Jeffrey Smith

BIOGRAPHY

Jeffrey Smith is an American illustrator. He was born on April 9,1956 in Montebello, California. He studied photography and commercial art at Los Angeles Trade Technical College, and illustration at the Art Center College Of Design. In 1980, Smith moved to New York. Over the next 13 years, Smith earned a Masters Degree from the school of Visual Arts, taught there for eight years, and became a nationally known freelance illustrator.

EDUCATION

B.F.A. Art Center College of Design 1980 Illustration
M.F.A. School of Visual Arts 1986 Illustration

WORK INCLUDES

Simon & Schuster
Shadow knights, The Secret War Against Hitler

CLIENTS INCLUDE

Sports Illustrated
Esquire
G.Q.
Reader''''''''''''''''s Digest
Texas Monthly
The Boston Globe
The New York Times Magazine
Forbes
Doubleday
Houghton Mifflin
Simon & Schuster
AIGA
American Express
AT&T
Chevron
MasterCard
Pentagram Design

AWARDS INCLUDE

Society of Publication Designers 2011. Merit Award for best illustration, 47th annual competition. "Locked Up Abroad" for Mother Jones Magazine, Sept/Oct 2011
New York Society of Illustrators Show, Vol. 53, Sequential Show, 15 Pieces.
Communication Arts Illustration Annual 52, 2010, 5 pieces.
New York Society of Illustrators, vol. 48, Gold Medal
New York Society Of Illustrators, vol.46, Gold Medal
New York Society of Illustrators, vol. 28, Silver Medal

MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE

Society of Illustrator Museum of American Illustration, NYC

CLASSES

Drawing Concepts 1
Head & Hands
Illustrative Storytelling
Watercolor Concepts