Plop! Galeria

PLOP! Gallery, the first space in Chile dedicated to the dissemination of illustration, comics and graphics.

Created in August 2010, PLOP! Galería is the first space in Chile dedicated exclusively to the dissemination and commercialization of illustration, comics and graphics. In addition to promoting the work of established and emerging artists, both Chilean and foreign, it has become a meeting place to reflect on the scope of these disciplines, publicize their new trends and authors, and collaborate in their visibility within the circuit. artistic.

With growing international recognition, PLOP! Galería is also the managing institution of the Chile International Illustration Festival, FESTILUS, held for the first time in August 2012 with Liniers at the head of an outstanding group of Latin American illustrators. Since then, three new versions of the meeting have been held with artists such as Gabriel Pacheco, Isol, Isidro Ferrer, Alejandro Magallanes, Javier Zabala. André Da Loba and Luis Scafati. He has also organized exhibitions and book signings with international illustrators such as Oliver Jeffers, Satoshi Kitamura and Benjamin Lacombe.

PLOP! Galería is responsible for the publication of the book Ilustracion a la Chilena, a bilingual compilation that brings together the work of 60 local artists, and in 2014 was chosen to organize the Chilean presence at the prestigious International Children's Book Fair in Bologna. From this publication, the largest illustration exhibition in our country was presented: Chilean-style illustration, which has toured in different cities such as San Pedro de Atacama, Antofagasta, Punta Arenas and Valparaíso.

This contribution to the development of the Chilean illustration has been recognized by various institutions and publics. PLOP! Galería has contributed to the consolidation of Chilean illustration at the national and international level, being a platform that has promoted the transformations of this discipline in recent years.