ARTIST
BIOGRAPHIES
| Paul
Davis |
Paul
Davis is a painter, illustrator and art director best known for
his film and theatre posters—in particular those he did
for Joe Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival—and most
recently for Tony Kushner's new Broadway play, "Caroline,
or Change." His illustrations have appeared in magazines—Time,
The New Yorker, GQ, Wired, Fast Company, Rolling Stone to name
a few—as well as on film titles, CD jackets and book covers.
He was founding art director for two magazines, Normal and WigWag.
Paul is fascinated with faces and his portraits run the gamut
of famous faces: musicians from Dylan to Thelonius Monk, actors
from Jack Nicholson to Harvey Fierstein, activists from Nader
to Che Guevera, poets and writers from Yevtushenko to Vidal—and
every President of the United States since Harry Truman. He's
had numerous one-man exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout
Europe, the U.S. and Japan—and a retrospective of his drawings,
paintings and theatrical posters will be held in September 2004
at the Nuages Gallery in Milan and in Lumezzane, Italy.
Paul's
portrait of President George Bush was inspired by one of the President's
favorite photographs of himself.
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| Sean
Boggs |
Sean
Boggs is an Isllustrator and graphic designer who lives and works
in New York City and has George W. Bush to thank for insipiring
him to become politically involved. Creating the ink drawings that
Illustrate the 52 cards for Not Quite a Full Deck has been a great
occasion for Sean to combine his artistic and political interests.
Sean is a graduate of Columbia University. |
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| Leslie
Lew |
Leslie
Lew paints thick, bas-relief oil paintings depicting the diverse
range of experiences that color American life and the icons of vintage
comics and Pop Art. Some refer to her work as "sculpted oils"
of American culture. Her paintings are nostalgic and culturally
reflexive, reminding people of what America has been in the past—and
she hopes evoking its visions for the future. She had her first
solo show in the East Village in New York in 1985 at Sensory Evolution
Gallery and has had fifteen since then at galleries around the country
including Bernice Steinbaum (NY), OK Harris (NY), Kravets/Wehby
(NY), Margulies Taplin (FL) and Hamilton Galleries (CA). Leslie
has been in dozens of group shows and her work has been included
in a wide range of publications including The New York Times, East
Village: A Guide, A Documentary, The Best of Oil Painting 1996,
The Best of Acrylic Painting 1996. Her paintings are currently traveling
in a museum show entitled, "Comic Release! Negotiating Identity
for a New Generation."
Leslie's Jokers
were inspired by a vintage, 17th century deck of cards, and photographs
of "chads," both dimpled and hanging.
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www.leslielew.com
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| Jessica
Wells |
Jessica
Wells did the extensive research to verify the sources for quotes
used for the cards of Not Quite a Full Deck. She lives and works
in New York City in development for major arts and educational institutions.
Jessica is a graduate of Barnard College. |
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| Andy
Hadel / Bmotion Design |
Andy
Hadel is an art director/designer for print, corporate identity,
packaging, advertising and interactive media. Bmotion Design,
his design boutique in New York City, specializes in helping companies
plan for and execute websites, cd-roms, videos and multimedia
presentations. Bmotion Design services many industries with an
emphasis on the museum and education sector.
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