Hello!

I’m Yanuary Navarro, a multi-media visual artist & illustrator, designer, comics artist & writer.

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kind words from clients:

“Yanuary is so talented and wonderful to work with!”
- Sandra Salamony, Creative Director, Spirituality & Health Magazine
Project: Featured illustration and spot illustrations

“Working with Yanuary was an absolutely fantastic experience with outstanding communication, unflagging commitment and a fully-engaged imagination!”
- Patrick S., Program Director, Humanities Tennessee
Project: Southern Festival of Books

Uppercase Magazine (Issue 56) – contributing writer & illustrator • Uppercase Magazine (Issue 52) – contributing illustrator
Storm Cellar Magazine – featured artist • Spirituality & Health Magazine – featured artist • Agave Magazine (Vol.3, Issue 2) – featured artist
Cross Connect Magazine – featured artist • 805 Lit Magazine – cover artist • The Tampa Review 42 – contributing illustrator
The Ringling 100 (book) – contributing illustrator • BynBeary - Product design & art direction • Even-N-Odd Coloring Book – contributing illustrator • Editorial Vida (HarperCollins Christian) - Package Design

Past Projects:

How To Find Joy In A Capitalist Hellscape (2024)
Written by: Elsie Gilmore
Illustrated by: Yanuary Navarro
Genre: Non-fiction

Books:

Uppercase Magazine
Humanities Tennessee
Spirituality & Health Magazine
Nail Pop LLC
Tupelo Conjure
Working Partners UK

Select Clients:

Kind Mentions & Press:

Nashville Scene
Tampa Review (Featured Artist)
Her Campus (Contemporary Hispanic & Latinx Artists)
Sarasota Visual Arts (Ringling Underground)
805  Lit (Vol. 2, Issue 2)

My Story

I’m a multi-media visual artist, senior illustrator, designer, writer, mom, and the lead designer for BynBeary.com, a paper goods shop. Additionally, I’ve worked in the book publishing industry for six years, supporting the production of hundreds of books across genres through graphic design and pre-press support. I can read/design a template with my eyes closed!

Following a curiosity for working with my hands, I studied fine art painting before switching to illustration at Ringling College of Art & Design in Florida. During my time in college I also studied other practices like graphic design and printmaking. My work has been published in magazines across the US and Canada and featured in books, home decór, packaging, brand designs, and apparel. My art style is recognized for its color harmony, intentional linework, and textured warmth.

I’ve had the great honor of exhibiting my artwork in celebrated venues such as The Ringling Museum of Art, the international and critically acclaimed SCOPE Miami, and many more exhibits. In 2008, I received the Best of Ringling scholarship award for painting along with other grants that helped me fund my college education.

The arts helped me get through difficult years as a young person and have added an infinite source of peace and joy in my life. I hope that my work brings joy into the lives of others and inspires them to explore the mental and emotional healing a creative practice brings.

• I mainly listen to rain when I work to anchor my focus. I wrote an article about it in UPPERCASE Issue #56 buy a copy.
 • I didn’t speak English until the 6th grade.
• I’m a first-generation immigrant born in Honduras, Central America in a remote mountain town.
• I started painting at age 14 and I wasn’t very good at all! I practiced every day to be where I am today.
• I work in a variety of mediums both traditional and digital and love mixing them all.
• I love to be in nature and dream of retiring in a cabin by the mountains.

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