{{Short description|American artist}} {{Primary sources|date=July 2020}} thumb|Simon Arizpe, Illustrator and Paper Engineer '''Simon Arizpe''' is an illustrator and paper engineer.
== Life == Simon Arizpe is a graduate of the Pratt Institute and resides in Brooklyn, New York.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
== Career == Simon Arizpe served as the senior paper engineer and illustrator for the studios of Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart for a decade. He has worked on over 40 pop-up books. Simon is a visiting instructor at the Pratt Institute<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pratt Institute|url=https://www.pratt.edu/faculty_and_staff/bio/?id=sarizpe|access-date=2020-07-11|website=www.pratt.edu}}</ref> and teaches at Parsons School of Design in New York City.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Simon Arizpe - Parsons School of Design|url=https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/faculty/simon-arizpe/|access-date=2020-07-11|website=www.newschool.edu}}</ref> He is the recipient of the 2018 Meggendorfer Prize. His pop up book "The Wild" has been made part of the collection of the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum library.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pratt.edu/faculty_and_staff/bio/?id=sarizpe|title=Pratt Institute|website=www.pratt.edu|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Simon-Arizpe/100723049|title=Simon Arizpe|website=Simon & Schuster|language=en|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bestpopupbooks.com/interview-simon-arizpe/|title=Interview Simon Arizpe - Artist and Paper Engineer|last=BestPopupBooks|date=2019-05-21|website=Best Pop-up Books|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fantagraphics.com/artists/simon-arizpe/|title=OUR ARTISTS :: Simon Arizpe|website=www.fantagraphics.com|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=July 2020}}
== Awards and honors == * Meggendorfer Prize for Best Paper Engineer for "Zahhak:The Legend of the Serpent King"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bestpopupbooks.com/zahhak-the-legend-of-the-serpent-king-an-impressive-pop-up-book-like-youve-never-seen-before/|title=Zahhak: The Legend Of The Serpent King|last=BestPopupBooks|date=2019-05-21|website=Best Pop-up Books|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-26}}</ref> * Award of Excellence, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY, 2013{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} * Award of Excellence, Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York, NY, 2013{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}
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