Fri 06/02/09 00:13
Introducing Maris Bishofs
Maris Bishofs, a noted and respected illustrator will be visiting American University in Dubai in February. Maris made a name for himself with his caricature style of rendering and his unique conceptual interpretations of current affairs. His work has been seen on the covers of such high profile periodicals as The New Yorker, Time, Newsweek, Washington Post, The Nation, Smart Money, The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, Barron’s, Rolling Stone and US News & World Report. First gaining recognition in the early nineteen-eighties, his successful career as an illustrator spans nearly forty years with ten books about him and his illustration.
Biography:
Bishofs was born in 1939 in Rujiena, Latvia in what was then the Soviet Union. In 1965 he became the first artist to graduate from the Latvian Art Academy with an interior design degree. In 1972 the artist fled Latvia to the Middle East where he worked and exhibited his art until he moved to Paris, France in the early 1980s. In 1984 he moved to New York City, to what would become a highly celebrated career as a commercial illustrator. In 2003, after nineteen years in New York, he moved back to Latvia, and continues even now to publish books featuring his own art. His first book entitled “The Exhibition” was published in1978. Since then, he has had no less than ten books published all featuring his own special brand of illustration. His latest, entitled; “The Book of Drawings” was published in 2007. In addition to books, Maris’ illustrations have been featured in solo exhibitions across the world, from North America to the Middle East, and from Western Europe to Eastern Europe.
During his week to AUD:
Maris will hold two workshops for the Visual Communication students, a lecture, and an exhibition and reception open to the general public.
Workshop: February 10 & 11, 1:00-4:00 pm, (open only to AUD VC students)
Lecture: February 12, 6:30 pm, Room C 227 (open to the general public)
Exhibition: February 12, 7:30 pm, Rotunda Gallery in A Building (open to the general public)
