Geoffrey Moss - New
York, NY
Here's
Looking At You
Illustration by Geoffrey Moss
Geoffrey Moss is best known for his political drawings, many of which have been published in his book "The Art And Politics of Geoffrey Moss" (with a Foreward by Dan Rather). He was the first illlustrator in the country to be syndicated "captionless. Through his drawings, he provides an interesting and humorous perspective on our politics and our world. To his credit, he has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; has three university degrees and is a teacher and lecturer on conceptual thinking. And, he continues to be the premier syndicated conceptualist in newspaper graphics. Geoffrey's work has appeared in The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report and many others. His drawings have been exhibited at the Kennedy Center, Pompidou Center, Robert Hull Flemming Museum and Newport Art Museum. Most recently, Moss had a solo show of paintings in a New York gallery. Moss has also worked on many special projects including designing a T-shirt for the Bruce Springsteen Hungerthon in support of World Hunger Year. He also created the Star-Man campaign for Christmas windows in the Paul Stuart stores in Chicago and New York, which won an award for outstanding creativity. In 1994, Moss was commissioned to commemorate the Rockwell Centennial for the new Norman Rockwell Museum. To help raise
money for the Special Olympics, Moss painted the "Cracker Jack Kid
& Hotdog" card
for the traveling show "The Artist & The Baseball Card." Moss
continues
to write and illustrate children's books, among them "Arthur's
Artichoke"
and "Henry's Moon." Moss was set consultant for the "Next Wave"
production
of "Bob Berkey's Power Project" at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. For the last few
years,
he has photographed and interviewed bikers from around the country,
which
resulted in the publication of his book "The Biker Code", in
collaboration with Stuart Miller. home artists' index...........introduction |