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Stephen Gardner

Illustration professor

Education

  • M.F.A., illustration, Fashion Institute of Technology
  • M.A., illustration, Fashion Institute of Technology
  • Diploma, technical illustration, Cornwall College

Credentials

Teaching experience

  • Professor, illustration, Fall 2019–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Adjunct professor, 2008–2019, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
  • Adjunct professor, 2012–2019, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
  • Adjunct professor, 2012–2019, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
  • Guest lecturer, gouache demonstrations, 2014–2015, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, NY
  • Guest lecturer, gouache demonstrations, 2014, The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
  • Drawing instructor, 2008, Summer Illustration Art Academy, New York, NY
  • Drawing instructor, 2008, City of New York Parks and Recreation, Jamaica, NY
  • Lecturer, illustration, 1984–1988, Medway College of Design

Professional experience

  • Created Illustrations for:
    • Lucasfilm
    • Paramount
    • Warner Brothers
    • Sony
    • Time Warner
    • Penguin Random House
    • Zebra
    • Scholastic
    • Kensington
    • Readers' Digest
    • The Wall Street Journal
    • Nickelodeon
    • Topps
    • Upper Deck
    • The Bradford Exchange
    • Guidepost
    • McCann Erickson

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Stevan Dohanos Award, Society of Illustrators, 2009
  • Bronze Medal, Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles, 2012

Organizations

  • Urban Sketchers Correspondent, founding member, 2009–present
  • Society of Illustrators, member, 1989–present

    • Chair, permanent collection, 2011

Publications and presentations

Speaking and judging engagements

  • "Celebration of the 49th Anniversary of New York City's Landmark Law with Barry Blitt and Stephen Gardner." Presented at Museum of American Illustration, New York, 2014.
  • "Air Force Art Program: Illustrating on a Mission." Presented at Museum of American Illustration, New York, 2012.
  • "The Immigrant Experience by Stephen Gardner." Presented at New Jersey City University, Jersey City, N.J., 2011.

Exhibitions

  • Love a Vet, Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass., 2015–2016.
  • A Purposeful Partnership: Art Directors and Illustrators, The Art Directors Club, New York, 2014.
  • Museum of American Illustration, New York.
    • Earth, Fragile Planet, 2010.
    • Beautiful Baby Show, 2006.
    • Members Open Exhibition, 1989–2015.

Design publication features

  • Male, Alan. Illustration: A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective, AVA Publishing, 2016.
  • Campanario, Gabriel. The Art of Urban Sketching: Drawing on Location Around the World, Quarry Books, 2012.
  • Schaap, Rosie. The New York Times Magazine, April 2013.

Permanent collections

  • Society of Illustrators Permanent Collection, Museum of American Illustration, New York
  • The United States Air Force Art Collection, housed in the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
  • National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y.