Simon Ducroquet was born August 28th, 1982, in Begles, France. He has lived in Brazil since he was three years old, and for the last ten years he has been residing in Curitiba, where he graduated in Graphic Arts at the Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR, formerly CEFET) and in Journalism at the Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). From the year 2005 to 2007 he was illustrator and graphic designer at the publishers "Travessa dos Editores", where he produced illustrations for texts by Dalton Trevisan, Fabricio Carpinejar, Wilson Bueno and Luiz Geraldo Mazza, among others. In 2005 he published the comic "Albatroz" in the art and literature magazine “Oroboro” (Ed. Medusa) and illustrated the poetry pamphlet “Epopeia no. 10”.

He also illustrated a series of poems by Claudio Daniel, which were published in a special edition of “Et Cetera” magazine, distributed throughout Brazil by “Travessa dos Editores”. In 2006 he produced the cover for musical group “Bayaka's” CD “Musica dos Povos II”, which is a group of Faculdade de Artes do Parana (FAP) alumni. He also made graphical material for the group “Baque Solto”. In 2007 he worked as a designer at “Lumen Design” studio, participating in projects for Boticario and the Hospital "Pequeno Principe", among others. At the same time, he continued to produce posters for groups "Baque Solto" and "Fole Harmonico" as well as for the "Musaico" project.

In this same year he created the site "Caracol Criativo" (www.caracolcriativo.com.br), where he exposes his work and discusses the creative process therein involved. In 2008 he made illustrations for the "Caderno Equilibrio", a section included in the “Folha de Sao Paulo” newspaper, and illustrated for “Le Monde Diplomatique Brazil” newspaper. He continues making posters for Curitiba bands, such as traditional Choro group "Simplicidade" and the instrumental duo "Fole Baixo". Currently he is in charge of the graphic production of the compilation of tales "Conto em Ponto", by Portuguese writer Teresa Lima, which will be published in the city of Porto, Portugal.


Foto: Daniel Caron