Cheyne Gallarde (born 1980) is an American queer illustrator, actor and photographer who was born and raised in Hawaii. He is known for his vintage comic style drawings which generally focus on significant figures in the LGBTQ+ community.
Career Gallarde is a creator who works in various fields in the arts. He has been chosen by several companies to contribute his illustrations, photographs, and insight. In 2015, he was a guest speaker at a TEDx presentation in Honolulu. Gallarde was also chosen by GLAAD and Adobe to be featured in their pride series "Create Change" which focuses on LGBTQ+ community issues, inspiration, and self-expression.
Photography Cheyne Gallarde was the founder and photographer of Firebird Photography. His photographic work mostly consists of self-portrait series that highlight differences at the individual level.
2013: Loading Zone Exhibition at Universe One. Collection of self portrait photos displaying unique real and fictional characters to display diversity. 2014: Channeling Your Inner Everyone art installation at Spalding House Contemporary Art Museum. Collection of self-portraits of individuals from different cultural backgrounds.
Illustration
Cheyne Gallarde is most commonly known for his comic style illustrations. +Cheyne Gallarde's Illustration CollectionsExhibition/ Contribution TitleYearDescriptionSourceOrdinary Ohana2016Illustrator of bookPennybacker, and Star-Advertiser NewspaperPow!Wow! Hawaii Festival MuralNAMural of mahu, third-gender people, of HawaiiThe AdvocateHonolulu's Rainbow Film Festival2019Key contributor in visuals Mark and Art Sphere Inc.Legendary Children2020Comic style cover artThe Advocate and KamMTV VMA Video of the Year2020Comic style illustrations of MTV's video of year nomineesKam, and Art Sphere Inc.Heroes of HistoryNAComic style illustrations of significant figuresArt Sphere Inc.Netflix SuperqueeroesNAComic style illustrations of LGBTQ+ figures featured in NetflixArt Sphere Inc.Moving PartsNAComic Style illustration of Trixie MattelArt Sphere Inc.Bobo's Pride Bars2021Designed packaging for Bobo's limited edition LGBTQ+ Series Pride BarsPR Newswire
Awards 2012: Rainbow Film Festival Key Visuals Award, for contribution to festival 2019: National Advertising Award, for drawings of well-known LGBTQ+ figures for Logo TV 2020: Pele Award Gold Winner, for contributing illustrations for the MTV Music Awards
References
Further reading
Cataluna, Lee. Ordinary Ohana. Bess Press, 2016.
External links
Artist's website "The Power of Nostalgia", Cheyne Gallarde, TEDxHonolulu. April 24, 2015.