Daniel Fishel

Daniel Fishel wearing a denim shirt and crossing his arms while standing in front of a green gradient background
Faculty

Illustration (BFA)

Daniel Fishel is program director for UArts’ Illustration program. Since 2009, they have had their work appear on records, book covers, apparel, products, advertisements, wine labels, animations, magazines and newspapers and in galleries around the world.

Biography 

Daniel Fishel is an award-winning illustrator, animator and educator. He holds a BFA in Illustration from UArts and an MFA in Illustration as a Visual Essay from the School of Visual Arts, New York. Fishel specializes in creating figurative illustration work that is vibrant, metaphorical, empathic and sometimes dry-wit. He is a regular contributor to the Washington Post Opinion page and has worked for clients including Apple, Target, Audible, Bloomberg, Central Park Conservancy, Flocabulary, Netflix, Baron Fig, Macmillan Publishers, Scholastic, HarperCollins, McSweeney’s, New York Public Radio, NPR, AARP, The New York Times, Forbes, NBC News, Vice, TODAY, This American Life and Politico.

Experience

  • Adjunct associate professor, UArts, 2020 – 2023

  • Contract illustrator, DotDash Meredith, 2019 – 2020 and 2022 – 2023

  • Adjunct lecturer, New York City College for Technology, 2014 – 2016 and 2018 – 2023

  • Remote adjunct lecturer, College for Creative Studies, 2021 – 2023

  • Staff illustrator, Thrillist/Group Nine Media, 2016 – 2018

  • Adjunct lecturer, Montclair State University, 2016

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Awards & Accolades

Fishel’s work has been recognized numerous times. 

  • Society of Illustrators Annuals #57, #60, #63

  • American Illustration Chosen #28, #40, #41, #42

  • 2016’s Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Art/Style category

  • 2015’s Print Magazine’s 15 under 30 New Visual Artists

An illustration of a young Black woman surrounded by roses and multicolored dots
An illustration of an adult sitting on a tree stump in front of a campfire and children in a tent that looks like a passport
The book cover of Conversations with a Black Boy that features an illustration of a young Black man sitting on a stool with talk bubbles spread across the cover