Ian Debiase en su estudio

I was born on July 9th, 1985 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I studied drawing and pursued studies in Literature at the University of Buenos Aires.

I create comics and illustrations for Argentina, the USA, and Europe.

I have published the following books: Life Resembles Our Dreams So Little That We Celebrate Every Time the Weekend Arrives (2015), Sputnik Heart (2016), Subcomandante Marcos (2017) -which was also translated into Greek and Hungarian-, What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? (2019) with a script by Marcelo Pulido, Basic Guide to Surviving Explosions (2021) with a script by Cristian Blasco -which won the 1st Prize in Graphic Narrative from the Proa Foundation-, and The Tree Hunter -which won the 1st Prize in Graphic Novel 2023 from the National Endowment for the Arts.

I have worked for magazines such as Sudestada, Caras y Caretas, Fierro, MAD. I was an Illustration professor at the University of Palermo.

I have held exhibitions and presentations in Argentine cities such as Buenos Aires, Mar del Plata, Córdoba, Rosario, and in Athens, Greece.

Currently, I’m working on a graphic novel about the Cordobazo of 1969, the most significant urban rebellion of the second half of the 20th century in Latin America –project winner of a Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts in 2023.