“Carnival Masks” is the winning entry in the 2020 Carnival Announcer Contest and will be the image of the Miguelturra Carnival, declared of National Tourist Interest.

The jury on this occasion was composed of Diego Rodríguez Tercero, Councilor for Festivities, acting as secretary; Raúl Domínguez Donate, President of the Migueltura Carnival Peñas Association; Ángel Ruiz Cruz, graphic designer; and Fernando López Gómez ‘Kiriko’, design professor at the Pedro Almodóvar School of Arts.

The jury met on January 2nd at the Casa de Cultura and decided that among the finalist entries, “Carnival Masks” was the winning entry in this competition, which carries a single prize of 1,000 euros and a competition souvenir.

The finalist works will be on display at the House of Culture during the month of January.

Juan David Ortiz Rincón

Born on December 12, 1968, in the coffee-growing region of Colombia, he studied Visual Design at the University of Caldas, completing his studies at the Colombian College of Design, within the spatial design program, and later working at this university as a professor.

She has worked as a freelancer for various advertising and communications agencies in Medellín, Colombia, on various design and illustration projects.

Later, she moved to Spain to pursue a master’s degree in artistic research production at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona, ​​working for three years in the international relations office.

In addition to winning the poster competition for the 2020 Miguelturra Carnival, Juan David won the poster competition for the Martos Olive Festival in the province of Jaén last December with his work “Harvesting Olives is a Party”.

She has also participated in several art exhibitions, including the Sabadell Academy of Fine Arts, where she won the Young Art Biennial.