We have an elephant that wants to play with all the elephants. Why not? He even wants to play with other animals. Is there anything as nice as playing games for the little ones? How much the elephants look alike from afar. Things change when you get into them. Elephants separate each other, choose friends and even get to know them from afar. Together with children, we prepare beautiful and enjoyable books for children, in order to establish a peaceful future.
Ivan Mata studied at the schools of Arts and Crafts Kunsthal (Irún) and Llotja (Barcelona). Since 2003, he has worked exclusively as an illustrator of press and childrens literature. He collaborates in different newspapers and magazines illustrating sections of literature and making caricatures. Nowadays, he devotes part of his time to creating his own stories, with the illusion of getting to live from the story. He has published numerous childrens and youth stories for publishing houses such as Anaya, Edelvives, Sm, Disset, Elkar
He has collaborated with newspapers such as ABC, Diario Vasco, El Correo, Periódico de Cataluña, La Vanguardia
and for magazines of the Prisa group, Letras Libres, Man
Together with the Elena Odriozola National Illustration Prize, he was chosen to represent San Sebastian as Cultural Capital 2016. He has received many distinctions of gold, silver and bronze in the SNDE prizes (prizes of the press of Latin America, Spanish and Portuguese).