Levy Creative Management News


07.21.2008
FERNANDA COHEN is featured in FRESH in Communication Arts. To view her link, click here.
06.19.2008
FERNANDA COHEN participates in the Art Director's Club Annual Illustration Portfolio Review.
06.16.2008
MICHAEL BYERS creates another mural for the Luminato Festival in Toronto. 
06.16.2008
Imaginism Studios 10th art book "Caricature" featuring their newest member JASON SEILER is due out end of this month. Click here for details.
06.12.2008
3x 3 Magazine's issue #10 features a 14-page "retrospective" of FERNANDA COHEN'S work, with a great essay by James Jean and beautiful photos by David Shulman. 
06.10.2008
CHRISTOPHER NIELSON was commissioned to illustrate a portrait of bollywood dancer Ramona Lobo for the Queen Street Studio SpaceAid '08 event.
06.10.2008
FERNANDA COHEN launches her first animation "Penelope". Music by brother Alejandro Cohen. To view the animation, click here.
06.09.2008
MIKE BYERS is featured in Work/Life. Work/Life is a book celebrating Canadian illustration and photography. For more information click here.
05.30.2008
KOREN SHADMI featured in Juxtapoz Magazine today! Check it out: http://www.juxtapoz.com/.
05.29.2008
LAURA OSORNO'S children's book Ommm Mooo (Yoga For Kids) wins 2nd Place for the Educational Book Category at the Latino Book Awards in Los Angeles, CA. Congratulations Laura!!!
05.28.2008
FERNANDA COHEN will be drawing shoes from the Té Casan spring/ summer collection at the premiere of Sex and the City. It's part of an advertising campaign run by the agency BBDO. The drawings* will be handed out at the theater, where the campaign will be documented and later posted online. *The ink will disappear within an hour....."Buy Them While They Last"

04.14.2008
JASON SEILER'S painting Swiss Cupid hits the train station in Switzerland. This image was painted for a 30' X100' billboard for client Nathan Love Animation.
04.14.2008
LEVY CREATIVE 'S new group promo hits the desk of thousands of art directors and art buyers today! If you haven't gotten your promo and wish to receive one, email Sari. JASON THARP, thank you for an amazing job in designing this new promo!
05.14.2008
JASON THARP completes children's book Hog Mollies and the Pickle Pie Party Book. This book was done for The 2nd & 7 Foundation for schools across Ohio.


05.05.2008
JASON SEILER illustrates the cover of The Weekly Standard. Check it out on the newsstand - May 2, 2008 issue. 
05.01.2008
CHRISTOPHER NIELSEN gets 5 pieces into American Illustrations 2008 Competition - CHOSEN for the website. The peices that made it into the show were Brat, Fireworks, Born, Orange and one of the pieces from his Hesketh Henry law firm series. Congratulations Chris!
04.25.2008
MARCOS CHIN is featured on IllustrationFriday.com. Chek out his interview here.
04.21.2008
LAURA OSORNO is featured in the Annual Illustrators Exhibition at the Nogal Club in Bogotá.
04.14.2008
MARCOS CHIN gets one piece into Communication Arts Illustration Annual 2008. This piece was done for Portland Monthly Magazine and is called "Tao of Hoops." Congratulations Marcos & Portland Monthly!
04.11.2008
JASON SEILER'S two-page spread is featured in MAD Magazine. Don't forget to pick up your issue - #489
04.09.2008
The gallery Open Space, in Beacon, NY, is having its first benefit show for the environment: "Tote Bag" - Hand-painted tote bags by 125 different artists from around the world. FERNANDA COHEN donated 2 hand-painted tote bags. Opening reception is April 12th, 2008 (6-9 pm) & lasts until May 3rd.  
04.09.2008
FERNANDA COHEN'S artwork is featured on 20x200 - A Jen Beckman Project. To buy FERNANDA'S art "Hot Dog & I", click here.
04.04.2008
MIKE BYERS gets one piece into American Illustration 2008. This is a personal piece called "Me Vs My Ego." Congratulations Mike on your first piece into AI!
04.04.2008
MARCOS CHIIN gets two pieces into American Illustration 2008 annual! Spring Love for The Walrus, Art Director Antonio Deluca & Monkeys for Planadviser, Art Director Soojin Buzelli. Congratulations Marcos, Antonio & Soojin! 
04.03.2008
FERNANDA COHEN gets one piece into the Communication Arts Illustration Annual. This was a job done for Mamma Mio, UK advertising beauty products for pregnant women. Congratulations Fernanda & Mamma Mio!
04.03.2008
KOREN SHADMI gets two pieces into Communication Arts Illustration Annual. These pieces were done for San Francisco Chronicle, Art Director Nanette Bisher. The article was about men & eating. Congratulations Koren & Nanette!
04.02.2008
MARCOS CHIN is featured in Communication Arts Insights - "Hard Work Counts (Perhaps More Than Talent)". To read his interview, click here.
03.31.2008
CHRISTOPHER NIELSEN wraps up point of sale display for Don't Panic Media adopt-a-box scheme. The brief specifies that you have to include the words "free" and "don't panic". The box is destined for a General Pants clothing store in Sydney Australia.
03.31.2008
TRIP PARK wraps up 8 illustrations for AT&T television spot w/BBDO Advertising. Watch them air soon!
03.27.2008
FERNANDA COHEN'S latest personal series "War of Words" has been awarded a silver medal by the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles. The exhibition will open at Junc Gallery in Los Angeles on 3/29 - award ceremony will begin at 8pm.
03.12.2008
Click here to see a live video demo on how JASON SEILER creates his one of a kind masterpieces. This piece is of Tim Burton.
03.04.2008
FERNANDA COHEN is featured in today's Daily News. The article "Illustrator thrives on clash between hometown and adopted city"talks about immigrant New Yorkers who make this town the great place it is. Click here for article.
03.03.2008
MARCOS CHIN is featured and interviewed in China's CGArt Magazine. Click here to download the issue.
03.03.2008
MIKE BYERS is featured in the contributors section of this months Atlanta Magazine.
02.28.2008
CGSociety votes JASON SEILER'S portfolio as top 10 out of 300,000 members.
02.28.2008
KOREN SHADMI'S Art featured in the show Take the Bassa with Sababa. The show will showcase the work of 9 up and coming Israeli illustrators/cartoonists. The show runs until March 18 at the Spiro Ark gallery in London.
02.14.2008
Look for TRIP PARK'S illustration of Sam Palmisano (IBM CEO) in the Wall Street Journal today.
02.11.2008
CHRISTOPHER NIELSEN gets featured for his Born Magazine cover on Juxtapoz.com. Click here for Chris' review.
02.06.2008
FERNANDA COHEN'S "War of Words" got into the Australian competition Curvy 5, which features the best female graphic artists under 30 worldwide. Curvy annual book is published by Yen Magazine. 
02.04.2008
CHRISTOPHER NIELSEN has been asked to create the latest cover for online collaborative magazine Born. Born Magazine is an experimental venue marrying literary arts interactive media: http://www.bornmagazine.org/
02.04.2008
The new 3X3 Illustration No. 4 awards annual is out. The annual features 4 illustrations of MARCOS CHIN. Also check out MARCOS' feature on LostAtEMinor.com along with & his "Front Seat" Interview with Taxi Design Network.
02.01.2008
FERNANDA COHEN collects her silver medal Tuesday 01/29/08 at the Society of Illustrators of New York 50th Annual sequential show.  This is Fernanda featured with her series "War of Words."
02.01.2008
KOREN SHADMI is featured on the design site notcot.com. Click on link for details: notcot.com.
01.28.2008
LAURA OSORNO just finished illustrating two characters, Gregorio and Bernardo, for a personal client. She is currently working in another book project for Villegas Editore and just finished illustrating the 2008 Maya horoscope for Fuccia Magazine.
01.25.2008
LAURA OSORNO was invited to design characters for a Billboard for Andino, a mall in Bogotá. The characters will also be used for promotional flyers and posters throughout  Bogotá in January and February. She is currently illustrating a series of characters for the 2008 Kids Bag collection by Totto.


01.25.2008
MIKE BYERS wraps up three projects for University of Minnesota, Atlanta and Cottage Life Magazine.
01.18.2008
FERNANDA COHEN'S latest personal series, “”War of Words”, was awarded a silver medal by the Society of Illustrators of New York in the sequential category (50th Annual), and another silver medal by the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (IW 46). The series has also been recognized by How International Design, coming out in April 2008. 
01.17.2008
Levy Creative takes on new artist FERNANDA COHEN. Fernanda grew up in Buenos Aires, and moved to New York City in 2000 to study illustration at the School of Visual Arts. Her work has received over 50 awards worldwide, including a gold and silver medal from the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles. We are really excited to have her as part of the group!
01.14.2008
KOREN SHADMI is featured in New York Magazine on Art Candy. Click here to see his feature "Artist Koren Shadmi Makes Love, Not War - Well, Maybe a Little War".
12.20.2007
LEVY CREATIVE joins FACEBOOK! Support the arts & join our group by clicking here. Artists, art buyers, art directors, family and friends all welcome! 
12.18.2007
The new website is live! Many thanks to: MARCOS CHIN for designing an incredible site! To JASON THARP for his constant enthusiasm & design related to all LCM'S identity materials! To all LCM artists who gave their input! To our intern HANNAH LEARNER for all her hard work! And lastly to CHAD GROOMS of DINOBYTE for making all our creative visions come to life.
12.01.2007
LCM welcomes artist LAURA OSORNO into the group! Laura Osorno was born in Bogota, Colombia. She has been illustrating since her last years of school. She studied graphic design in Bogota and has been based there ever since.
11.30.2007
MARCOS CHIN gets five pieces into the Society of Illustrators New York Show. Three Editorial & two Advertising/Institutional.
11.15.2007
MICHAEL BYERS is invited to be part of a book dedicated to illustrators and photographers in Canada. Click on the link for more details. www.uppercasegallery.ca/worklife/.
11.13.2007
MICHAEL BYERS work is selected into the Society of Illustrators Los Angeles 46 website for Spring 2008.
10.30.2007
MARCOS CHIN picks up three medals at the Society of Illustrators Los Angeles. One Gold Unpublished & two Bronze medals for Advertising & Institutional.
10.29.2007
JASON SEILER'S cover originally commissioned by Guitar Player Magazine makes it onto the CGSociety.com (Society of Digital Artists) CG Choice Award Gallery.
10.11.2007
MIKE BYERS gets artwork into CMYK Magazine Call for Aspiring Creative's 39 Issue.

10.01.2007
Don't forget to catch CHRISTOPHER NIELSEN'S online interview at  http://www.watim.com.

09.28.2007
Twentieth Century Fox has picked up film rights to R. L. Stine & TRIP PARK'S children's book series Rotten School.
09.18.2007
JASON SEILER's Tiger Woods piece originally commissioned by Golf Magazine makes it onto the CGSociety.com (Society of Digital Artists) CG Choice Award Gallery.
09.08.2007
TRIP PARK completes his 16th and final ROTTEN SCHOOL book published by Harper Collins & Parachute Publishing. CONGRATULATIONS TRIP on all your hard work put forth into these books!

09.07.2007
LEVY CREATIVE welcomes KOREN SHADMI! From his early teens Koren, born in Israel, worked as an illustrator and cartoonist. At 17 he published his first graphic novel. He proceeded to serve as a graphic designer and illustrator in the Israeli Defense Force. Upon completion of his service he relocated to New York and received his bachelor degree from the School of Visual Arts.
08.07.2007
JASON SEILER offers class - The Art of Caricature with Jason Seiler at the Schoolism Imaginism School of Art. For more information, go to www.schoolism.com.
07.31.2007
MARCOS CHIN gets four illustrations in 3x3 Illustration Annual.
02.15.2007
MARCOS CHIN - AIGA and the Peabody Essex Museum present MARCOS CHIN. See How Illustration Can Play A Leading Role in a National Ad Campaign. 6:30pm Phillips Library Auditorium, Peabody Essex Museum.