articles in Issues No.42, 48 & 55.

-2007-

YEARBOOK OF ADVERTISING IN COLOMBIA 2006.
> Selected work for the publication. Graphic Design of the CD Demo for the Nostrom’s band.
 
SOLO EXHIBITION.
> IntimaLaborum (Personal artworks). | Galería Colombiana del Diseño (Colombian Gallery of Design) Bogotá - Colombia.

-2005-

Black Comic Contest.
> Winner of the contest.
Galería Colombiana del Diseño (Colombian gallery of Design). Bogota - Colombia

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