Joe Ciardiello is an artist/illustrator. He was born on Staten Island, NY in 1953. He is a graduate of the H.S. of Art & Design and earned his BFA from Parsons School of Design and the New School, in 1975. Joe has created illustrations for American Express, The Atlantic Monthly, Barnes & Noble, Capitol Records, ESPN, Jazziz, New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Playboy, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, [[Time Magazine and The New York Times. He has been awarded several medals from the Society of Illustrators in NYC. He also plays the drums in both jazz and blues/R&B bands.