I began my creative path contributing to independent fanzines and group exhibitions, before completing a degree in Architecture at the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. In 2011, I was awarded Best Comic at the Amadora BD Festival — a turning point that revealed where my heart truly was.
In 2021, my work was selected for the prestigious Illustrators Exhibition at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
Today, I work as a freelance illustrator and animator, creating for international brands, magazines, and advertising campaigns, while also painting murals and developing animated pieces. My visual world blends structure and spontaneity with playful storytelling.
Clients
Nature, The Hollywood Reporter, Lexus, National Geographic Travel, Penguin Random House, Amazon Eero, Google, BBC Focus, Casa da Música, Vogue, GQ, Time Out, Financial Times, 7UP, Canadian Business Magazine, Fidelidade, Lidl, Deloitte, Mistaker Maker, Pato Lógico, Mother Jones Magazine , Rotary and Condé Nast Traveler.
Selected Exhibitions
Collective Exhibition "Bologna Illustrators Exhibition" at Itabashi Art Museum, Tokyo. 2022
Collective Exhibition at Bologna Children's Book Fair Illustrators Exhibition 2021, Bologna, Italy 2021
Solo Exhibition "Mythological" at Ó Galeria, Lisbon 2020
Solo Exhibition "Psychotherapy" at Galeria Apaixonarte, Lisbon 2020
Collective Exhibition Ilustra 33 "Prototyping brands for a new era" at Clube Criativos Portugal, Lisbon 2021
Collective Exhibition "Human Rights enshrined in the Portuguese Constitution" at APCC - Biblioteca Imprensa Nacional Casa da Moeda, Lisbon 2024
Solo Exhibition "I’d rather be snowboarding" at O.D. Gallery, Amsterdam 2020
Solo Exhibition "Take your pills" at Ó Galeria, Porto 2018
Solo Exhibition "People are strange" at Galeria B Next - LX Factory, Lisbon 2016
Solo Exhibition "extraordinario" at Fabrica Features, Lisbon 2018
Collective Exhibition "Ilustre Sintra" at Biblioteca Municipal de Sintra, Sintra 2023
Collective Exhibition "Olhar para o Boneco - Ilustração efémera", Lisbon 2024
Published Books
"A Revolução" (Penguin Random House) - Illustration: Tiago Galo, Text: Slawomir Mrozek 2017
“Amores (Im)possíveis” (Abysmo) - Author: Inês Meneses, Illustration: Tiago Galo
"No Color? No Fun" (No Frame) - Author & Illustrator: Tiago Galo 2019
"As Doenças das Plantas Artificiais" (Livraria Plutão) - Illustration: Tiago Galo, Text: Luís Leal Miranda 2019
"Príncipe dos Mares, O Golfinho-Comum" (Pato Lógico/INCM) - Illustration: Tiago Galo, Text: Pedro Goulão 2020
"I Probably Shouldn’t" (Elástico-Pancho) - Author: Tiago Galo 2023
Featured in
AIGA, It´s nice that, Grainedit, Illustration Age, Tafmag, Creative Boom, Sense of Creativity and Público
Check the interview for Affinity here