Wesley Bedrosian
Associate Professor, Illustration
- email wbedrosian@massart.edu
- phone 617-879-7663
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education
- 1996 - MFA, Illustration, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
- 1989 - BFA, Graphic Design/Illustration, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Industry Experience
- 1996 – Present – Freelance Illustrator
Selected Clients: Advertising Age, Ballantine Books, Barron’s, Billboard Magazine, Brill’s Content, Business Week, CMP Media, Forbes, Fortune, GQ, Governing Magazine, Guideposts, Harvard Business Review, Harvard Medical Hemispheres Magazine, HHMI Internet World Magazine, Johns Hopkins Magazine, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, M Business, More Magazine, New Architect Media Group, New York Magazine, New York Times, Newsweek, NYU, Penn Stater Magazine, Pentagram, SmartMoney, Strategic Finance Magazine, Tennis Magazine, The Atlantic, The Boston Globe. The Hollywood Reporter, The Nation, The Progressive, Russell Reynolds, Time, Utne Reader, Vanity Fair, Wall Street Journal, Washington City Paper, Washington Post, Weltwoche, Verlag, Workman Publishing - 1997 – 2007 – Freelance Art Director, The New York Times, New York, NY Director
– Book Review
– Op-Ed and Letters - Studio Assistant – Paul Davis Studio, New York NY
- Master Illustrator – American Greetings, Cleveland, OH
Selected Exhibitions
- 2024 – Chambers Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
- 2022 – The Sudios, Inc Gallery Show, Kansas City, MO
- 2018 – Red Bull House Exhibit, Detroit, MI
- 2017 – “Facing Humanity,” Gallery 360, Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA
- 2016 – “Tall Tales Group Show,” Lion’s Nest, Austin, TX
- 2015 – Los Diez, Traveling show: Casatinta in Bogota, Colombia
- 2015 – Escuela Motivarte in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 2015 – Galeria Epson in Brazil
- 2015 – Photoville Festival in Brooklyn, New York, NY
- 2015 – Artists Illustrating Artists, The Society of Illustrators, NY, NY
- 2014 – “Made in New Jersey,” Gallery 51, Montclair, NJ
Publications
Interviews
- 2024 – 3×3 Collective featured portfolio
- 2019 – Book binding article and interview in Visual Arts Journal, School of Visual Arts
- 2017 – “Illustrator Profile – Wesley Bedrosian: ‘Draw In Your Sketchbooks to Find Your Visual Voice,” AI-AP
- 2016 – “Amazing 3D Illustrations by Wesley Bedrosian,” Illustration Age
- 2015 – “Latin American Illustración: Wesley Bedrosian,” AI-AP
- 2013 – “Your Dreams My Nightmares Interview,” Your Dreams My Nightmares Podcast
Books
- 2024 – Motion Illustration, How to use Animation Techniques, Adam Osgood, Bloomsbury
- 2013 – Contributor, Becoming A Successful Illustrator by Derek Brazell and Jo Davies, Bloomsbury
- 2008 – Contributor, All The Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t) by Jerelle Kraus, Columbia University Press
- 2006 – Contributor, Teaching Illustration by Steven Heller and Marshall Arisman, Allworth Press
- 2004 – Contributor, Inside The Business of Illustration by Steven Heller and Marshall Arisman, Allworth Press
Selected Awards, Recognitions & Honors
- Applied Arts
- American Illustration
- 3×3
- Creative Quarterly
- Society of Illustrators New York
- Society of Illustrators Los Angeles
- Latin American Ilustración
- Illustration West
- Foundry Art Center
- Communication Arts
Connect
- wesleybedrosian.com
- Instagram: @wbedrosian
- Twitter: @wbedrosian
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