Rafael Coutinho


Rafael dos Santos Coutinho is a Brazilian comics artist, painter and animator.

Early life and education

Coutinho was born on January 28, 1980 the city of São Paulo. He studied Arts at São Paulo State University. During his studies in 2003, part of his work from a plastic art course were featured in a city-wide advertisement campaign in São Paulo. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2004.

Career

Coutinho started his professional career at 16 years old, as storyboard artist for Laís Bodanzky's 2001 film Brainstorm.
Following his degree at UNESP he worked with the art collective Base-V, producing experimental works, murals and exhibitions.
In 2008, 2009 and 2010 Coutinho was part of a series of exhibitions, displaying different visual art works in the Galeria Choque Cultural in São Paulo.
He also published, together with the writer Daniel Galera, the graphic novel Cachalote, in 2010.
Coutinho has been a guest and speaker at different visuals arts, comics and other associated conferences and events.

Works

Comics

In 2018 Coutinho, together with Pedro Franz, won an award in the category "Best Art Director" at the 46th Gramado Film Festival for the film "Torre".

Personal life

Coutino works and lives in São Paulo, he is the father of two children.
Coutinho is the son of Laerte Coutinho, a Brazilian cartoonist and screenwriter. He collaborated with her, working on the comic Muchacha.