Caniglia

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Caniglia
Birth name Jeremy Caniglia
Born July 13, 1970
Omaha, Nebraska
Field Painting, Drawing, Photography
Training Grace Hartigan (at the Maryland Institute College of Art)
Movement Abstract expressionism, Post-Modernism
Awards International Horror Guild Award, Best Artist in Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2004

Jeremy Caniglia (1970- ) is an American figurative painter and illustrator, primarily in fantasy and horror genres. He has done book and magazine illustration, conceptual artwork, book and album covers, and comic books, and his work is in several important public collections including the Joslyn Art Museum and Iowa State University. His art has also been shown at the Society of Illustrators' Museum of Illustration.

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[edit] Biography

Jeremy Caniglia was born July 13, 1970 in Omaha, Nebraska.He went to Creighton Prep for high school, where he was first introduced to art. He studied traditional classical painting at Iowa State University, receiving a BFA in drawing, painting and printmaking in 1993. After graduation he studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland under well-known abstract expressionist Grace Hartigan, where he received his MFA in 1995.

[edit] Art

Caniglia "Birth of Sunrise"
Caniglia "Birth of Sunrise"

In addition to Hartigan, whom he cites as "bringing new insight to his work," Caniglia was also influenced by the Old Masters including Leonardo da Vinci and Caravaggio.

Caniglia's art has been featured in the Washington Post[1]] and on CNN [2]. He has created book covers for well-known mainstream authors (Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub, Douglas Clegg, F. Paul Wilson) and he has done cover art and illustrations for a number of noted horror and fantasy writers including Ed Lee and Charlee Jacob. His work has also appeared in horror magazines such as Rue Morgue, Flesh and Blood, and Cemetery Dance.

[edit] Awards and exhibits

Caniglia was nominated first in 2003 for the International Horror Guild Award for best artist in dark fantasy and horror and then again in 2004, this time winning the prestigious award.[3] In 2005 he was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Artist in Fantasy.

[edit] Published work

[edit] Art books

  • As Dead as Leaves: The Art of Caniglia, Shocklines Press, 2004[4]
  • Spectrum issues 6, 10, 11, 12, and 13 [5]

[edit] Book, comic and album covers

  • 2002
    • Breeder by Douglas Clegg
    • Darkoffspring edited by Brian Knight
    • Irish Witchcraft & Demonology by St. John d. Seymour
    • The Wicked by Douglas Clegg
    • This Cape is Red Because I Have Been Bleeding by Tom Piccirilli
  • 2003
    • Makak by Edward Lee
    • Necromancer by Douglas Clegg
    • Rocksbreak/Scissors Cut by David J. Schow
    • Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli
    • Ever Nat by Edward Lee
    • F’in Lie Down Already' by Tom Piccirilli
    • Hexes by Tom Piccirilli
    • Neverland by Douglas Clegg
    • Rage by Steve Gerlach
    • The Baby by Edward Lee
  • 2004
    • Boneland by Jeffrey Thomas
    • Darklings by Ray Garton
    • Dead Man’s Hand by Tim Lebbon
    • The Machinery of Night by Douglas Clegg
    • The New Neighbor by Ray Garton
    • The Turtle Boy by Kealan Patrick Burke
    • Waiting My Turn Under the Knife by Tom Piccirilli
  • 2005
    • Broken Angel by Brian Knight
    • Like Death by Tim Waggoner
    • London Revenant by Conrad Williams
    • The Abandonedby Douglas Clegg
    • Berserk by Tim Lebbon
    • In the Midnight Museum by Gary A.Braunbeck
    • Pieces of Hate by Tim Lebbon
    • Thrust by Tom Piccirilli
    • Wormwood Nights by Charlee Jacob
    • Zero by Michael McBride
    • Masters of Horror Soundtrack, Immortal Records
  • 2006

[edit] Book illustrations

[edit] Magazines

  • Covers
    • Nocturne issue 1 (2005)
    • Cemetery Dance issues 37, 38 (2002)
    • The Horror Express issue 2 (2004)
  • Interior art
    • Variety Magazine (July 2005)
    • Rue-Morgue Issues 47, 52
    • Medium Magazine (June 2003)
    • Flesh and Blood issue 13 (August 2003)
    • Churn an Art Magazine issue 6 (2002)
    • Cemetery Dance issue 39 (2002)
    • Cthulu Sex Magazine Issue 18 (2004)[1]
    • Redsine issue 9 (2003)
    • Dark’s Art Parlour Issue #3 (1996)

[edit] Movies, DVD’s & TV (as conceptual artist)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Washington Post review
  2. ^ CNN review
  3. ^ International Horror Guild Award recipients
  4. ^ Shocklines Press, As Dead as Leaves
  5. ^ Spectrum Fantastic Art

[edit] External links

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