20x200Artists Mark Ulriksen

San Francisco illustrator and artist Mark Ulriksen is probably best known for his whimsical covers for The New Yorker, where he has been a regular contributor since 1993, publishing over 30 covers. He has produced work for many of America's leading magazines and newspapers, including Time, Newsweek, The Atlantic Monthly, Playboy, Rolling Stone, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. His paintings have appeared in galleries in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, and Rome. Mark's work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution, the Library of Congress, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome. He has been profiled in industry publications such as Communication Arts, 3 x 3, Taschen's Illustration Now!, Archive's 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide, the university textbook Graphic Communication Today, and the European publications Dogs and Style Monte Carlo. Ulriksen has been a consistent presence in juried exhibitions for the past fifteen years, winning gold and silver medals from the Society of Illustrators. Mark has lectured at universities internationally and has been a featured speaker at ICON 3 and 4 Illustration Conferences.

 

Stats

age:

51

education:

BA Visual Communications, California State University, Chico, 1980

website:

http://www.markulriksen.com

hobbies:

I'm a big fan of music, sports, dogs, movies and newspapers. I used to collect misspellings of my name.

Inspirations:

Beckmann, Sasek, Balthus, Shahn, Hopper, Memling, Christus

Favorite Movie:

The Third Man. Ask my friends, I'm evangelical about it.

Favorite Colors:

Lite Prussian Blue or yellow ochre