Brad Maglinger
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| Brad Maglinger | |
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| Birth name | Bradley Daede-Allen Maglinger |
| Born | November 23, 1980 ?  |
| Nationality | American |
| Field | Graphic Artist |
Brad Maglinger (b. November 23, 1980 in Evansville, Indiana) is a Jewish American fine-art painter and graphic artist.
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[edit] Background
Brad Maglinger (born in Evansville, Indiana in 1980) is a Jewish American graphic artist who is credited by some for originating the silhouette-style paintings that were popularized in the early turn of the century. Maglinger is the grandson of notable nature-based artist Calvin Maglinger.
Growing up in Newburgh, Indiana, Maglinger attended Castle High School and graduated in 1999.
After high school, Maglinger attended the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana from 1999-2004, taking one year to attend Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He holds a bachelor degree in marketing and a minor in broadcast television. He has no formal art or design training.
[edit] Graphic Arts
Brad Maglinger is mostly known as a graphic artist and interactive designer. After working at an NBC affiliate for several years, he began working for Daniel, Burton, Dean Advertising in Evansville, Indiana. He won many awards for work he did for clients Atlas World Group and Escalade Sports. In 2005, Maglinger relocated to St. Louis, Missouri to work for an advertising agency called Froeschner Creative LLC. He again won several awards for interactive projects with the company, including the Froeschner Creative Web site, FroeschnerCreative.com.
In 2006, Maglinger resigned from Froeschner Creative. He is believed to be currently residing in either St. Louis or San Francisco, but his full-time employment is unknown. He is listed as a consultant for The Creative Group, but little is known about his involvement with the Robert Half subsidiary.
Maglinger's "white" portfolio book displayed work for clients such as CapitalOne and Trojan in late 2006.
A new portfolio book of Maglinger's called "black" began to circulate in 2007. It contained mostly graphic art and very little commercial design. The release was considered "personal" and abstractly tongue-in-cheek. Most of the subjects had a negative portrayal of both Christianity and, in general, larger corporations. Maglinger originally released his 'black' book on his personal Web site for $12,022.56 a book, but quickly pulled the book off after a week, allegedly because of legal problems that arose from a company logo that was used in the book.[1] The high price was considered a publicity stunt to gain attention for two online sites he was launching, Phooba.com and lot9a.com. Although not widely accepted, the "black" book made Maglinger a household name at many studios and advertising agencies.
At a March 2007 interactive conference in San Francisco, Maglinger was credited as a programmer for several Adobe Flex projects, including an internal Apple Computer project and a startup company called Autoplex.
[edit] Artwork
Maglinger began to gain attention in the Midwest, particularly in St. Louis, Missouri, by developing silhouette-style artwork. In 2005, he developed a process of cutting plastic to create a die cut from the negative space of the painting's subject. Maglinger would then use spray paint to color and shade the canvas, and other chemicals were used to age the canvas or crack the paint. On one painting, Maglinger lists "Milk" as one of the materials used on the canvas. The plastic die cut allowed him to create hundreds of original canvas paintings quickly. The subject of his paintings began predominantly with plants, but evolved into more complex layers of buildings and urban scenes. Maglinger later applied this method to clothing and other linens. He never allowed prints to be sold.
Because many Web sites are registered to the same e-mail address, it is believed that Maglinger paints under several different names. It is possible that the abstract work of artist Alex White is actually the work of Maglinger. Alex White was the name of Maglinger's roommate at Purdue University.
[edit] Facts
- Maglinger was commissioned by former Gravity Kills members' record label, Shock City Records, to do Web and interactive work in early 2006. He has continued to do work with small label bands in and around the St. Louis and Nashville areas.
- Maglinger wed Meredith Light in late 2005. They met while she was attending Indiana University and him Purdue University.
- Maglinger is notorious for firing or pricing-out clients he feels disgruntled with. He got the nickname 'The Jackal' after trying to more than triple the hourly rate for the project of a large client that he felt was dragging progress. The client refused the price-out and the project was canceled with Maglinger.
- Most of Maglinger's paintings were sold in Japan via eBay.
- "I don't want to be famous. I do, however, want to be the guy that everyone whispers about over coffee. I think that's much more interesting." - Brad Maglinger, July 2004
- Maglinger is a staunch supporter of Apple Computers. Besides Apple, Maglinger is known for wearing New Balance tennis shoes and driving only Honda and Volkswagon automobiles.
- In March 2006, Maglinger made the largest purchase of virtual property ever made up until that date. The purchase was made on Second Life for two private islands in the lower Western corner of the globe. Maglinger paid just over 2.9 million Linden Dollars, or roughly $8,750 US in March of 2006 (the Linden has since increased to L$270 to $1 US as of February 2007). Maglinger divided the areas into six unique districts that were then sold off over a peroid of two months. Since, numerous other buyers have made purchases above Maglinger's. In January 2007, a 32 by 64 meter piece of property went for sale on one island that Maglinger had formerly owned. The property was listed for L$ 653,000 Lindens and was 1/24th the size of that island in its entirety.
- Maglinger sold Phooba.com in early 2007, citing lack of time to properly manage a hosting company. The amount the dot-com was sold was not made public. He activately operates four sites and one not-for-profit dot-com.
- Maglinger has a cousin with the same name, born only three apart from him. He resides in Owensboro, Kentucky.
- Brad is right handed and has blue eyes.
- His favorite bands are Radiohead, Modest Mouse and Young Love.
[edit] External Links
- Official Web Site
- Source: MySpace Published Content
- Source: LinkedIn Published Content
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| NAME | Brad Maglinger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bradley Daede-Allen Maglinger, Bradley Maglinger |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | 21st century commercial graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Evansville, Indiana, America |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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