Contibutors

Lynda Barry is a writer and cartoonist whose work has appeared all over tarnation. She was born in 1956 and lives on a farm somewhere in the profound Midwest.

Julie Baugnet is an associate professor of design at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota where she teaches graphic design and foundations, http://web.stcloudstate.edu/jabaugnet/. She earned her BFA and MFA degrees at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and also studied at the Croydon Polytechnic School of Art in London. She has exhibited her paintings extensively throughout the U.S. and is represented by Circa Gallery in Minneapolis.

United Press International has cited Carol Beckwith as “foremost among photographers who have recorded the cultures of Africa.” She and Angela Fisher received multiple awards for their book African Ceremonies, www.africanceremonies.com, including the United Nations Award of Excellence for their “vision and understanding of the role of cultural traditions in the pursuit of peace in the world.” Their most recent book is Faces of Africa (National Geographic, 2004).

Sophie Binder is a self-employed designer living in St. Louis. Previously, she worked as a designer in the theme-park industry, first in her native France and then in the U.S. In 2001, she set off on a 14,000-mile bicycle trip through sixteen countries. She continues to bike and recently took up rock climbing.

Erwin R. Boer has researched human-machine interaction in a number of domains ranging from aviation and driving to scientific data visualization. He received his MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Twente University of Technology in the Netherlands and the University of Illinois in Chicago respectively. In 2001, Nissan offered him the opportunity to direct research in the area of intelligent driver support systems through close collaboration with a number of universities in the US, Canada, the Netherlands, and Japan.

Erica Bohanon was born in Peoria, Illinois. She graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2003 with a BFA in furniture design. Since then she has worked on products for Target Corporation and Caldrea. Currently, she lives in New York City where she works in lifestyle and home product design.

Gary Brown is a professor at the University of California Santa Barbara where he teaches a journaling classes and has developed an extensive collection of artist journals and sketchbooks. Brown is currently editing four decade’s worth of journals into artist book–digital-printed constructions. His work has been featured in Male Nude Now, New Visions for the 21st Century (Rizzoli, 2001).

Primarily known as the musician who cofounded the group Talking Heads (1976-88), David Byrne has also directed films (True Stories), scored films (notably, The Last Emperor, for which he won an Oscar), and a ballet (The Catherine Wheel). He is also an accomplished visual artist who has several books and numerous exhibitions to his credit. Byrne’s recent work includes the album Grown Backwards (Nonesuch, 2004) and a digital display entitled Trees, Tombstones, & Bullet Points at the George Eastman House. For more information: www.davidbyrne.com.

John Clapp is the illustrator of five books for children, including books written by Robin McKinley, Liz Rosenberg, and Bruce Coville. His latest book, Shining, by Julius Lester, is a Book Sense 76 Pick and was selected for inclusion in the Society of Illustrators’ annual show representing the Best Picture Book Art of 2003. A graduate of Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, he now teaches drawing and painting at San Jose State University. www.johnclapp.com

John Copeland received a BFA from San Francisco’s California College of Arts in 1998. He has appeared in numerous group shows and had a solo exhibition at 31Grand in Brooklyn, New York in Fall 2004, where he is represented. Copeland’s journals can be viewed on his web site at www.johncopeland.com.

Mike Figgis is a writer/director/composer whose 1996 feature film Leaving Las Vegas was nominated for four Academy Awards. Figgis joined England’s foremost avant-garde theatre group, The People Show, in the early 1970s. He recently directed an episode of the Martin Scorsese-produced series, The Blues, and completed an installation, The Museum of the Imperfect Past, at the 2003 Valencia Biennale. To visit his production company: www.red-mullet.com.

Hannah Hinchman is a writer/illustrator best known for her books about illustrated journals. She teaches summer workshops on that subject throughout the country. Her most recent title is Little Things in A Big Country: An Artist and Her Dog on the Rocky Mountain Front (W.W. Norton, 2004). Currently she is a graduate student in graphic design at Indiana University in Bloomington.

Rick Hoblitt is staff geologist at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory in Hawai`i National Park, hvo.wr.usgs.gov/. He was a member of VDAP for ten years, during which time he was based at the David A. Johnston Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington. Hoblitt received his MS in chemistry in 1970 and his PhD in geology in 1978, both from the University of Colorado in Boulder. He lives in Hawaii National Park with his wife.

Steven Holl founded Steven Holl Architects www.stevenholl.com, in New York in 1976. He is a tenured faculty member at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1981, and was named America’s Best Architect for “buildings that satisfy the spirit as well as the eye” by Time magazine. He was honored by the Smithsonian Institution with the 2002 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture.

Maira Kalman is the author of thirteen children’s books and a frequent contributor to the New Yorker. In conjunction with M&Co., the design studio founded by her late husband, Tibor Kalman, she has designed sets for Mark Morris, fabrics for Isaac Mizrahi, handbags for Kate Spade, and watches for the Museum of Modern Art. www.mairakalman.com

Jenny Keller is a professor in the science illustration program at the University of California Santa Cruz, www.scienceillustration.org. She began keeping illustrated field journals in 1981. Her special interests include studies of skeletal anatomy and describing movement through animated sequences. She was the sole illustrator for Dolphin Days (by Kenneth S. Norris, W. W. Norton, 1991), which won the John Burroughs Award for best book of the year in natural history.

Anderson Kenny received his MArch from the University of Tennessee in 1998. He currently lives in Connecticut where he works for Centerbrook Architects and divides his time between painting, installations, and architecture. The aesthetic of rural settings combined with urban landscapes and contemporary design is a continuing influence in Kenny’s work. www.andersonkenny.com

Marcy Kentz grew up in suburban Los Angeles and is now attending California College of the Arts in Oakland. She hopes to major in printmaking and book arts.

Christopher Leitch is an artist and designer who lives and works in Kansas City. His works emerge from chance processes and randomly selected materials, and, he says, “I never know what anything is going to look like. This uncertainty is liberating and invigorating.” His drawing and textile designs have been exhibited and published around the world, www.christopherleitchstudio.com

Nakano Masayoshi died at 103 years of age in 2005. He was retired from Hitachi Industries where he worked as an engineer and, in later years, as vice-president of the company’s junior college. He lived with his family in Tokyo.

Thomas Oslund, the principal design director of oslund.and.assoc., www.oaala.com, is one of the leading design landscape architects in the U.S. He has received awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects, American Institute of Architects, and in 1992 he was awarded the prestigious Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome. He teaches and lectures and various colleges and universities and lives in Minneapolis with his wife and children.

Lyle Owerko works as a photographer and art director in New York and has received multiple awards and recognition including from the New York Art Directors Club, the Cannes Advertising Festival, and American Photography. Most notably, his photography was seen around the globe when it was featured on the cover of Time magazine's special edition published on September 13th, 2001.

Robert ParkeHarrison received a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1990 and an MFA from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque in 1994. He and his wife Shana began officially collaborating in 2001, www.parkeharrison.com. Their traveling exhibition, The Architect’s Brother, was originally shown at George Eastman House in 2002. ParkeHarrison is represented by Bonni Benrubi Gallery in New York.

Michael Roberts is known for his highly realistic portrait cutouts on wood, which have made their way into many collections including the Congressional Portrait Collection. His subjects have included well-known political or historical figures as well as ordinary citizens. Based in Iowa City, where he lives with his wife and two daughters, Roberts is represented by the Iowa Artisan’s Gallery, www.iowa-artisans-gallery.com.

A former graphic designer and graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Denyse Schmidt has been sewing since her mother taught her as a child. As a professional seamstress, she has worked on everything from tutus and bishop’s mitres to fine clothing. She has a gift line, What a Bunch of Squares, and a how-to book, both published by Chronicle Books. To learn more: www.dsquilts.com.

Tucker Shaw is a writer who lives and eats in downtown Manhattan. Author of several books for young adults, including the award-winning Flavor of the Week (Hyperion, 2003), Tucker is an avid traveler and lifelong food freak who has been photographing his meals for years.

Brian Singer is the Creative Director at Altitude, a San Francisco–based design firm. He is the creator of The 1000 Journals Project, www.1000journals.com, a global collaborative art experiment reaching over thirty-five countries and every U.S. state. Singer’s design work has been recognized by the American Institute of Graphic Arts 365, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Communication Arts, Print, Graphis, Step, How, the Society of Publication Designers, and the Western Art Directors Club.

Andrew Swift received his BS in biology in 1990 from Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina and then taught environmental education on the coast of Georgia. He served three years in the Peace Corps in Ecuador and later attended Augusta State University and the Art Students League of New York. In 1999, Swift earned his MS in medical illustration from the Medical College of Georgia, www.mcg.edu/medart, where he is currently an assistant professor.

Renato Umali was born in the Philippines but grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey. He currently lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he teaches video production and is an active musician, writing and performing the music for the found-text band, The Paragraphs.

Idelle Weber attended Scripps College in Claremont, California and the University of California, Los Angeles, receiving a BA in 1954, and an MA in 1955. She has been in numerous solo and group exhibitions and is represented in a large number of public and private collections. Weber taught painting at Harvard University and New York University, and was also as an artist in residence at the Victoria School of the Arts in Melbourne Australia. Her work can be viewed at idelleweber.com.

Martin Wilner is an artist living and working in New York City. Represented by Pierogi in Williamsburg, he has been in several group and solo shows. His ongoing subway diary, “The Journal of Evidence Weekly,” is available online at www.tjew.com. “Making History: July 2004” appeared on the cover of Pierogi Press #11. He is also a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and has a private practice in Manhattan.