Illustration (BFA) People & Stories

Regina Flath

BFA '09

Illustration (BFA)

Senior Designer at Random House Children's Books; New York ComicCon speaker

Jason Piperberg

BFA '12

Illustration (BFA)

llustrator, comic artist and storyteller who worked on comics such as Raising Dion, Sonic and Mega Man

Kayla Miller

BFA '13 (Illustration)

Illustration (BFA)

Author and illustrator of the best selling Click graphic novels published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Loveis Wise

BFA '18

Illustration (BFA)

Illustrated cover of The New Yorker; clients include The New York Times, Vice, Buzzfeed and others

Daniel Fishel

Illustration (BFA)

Illustration program director; illustrator of records, book covers, apparel, products, advertisements, wine labels, animations, magazines and newspapers

Jon Reinfurt

Illustration (BFA)

Illustrator who has worked for clients including The New York Times, NPR and the Smithsonian

A closeup of C. Larsen drawing on paper with a pencil and wearing a black tank top

Christine Larsen

Illustration (BFA)

Cartoonist and illustrator who has created work for Boom! Studios, Image Comics and Saatchi & Saatchi

Mark Tocchet

Dean, School of Design; illustrator and designer whose clients include the American Museum of Natural History, Godiva, Penguin Random House and Sierra Club

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2022 William H. Ely Illustration Thesis Exhibition

The William H. Ely exhibition is the Illustration program’s annual thesis show that has been at the university since 1941. The awards are endowed by its namesake and are given outstanding sets of student thesis work in this juried competition.

2022 William H. Ely Illustration Thesis Exhibition

a deeply green-tinged illustration of a person with a bag on their head holding a flashlight ascending a long staircase to a mezzanine in a spooky, decrepit, green-tinged victorian or gothic mansion. the beam of the flashlight is in a pale yellow.

Lexi Hegelgans BFA ’22 (Illustration)

a digital illustration of an smiling little alien-type figure, with a horizontal ellipse head, a single central antenna, and a smile. from both eyes, concentric circles in different colors emante: violet, red, teal, sky blue, pale green and yellow, causing interesting interactions at their overlap points.

Sophia Clendenen BFA ’22 (Illustration)

a colorful poster-like image styled after a tattoo flash sheet with a yellow background and pink-violet border. the images contained include a sapling in a downturned triangle, an anatomical heart with flowers growing from it, the lower half of a person sitting in leaves, and a hand wrapped with a vine.

Karina Valentin BFA ’22 (Illustration)

Several drawings of fantasy creatures are featured in the bottom panel, and a full-color illustration of a dingy urban scene is featured at the top. There is type on the piece, at a small size “The Tubes” and “The Creatures of Peliopolis” can be discerned.

Alexander Cox BFA ’22 (Illustration)

An interior scene of a courtyard. The illustration has an interesting perspective. The viewer is looking from behind donkey and cat characters, depicted at the right of the scene. There are figures in the center of the image, one is a man in light-colored clothes with his arms crossed and the others are wearing head scarves. There are spices, clothing and colorful decorations dotting the piece.

Kiara Tounsley BFA ’22 (Illustration)

A surreal image of a man laying on his back on a bright pink checkered floor. The top of his head is open, revealing a cave-like corridor with rings of pinkish fleshy material. A miniscule figure who is just about as tall as the man’s head is wearing green clothing, holding a flashlight.

Brianna Russo BFA ’22 (Illustration)

A bustling scene in an urban setting. Neon signs and billboards with foreign characters crowd the street where people are walking with umbrellas. It appears to be raining, and night time. There is a diverse group of people on the street speaking with vendors and having conversations in small groups.

Kiara Tounsley BFA ’22 (Illustration)

A scene depicting a purim festival on an isometric angle. Central to the image is a cluster of tables with bright table cloths. Various people are seen playing games and making arts and crafts. The color is vibrant but the background is minimal gray. There is text on the image that explains the scene.

Kyle Solomon BFA ’22 (Illustration)

Richard C. von Hess Illustration Gallery

The von Hess Gallery features three exhibitions per year by nationally recognized, award-winning illustrators who visit UArts to speak about their process, technique and the contemporary marketplace.

The von Hess Gallery features three exhibitions per year by nationally recognized, award-winning illustrators who visit UArts to speak about their process, technique and the contemporary marketplace. The gallery’s unique mission is to educate our students and community about the profession of illustration and offer an opportunity to closely examine works by leading illustrators.

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NC Wyeth Studio at the Brandywine River Museum

In May 2019, six rising seniors in the UArts Illustration program were granted exclusive access to the NC Wyeth Studio, in order to spend a week making art in the space of a great master.

NC Wyeth was one of the greatest illustrators in the U.S. and originally had his studio built with the profits from his classic, Treasure Island. The studio overlooks the house where Wyeth raised his family, including his son Andrew Wyeth, who is also a revered visual artist. The studio and house are now a part of the Brandywine River Museum of Art in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Our students were given free rein to spend days in the studio creating work inspired by Wyeth’s space and legacy.

N.C. Wyeth Brandywine Museum Residency

UArts Illustration program students were granted exclusive access to the N.C. Wyeth Studio for a week-long residency.

A split image with a photograph of an illustration student on the left and the Wyeth studio on the right.

Julia Davis BFA ’20 (Illustration) at work, left. Inside the NC Wyeth Studio, right.

ILLUSTRATION (BFA)

Liftoff!

Liftoff! is the spring exhibition for the School of Design. It showcases student work from Graphic Design, Illustration, Product Design, and Museum Exhibition Planning and Design.

Explore Liftoff!

Discover and develop your distinct visual voice in the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration at University of the Arts. You’ll be trained in technique, image-making, concept development and self-promotion.

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