Hi, I’m Sebastià Cabot. I’m an illustrator and cartoonist based in Mallorca, Spain (dual British/Spanish national).
I work mainly in the field of editorial illustration and I write and illustrate my own Graphic Novels, Comic Strips and Picture Books.
I speak native English, Spanish, Catalan and fluent Italian. Please feel free to contact me in any of these languages at:
hello[at]sebastiacabot.com
CLIENTS & COLLABORATIONS
Grupo Edelvives, Editorial Empúries (Grupo Planeta), Editorial Teide, Televisió de Catalunya, Editorial Difusión, La Directa (journalistic magazine), Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics, Tendencias del Mercado del Arte (art magazine), Ajuntament de Palma, Capçalera (journalistic magazine), Calambur Editorial, Aguait.cat, Morlanda (literary magazine), Amigo Comics, Edicions del Despropòsit.
PUBLICATIONS
·Lola, the Girl who Loved the Sea (in Arabic), Beirut, Arab Scientific Publishers, Inc. 2023.
·Chat noir, nuit blanche, Rennes, Editions l’Oeuf, 2022.
·Lola, la nena que estimava la mar, Palma, Disset Edició, 2020.
·Listopad, Warsaw, Timof comics, 2019.
·Laura e Lucas descubrem Manet, Folha de São Paulo, 2019.
·Novembre, Rennes, Editions l’Oeuf, 2018.
·Novembro, Lisboa, Levoir, 2018.
·Perros y clarinetes, Barcelona, Ediciones La Cúpula, 2013.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
2022: Awarded with a Literary Creation Grant by “Institut d’Estudis Baleàrics” for the illustrated book “L’estiu de les sardines” (The Summer of the Sardines)
Awarded with a Literary Creation Grant by the “Dirección General del Libro y Fomento de la Cultura (Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes)” for the comic El ladrón de cadáveres (The Body Snatcher).
2020: Merit Award at the iJungle Illustration Awards 2020 (Self-Promotion entry)
2011: Special Mention at the IV “Fnac-Sins Entido” International Graphic Novel Contest for Perros y clarinetes.
MEMBERSHIPS
Member of the APIC (Associació Professional d’il·lustradors de Catalunya).
Member of the “Clúster de Còmic i Nous Mèdia de Mallorca”.
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS
2022: “Sundays”. Comic Nostrum 2022. Casal Solleric. Mallorca.
2020: “Babalunga i Kamolongos” Baba Kamo, Festival i Fira del llibre il·lustrat de València 2020. Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània. Valencia (Spain).
“mostrART 2020”. Estação Viana Shopping. Viana do Castelo, Portugal.
“Baila Zapata”. Comic Nostrum 2019. Calvià Townhall’s showroom. Mallorca (Spain).
2019: “Un nuevo Gaboto”. Montevideo Comics 2019. Auditorio Nacional Adela Reta, Montevideo (Uruguay).
“Comic and illustration on the Balearic Islands” . Stockholm International Comics Festival 2019, Stockholm City Library, Sweden.
“Baila Zapata”. Comic Nostrum 2019. Casal Solleric. Mallorca.
2017: “La nova onada”. Comic Nostrum 2016. Calvià Townhall’s showroom. Mallorca (Spain).
2016: “Homenatge a Corto Maltés”. Comic Nostrum 2016. Ses Voltes. Mallorca (Spain).
“La nova onada”. Comic Nostrum 2016. Capella de La Misericòrdia. Mallorca (Spain).
2015: Collective exhibition “…Y se escribe Spirou”. Mos de Cóc. Mallorca (Spain).
2009: Exhibition “Off Massana 2MIL9”. Espai Agustí Massana. Poble Espanyol, Barcelona.
2008: Exhibition “Off Massana”. Sala Busquets i Blava. Escola Massana.
2006: Exhibition “Trame”. Palazzo Comunale e Sale degli Archi. Corciano (Italy).
Mostra “Migrazioni”. Pallazo Gallenga’s showroom. Perugia (Italy).
Collective exhibition in “Il aperitivista”. Perugia (Italy).
2005: Collective exhibition. Culture association. Arran. Sants. Bcn.
Collective Exhibition. Art room of the Fine Arts College.
2003: “Strip Art”. C. Cívic Horta. Bcn.
“MAC. Oposats”. C. Cívic of Barceloneta.
“Ruta d´Art Jove”. C. Cívic de Premià de Mar.
“971” Escola d´Arts i Oficis de Palma (Mallorca). Equilibri i Espai. C. Cívic de la Barceloneta.
2001: Collective exhibition of the “Cercle de Sant Lluc”. Palau De Mar, Barcelona.
Collective exhibition. Art exhibition room of the “Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc”.
2000: Art exhibition. Escola d´Arts i Oficis de Palma. Mallorca (Spain).
Art Jove 2000. Ajuntament de Calvià’s showroom. Mallorca (Spain).
Education
·Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts. University of Barcelona. 2001-2007
·Erasmus Schoolarship in the Fine Arts Academy “Pietro Vanucci” in Perugia (Italia) during the year 2005/06.
·Art Teacher Certificate. University of Barcelona.