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Biography
Maria Carretero came to color through fine art, predominantly painting, producing work under NF Galeria in Madrid for several years. She naturally began to incorporate digital tools into her work, and began her career as a colorist at Deluxe Spain more that fifteen years ago.
Since then, her work has taken her around the globe, grading commercials, feature films and music videos. She came to the US market being part of Carbon and Framestore Chicago. She has worked for Coca-cola, Nike, Jeep, VDF, Apple, Samsung, Mercedes, Marriott between others.
Carretero joined Nice Shoes, to develop her creativity with color. Mixing artistic roots, with digital tools in every grade, and working with clients to find the most fitting color palettes and looks. She loves to apply creativity to brand stories, coming to solutions through a mix of art and technique.
Recent stand-out work includes Jeep ‘Recalculating’, for director Tobias Granström and DDB Chicago; Disney ‘You Can Fly’ and ‘Bella Notte’, also with Granström for McGarryBowen; and a string of Porsche campaigns with agency Cramer-Krasselt.