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Mohamed Danawi

Illustration professor

Education

  • M.F.A., illustration, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • B.F.A., design art, Concordia University

Credentials

  • Owner of Danawi Studios, 1994–present,
    Provide illustration and design services to advertising, corporations, and publishing houses. Select clients include Tupperware, Bell South, Canadian Living Magazine, Disney’s Family Fun, Kodak Canada, Lucent Technologies, Literary Review of Canada, The News and Observer, MacLean Hunter Publications, Prentice Hall, Psychology Today Magazine, Redbook Magazine, Royal Bank of Canada, The Washington Post, Hawker.
  • Founder and Creative Director, 2012–present, Illozoo
    Represent global illustrators, designers, animators, and conceptual artists. Select clients include Samsung, Lufthansa, Blue Man Group, Apple, Xbox, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Yahoo, AT&T, Bumble Bee, Bloomingdales, Gap, Grey Communications, Diabetic Living, Target, Abercrombie & Fitch, Variety, BBDO Milan, Wired UK, National Geographic, Mondadori, Italy, Gelato Diletto, Brazil, Direct TV, Ziploc, Invest Dubai, Amazon, Pepsi.

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
  • Archives 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide
  • American Illustration
  • New York Society of Illustrators, advertising
  • Applied Arts Annual
  • Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, Illustration West
  • Communication Arts
  • Creative Quarterly

Organizations

  • Judging panel member: Teatrio International Children's Books Competition, Venice, Italy
  • Applied Arts Students Competition, Toronto, Canada
  • Visual Art Scholastic Event, Houston, TX
  • Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, CA

Publications and presentations

  • Applied Arts magazine. Canada. Professor and Illustrator with Global Aspirations, CMYK magazine, U.S.
  • Triple Threat: Illustrator, Teacher, Visionary, CMYK magazine, U.S.
  • Al Nahar newspaper, Lebanon
  • We and the Color, Germany
  • Sketchbook magazine, Bahrain
  • Partfaliaz, France
  • Cap and Design, Sweden
  • Get Inspired, Germany
  • Juxtapoz, U.S.
  • DPI magazine, Taiwan
  • Jury Member, Teatrio International Children’s Books Competition, Italy, 2004–09
  • Visual Arts Scholastic Events Competition, Houston, TX 2004–05
  • Georgia Mock Trial Competition, 2001–present
  • Sidewalk Arts Festival, 2002
  • Applied Arts Annual Illustration and Photography Competition, 2008
  • Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, CA, 2010
  • Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, CA, 2011