Biography:
Born in Hungary, Istvan Banyai quickly made his mark in the United States after his arrival in 1981, with his striking and innovative illustrations appearing in such publications as Atlantic Monthly, Time,The New Yorker, Playboy, and Rolling Stone. Istvan has crafted cover art for Verve, Sony, and Capital Records, and has created an animated short film for Nickelodeon, MTV Europe, and Jean Michel Jarre. His unique vision found ample room to bloom in children's book ZOOM. This wordless journey through receding perspectives was hailed as one of the best children's books of the year by the New York Times and Publisher's Weekly, and won a National Children's Choice Award based on the judgements of kids themselves. Zoom was suscceeded by Re-ZOOM amd R.E.M.: Rapid Eye Movement, which takes one through a dreamscape of changing shapes and sublte connections to an outer world. Currently, his work will be featured on the November issue of American Illustration. Istvan Banyai lives in New York with his wife and son.
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Client List:
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MSNBC
Playboy
New Yorker Magazine
New York Magazine
Viking Books/ Penguin Books
Apple
Time Magazine
New York Times
Business Week
Casio Watches
Los Angeles Times Magazine
Texaco
Saatchi & Saatchi
NCR
NBC
3COM
Rolling Stone
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Pacific Bell
Random House Publishing
Wired Magazine
Verve Records
Duck Soup Animation
Encyclopaedia Britanica
J.J.Siedelmayer Productions
Ink Tank
Jean Michel Jarre
Foote, Cone & Belding
Young and Rubicam
Sony Records
Capitol Records
Atlantic Monthly
Merriam-Webster
MTV Europe
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Awards:
American Illustration Cover/ November 1999. Ten Best Books of the Year/ New York Times Book Review. IRA Children's Choice Book, PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY BEST BOOK.
