Simon, Ute
1025 Sanborn Ave
CA 90029 Los Angeles
USA
Phone: +1-323-632-22 91

http://www.illustratrix.com

Lebenslauf

VITA UTE SIMON


CAREER SUMMARY

Traditional Illustration:
Book (children's / fiction & non fiction), book cover, CD cover and editorial illustration.
Character development.
Painting / illustration on cakes.

Digital Illustration:
Retail for T-shirts / clothing & tote bags.
Product / label and logo illustration.
Card designs.

Painting:
Mural and Prop painting.
Classic oil painting: pets, portraits, figure, stillife


PUBLISHING COMPANIES

ABDO Publishing / MN
Chinderwaelt / Switzerland
Baumgartner AG / Switzerland
Coppenrath Verlag / Germany
Loewe Verlag / Germany
On Your Own Publications / NY
Publications International / IL
Random House / Germany
Scholastic for Dreamworks /USA
Scholastic / NY
ScottForesman / USA
Sundance Publishing / USA
Visionmiro for Macmillan / USA


PUBLISHED BOOKS

For an up-to-date list please go to:
http://www.illustratrix.com/published.htm


EDUCATION

2001: Post grad studies in Illustration Design (MfA program) at Academy of Art College / San Francisco / USA
1998: Diploma in Communication Design (FH) from Fachhochschule Mainz1 / Mainz / Germany
1995: International studies in Illustration Design (BfA program) at Academy of Art College / San Francisco / USA


ILLUSTRATION SKILLS

Oil, acrylics, gouach and watercolor painting, dyes coloring, caran d'ache, pastels, woodcut, etching, collage, pencil, color pencil, ink and charcoal drawing. And any of these mixed media.
Digital illustration.


AWARDS

2007: Top 3 in the BUELL Super TT Trickout Contest, USA
2006: "Certificate of Merit", Illustration West 44, Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles , USA
2001: "Best Graduate Illustration", Annual Spring Show of the Academy of Art College / San Francisco, USA
2001: "Best of Show", Annual Spring Show of the Academy of Art College San Francisco, USA