ARTIST PROFILE

Freelance Illustrator Dave Cutler is a member of the Society of Illustrators and Graphic Artists Guild. When inducted into SOI, the usual juried vote was waived.

Dave's illustration clients include most of the major national publications such as TIME, BUSINESS WEEK, FORBES, NY TIMES, LA TIMES, GLAMOUR, PLAYBOY, NEWSWEEK, WASHINGTON POST, US NEWS & WORLD REPORT and almost every other major newstand and trade magazine. His corporate clients include AT&T, IBM, MICROSOFT, UPS, COMPAQ, FORD, GM, GE, ADP, NETCOM, BANK OF AMERICA, HBO, EDS, ITT, SPRINT, IPG (the world's largest conglomerate of advertising agencies) and many others.

His original paintings and signed prints are in the private collections of corporations such as MERCEDES-BENZ, IBM, SAS, NETCOM, ADP, and the UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOSPITALS among others.

In 1994 he was commissioned to illustrate the poster for the New York City Marathon. In 1998 he was commissioned to create a series of t-shirt designs for BANANA REPUBLIC. In both 1999 and 2000, Dave's illustrations were chosen by UNICEF to be used as their international holiday greeting card. In 2000 Dave was chosen as one of only six international artists to have his work used as a large-scale graphic for the entrance to EPCOT's Millennium Village in Florida. Also in 2000, SONY MUSIC commissioned him to illustration to cover for their annual All-Star Holiday CD. Until 2001 when the magazine moved to a photography-only format, Dave was a featured contributor to GLAMOUR magazine.

He has received numerous awards for his work from associations such as the Society of Illustrators/NY, Society of Illustrators/LA, Society of Illustrators/Dallas, PRINT Magazine's Regional Design Annuals, the Society of Publication Designers, The Society of Newspaper Designers, the Art Directors Club/NY, the Art Directors Club/Houston, the Advertising Club of Kansas City ( 3 Gold OMNI awards), a Gold Quill Award for Annual Report Illustration, four American Graphic Design Awards for Illustration, a Bronze Medal from the Medical Marketing Association IN-AWE Awards, the Association of Educational Publishers (a 2005 Distinguished Achievement Award) and a CREATIVITY 28 award for illustration, among others. Dave's work has been featured in SBS DIGITAL DESIGN and AMERICAN ARTIST magazine. In 2003 his first children's book, When I Wished I Was Alone was named a BEST OF 2003 Read to Me Picture Book by the retail giant Borders.

Dave Cutler lives with his wife Carol, their two beautiful children, and two sheepdogs in Redding, CT. He is a graduate with honors from the School of Visual Arts and has been a free-lance illustrator for over 25 years.