Simon Arizpe

American artist
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]

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[1] and teaches at Parsons School of Design in New York City.[2] 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.[3][4][5][6][non-primary source needed]

Awards and honors

  • Meggendorfer Prize for Best Paper Engineer for "Zahhak:The Legend of the Serpent King"[7]
  • Award of Excellence, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY, 2013[citation needed]
  • Award of Excellence, Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York, NY, 2013[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Pratt Institute". www.pratt.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  2. ^ "Simon Arizpe - Parsons School of Design". www.newschool.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  3. ^ "Pratt Institute". www.pratt.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  4. ^ "Simon Arizpe". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  5. ^ BestPopupBooks (2019-05-21). "Interview Simon Arizpe - Artist and Paper Engineer". Best Pop-up Books. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  6. ^ "OUR ARTISTS :: Simon Arizpe". www.fantagraphics.com. Retrieved 2020-04-26.
  7. ^ BestPopupBooks (2019-05-21). "Zahhak: The Legend Of The Serpent King". Best Pop-up Books. Retrieved 2020-04-26.