Fina Rifà is a Catalan

Catalan people

The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...

 children's artist

Artist

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, illustrator

Illustrator

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, and educator from Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Spain. Rifà, began her career in 1963 with the illustration of the highly acclaimed children's book Chiribit by educator Marta Mata.

Over the course of her forty-year career as a successful children's book illustrator, Ms. Rifà's work currently extends to over 200 titles.  Her drawings have been widely exhibited in Europe

Europe

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 and can be seen regularly at the Sala Rovira Gallery in Barcelona.  Ms. Rifà also designs logo

Logo

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s, CD

Compact Disc

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 and record covers

Album cover

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, posters and programs for cultural institutions and civic organizations and toys.  Early in her career,  she received the ADI/FAD (The Industrial Design for Development of Decorative Arts Association) award for outstanding toy

Toy

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 design

Design

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Fina Rifà's illustrations regularly appear in children's magazine

Magazine

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s, including Cavall Fort and Tatano, where she serves on the editorial board.  A well-respected educator in her field, Ms. Rifà provides teacher training at the ICE (Institute of Sciences of Education) at both the Universitat de Barcelona and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. She also taught illustration at the Escola Professional de la Diputació de Barcelona (Professional School). Her articles on the subject of expression through illustration can be found in specialized trade journals throughout Spain.

Her professional associations include the Associació Professional d'Il·lustradors de Catalunya (Association of Professional Illustrators of Catalonia), where she has acted as both board president and vice president in addition to acting representative before the Consell Català del Llibre per a Infants i Joves (Catalan Council of Children's Books).  She served on the board of directors

Board of directors

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of the Associació Catalana del Llibre Infantil i Juvenil (Catalan Association of Children's Books).