Hugo Crosthwaite es un dibujante de la ciudad de Tijuana B.C. Miembro del Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte –Fonca 2020. Recibió el primer lugar del Outwin Boochever National Portrait Award 2019 del Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery de Washington DC, U.S.A. También recibió el gran premio de adquisición XI Bienal de Monterrey FEMSA 2015.
Fue parte de la Selección Oficial en corto de animación del 18vo. Festival Internacional de Cine de Morelia 2020 y del 26vo. Festival Internacional de Cine de Guanajuato 2023.
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Hugo Crosthwaite is a contemporary figurative artist best known for his black and white
graphite and charcoal drawings as well as stop-motion drawing animations. His work is
characterized by irreverent and provocative images inspired by the U.S./Mexico border.
His work has been included in numerous national and international exhibitions. In 2019 Crosthwaite won the Outwin Boochever National Portrait Competition from the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C. He also won the FEMSA XI Bienal de Monterrey in 2015. He is a member of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores de Arte-FONCA and his animated shorts have been featured in several film festivals such as the Morelia International Film Festival in Michoacan México, the LGBT+ Los Angeles Film Festival and the Los Angeles Latinx Film Festival and the Guanajuato International Film Festival.
