{{short description|American artist, and illustrator (born 1966)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox artist | name = Brian Stauffer | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |1966|06|20|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Prescott, Arizona]], US | field = [[illustration]] | yearsactive = | training = {{ubl|[[Yavapai College]]|[[The University of Arizona]] ([[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]])}} }}
'''Brian Stauffer''' (born May 20, 1966 in [[Prescott, Arizona]]) is an American artist and illustrator.<ref name="SOI lecture">{{cite web | title=Society of Illustrators Lecture | url=http://www.societyillustrators.org/Lecture.aspx?id=1210&terms=Brian+Stauffer | accessdate=May 31, 2013}}</ref> Stauffer begins works with hand-drawn sketches, then incorporates painted elements and scanned found objects. The final works are digital, but often the hand-drawn elements remain as part of the finished works.<ref name="Arizona Art Museum">{{cite web | title=Arizona Art Museum | url=http://www.artmuseum.arizona.edu/events/event/brian-stauffer-hard-eyes-images-in-empathy | accessdate=May 31, 2013}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Stauffer was born in [[Prescott, Arizona]],<ref name='Arizona Art Museum' /> and attended [[Prescott High School (Arizona)|Prescott High School]].<ref name='Yavapai'/><ref name='Yuko interview'>{{cite web | title=Yuko Shimizu interview | url=http://illustrationfriday.com/2011/10/if-interview-with-brian-stauffer/ | accessdate=May 31, 2013 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529101444/http://illustrationfriday.com/2011/10/if-interview-with-brian-stauffer/ | archivedate=May 29, 2013 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> His father was a fine artist.<ref name='alt pick' />
Stauffer attended [[Yavapai College]] as a music major. During his second year, Stauffer began working in graphic arts, working with Yavapai instructor and [[color theory|color theorist]] Glen Peterson.<ref name='Yavapai'>{{cite news |title=Stauffer's cover for The Nation voted 21 out of 40 of the best |newspaper=The Rough Writer |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=1 |publisher=Yavapai College |url=http://roughwriter.yc.edu/wp-content/uploads/pdf/RWYC12-2005.pdf |date=December 2005 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609221554/http://roughwriter.yc.edu/wp-content/uploads/pdf/RWYC12-2005.pdf |archivedate=June 9, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> Stauffer later attended [[The University of Arizona]], where he received a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|BFA]] in 1989.<ref name='Arizona Art Museum' />
Before taking on illustration as a full-time career, Stauffer worked as an art director at ''New Times'' in Phoenix, ''[[Miami News|The Miami New Times]]'',<ref name='Yuko interview' /> and for [[Starmedia]]. While working at ''The Miami New Times'', Stauffer sent a few of his [[illustration]] samples to Fred Woodward at ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine who, with [[Gail Anderson (graphic designer)|Gail Anderson]], gave him his first freelance assignment for a movie review.<ref name='alt pick'>{{cite web | title=Alt Pick – Brian Stauffer | url=http://altpick.com/spot/brian_stauffer/index.php | date=January 5, 2004 | access-date=June 1, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528143234/http://altpick.com/spot/brian_stauffer/index.php | archive-date=May 28, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Influences=== Stauffer cites the works of [[John Heartfield]] and [[Alexander Calder]] as major influences.<ref name='Dallas Observer'>{{cite web | title=Dallas Observer Interview | url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/mixmaster/2011/06/question_the_artist_illustrato.php | date=June 24, 2011}}</ref>
==Work== Stauffer gained recognition early in his illustration career for his November 13, 2000, cover for ''[[The Nation]]'', titled ''Alfred E. Bush'', which depicted President [[George W. Bush]] as [[Alfred E. Neuman]], the fictitious mascot and cover boy of ''[[Mad Magazine]]''. In 2005, the cover was selected by the [[American Society of Magazine Editors]] as number 23 of the top 40 magazine covers in the last 40 years.<ref>{{cite web | title=American Society of Magazine Editors Top 40 Covers | url=http://www.magazine.org/asme/magazine-cover-contests/asmes-top-40-magazine-covers-last-40-years-page-2 | accessdate= June 1, 2013}}</ref>
Stauffer was featured as a cover illustrator for magazines such as ''[[The New Yorker]]'',<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2012-12-21|title=Slide Show: Winter Covers|url=http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/slide-show-winter-covers|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-20|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110122219/http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/slide-show-winter-covers|archive-date=November 10, 2014}}</ref> ''The Nation'', and ''[[Worth Magazine]]''.<ref name='alt pick' /> In 2010, the Society of Publication Designers recognized the work of design director Dean Sebring and Stauffer for their ''Worth Magazine'' covers.<ref>{{cite web | title=Society of Publication Designers | url=http://www.spd.org/2010/09/worth-cover-illustrations.php | date=September 7, 2010 | access-date=June 1, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819053546/http://www.spd.org/2010/09/worth-cover-illustrations.php | archive-date=August 19, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Stauffer was recognized for his contributions to smaller publications, including his work for ''[[SF Weekly]]'', and cover illustrations for the ''[[Dallas Observer]]'', and ''[[Seattle Weekly]]'', among others.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
===Book illustrations=== * ''Art'' by Karen Salmonsohn, [[Random House]] (2003)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Salmansohn|first=Karen|title=Art|date=2003|publisher=Tricycle Press|others=Illustrated by Brian Stauffer|isbn=1-58246-103-1|location=Berkeley, Calif.|oclc=52920510}}</ref> * ''Fashion'' by Karen Salmonsohn, [[Random House]] (2003)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Salmansohn|first=Karen|title=Fashion|date=2005|publisher=Tricycle|others=Illustrated by Brian Stauffer|isbn=1-58246-105-8|location=Berkeley, Calif.|oclc=57749623}}</ref>
===Notable poster work=== * Savannah Music Festival (2013)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013|title=2013 Festival Poster by Brian Stauffer|url=https://savannahmusicfestival.bigcartel.com/product/2013-festival-poster|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083456/https://savannahmusicfestival.bigcartel.com/product/2013-festival-poster|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> * ''Death of a Salesman'', Soulpepper Theatre Company (2010)<ref name='NY Time Theatre'>{{cite news | title=New York Times Theater | url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/01/theater/201203-death-of-a-salesman-interactive.html?_r=0 | date=March 15, 2012 | work=The New York Times | first1=Julie | last1=Bloom | first2=Jon | last2=Huang | first3=Erik | last3=Piepenburg/}}</ref> * ''What The Butler Saw'' [[Soulpepper Theatre Company]] (2010){{Citation needed|date=September 2021}} * ''The Barber of Seville'' [[Vancouver Opera]], [[Queen Elizabeth Theatre]] (2012)<ref>{{cite web | title=The Vancouver Courier | url=http://www.vancourier.com/entertainment/Poster+Week/6315896/story.html | date= March 16, 2012}}</ref>
==Awards== * Silver Medal (Institutional), 2015, [[Society of Illustrators]], ''Ambition'' for the Kroll Foundation, art directed b Kit Hinrichs<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soicompetitions.org/?what=gallery&c=102&i=88383|title=Illustrators 57 Award Winners|accessdate=2020-08-25}}</ref> * Silver Medal (Institutional), 2012, Society of Illustrators, ''Digital Evidence And The Smoking Gun'' for Emory Law, art directed by Winnie Hume<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soicompetitions.org/?what=gallery&c=70&i=46385|title=Illustrators 54 Medal Winners|accessdate=2020-08-25}}</ref> * Gold Medal (Editorial), 2010, Society of Illustrators, ''Infighting Police'' for Village Voice Media, art directed by Peter Storch<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soicompetitions.org/?what=gallery&c=44&i=22003|title=Illustrators 52 Medal Winners|accessdate=2020-08-25}}</ref> * Gold Medal for editorial illustration, Society of Illustrators, 2010<ref name='Dallas Observer' /> * Gold Print Editorial Award, International Design Awards IDA, Winner with Andrew J. Nilsen, ''Worlds Apart'' (2012)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-05-18|title=ZOOM|url=http://ida.us/winners/zoom2.php?eid=9-5443-11&cat=Print|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518103235/http://ida.us/winners/zoom2.php?eid=9-5443-11&cat=Print|archive-date=May 18, 2013}}</ref> * Gold Medal (with Dean Sebring, [[Worth Magazine]]) Society of Publication Designers (2010)<ref>{{cite web | title=Society of Publication Designers 2010 Awards | url=http://www.spd.org/2010/05/spd-gala-ladies-and-gentlemen.php | date=May 7, 2010 | access-date=June 1, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522014843/http://www.spd.org/2010/05/spd-gala-ladies-and-gentlemen.php | archive-date=May 22, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * Silver Medals (2) [[Worth Magazine]] covers, The Art Directors Club (2012) * First place illustration ''Good Cop Bad Cop'' for [[Phoenix New Times]], AltWeekly Awards (2010)<ref name='AltWeekly'>{{cite web | title=AltWeekly Awards | url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/Awards?category=2184382 |accessdate=June 1, 2013}}</ref> * First place illustration ''7-Up vs. Coke, Part 2'' for [[Riverfront Times]], AltWeekly Awards (2009)<ref name='AltWeekly' /> * First place illustration ''The Suitcase Murders'' for [[Miami New Times]], AltWeekly Awards (2008)<ref name='AltWeekly' />
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.brianstauffer.com/}}
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