Santiago Cohen

Santiago Cohen (born 1954) is a cartoonist, animator, fine artist and graphic novel illustrator based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Biography

Santiago was born in Mexico City and received a BA in Communication Design at the Metropolitan University in Mexico, and an MS from the Pratt Institute on the same subject.

He has designed greeting cards for the Museum of Modern Art, the Comedy Central logo, and illustrations for the "New York Times" and other major publications. He assisted Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly at "RAW" magazine, and designed and animated award-winning cartoons for [http://www.roblechman.com R.O. Blechman] at the Ink Tank animation studio for HBO, CTW, The Cartoon Network, MTV and PBS. He received an award from the Xeric Foundation [http://www.xericfoundation.com/xericcomicgrants2000.html] to publish his Graphic Novel, "The Fifth Name". He is a children's book illustrator, and has created comic strips for "Drawn and Quarterly", "Rosetta", and Mexican publications. He teaches in HTHS and shows his paintings in the New York Area. .

He is married to Ethel Cesarman, and has two children, Diego and Isabel Cohen.

He enjoys chirping, cooking, and listening to National Public Radio.

Books

*2007 "El Quinto Nombre" Trilce ediciones Mexico
*2007 "Jonah and the Great Big Fish" Zondervan Books
*2006 "Good Night San Francisco" On Cape Pub.
*2006 "Zacchaeus and the Happy Day" Zondevon Books
*2006 "One Lost Sheep" Zodevon Books
*2005 "Noah and the Mighty Ark" Zodevon books
*2004 "Go Away Crows" Sterling Publishing Co.
*2004 "One Smart Skunk" Blue Apple Books
*2004 "This is Passover" Blue Apple Books
*2003 "Eight Days of Hanukkah" written by Harriet Ziefert
*2003 "Fiddle-I-Fee" written by Harriet Ziefert
*2003 "Home for Navidad" written by Harriet Ziefert
*2002 "Love, Santav" written by Sharon Glassman
*2001 "The Fifth Name" self-published graphic novel with a Xeric Foundation grant, distributed by Fantagraphics.
*2001 "Moo Cow Moo" written by Harriet Zeifert, Grosset and Dunlap
*2001 "Kitty says Meow" written by Harriet Zeifert, Grosset and Dunlap
*1999 "Club Earth" written by Gail Gautier, illustrated by Santiago Cohen, Putnam Grosset
*1997 "Que Sorpresa" written by Yanitzia Canetti, illustrated by Santiago Cohen, Houghton Mifflin Pub.
*1997 Book Cover for "My Mom Married the Principal" Viking.
*1997 "It's Magic" Golden Book on "Troubles the Cat".
*1996 "My Life Among the Aliens" written by Gail Gautier, illustrated by Santiago Cohen, Putnam Grosset.
*1996 "Bringing up Baby: Illustrated Guide to Raising Humans" (Group Illustrated) Chronicle Books.
*1994 Two Covers for: "Upon the Head of the Goat" and "Grace in the Wilderness" Puffin Books.
*1994 "Writer's Sidekick" 2 books for 3rd and 4th grades, illustrated by Santiago Cohen. Zeiner Blozer
*1992 Recipe for "Hand made Cookbook" Chronicle Books
*1992 Spots for the English Advantage Heine Pub.
*1989 Illustrations for "Morraya" by Eduardo Cesarman, Mexico

Animations

*2006 "Goza" [http://www.cwow.org/ CWOW] 1800 frames Newark, NJ
*2004 "Lucía" a Mexican story design for [http://www.magikworld.com Magikworld] prod.
*2004 "Safe at home" 16min film for the Poison Control Center.
*2001 "Winter Wonderland" for HBO.
*1999 2min. Animation "The Ram in a Pepper Patch" for PBS's "Behind the Lions".
*1999 2min. Animation "Hush Little Baby" for HBO.
*1998 10 openings for Toys R Us Campaign.
*1998 6 min. Proposal for feature film: "The King of Rock and Roll" Sony Music Entertainment.
*1998 3 min. Animation "How Nehemiah Got Free" for the "Kids are Puny" TV Program for HBO.
*1987 13-5 min. episodes for second season of "Troubles the Cat" for the Cartoon Network.
*1986 Color Design for "Sniz and Fondue" Cartoon Program of Nickelodeon’s Kablam.
*1987 3 openers TF Jeunesse French TV.
*1987 TeleTV 2 spots for new channel.
*1986 "Thank you Lord" 1 Min Animation for Maya Angelou poem for "How do you Spell God" TV program for HBO.
*1986 Long Island Savings Bank 30’ advertising for TV 2 spots.
*1986 Nynex mobile 30’ advertising.
*1986 13 - 6 min. episodes for "Troubles the Cat" for The Cartoon Network.

Awards

*2005 American Illustration Book AI 25 [http://www.ai-ap.com/main/index.cfm?fuseaction=SelectAI]
*2003-2004 American Illustration ”chosen” selection.
*2000 Xeric Foundation, grant receiver to self publish "The Fifth Name"
*2000 Peabody and Emmy award to HBO "Goodnight Moon and other sleepy tales". Santiago did one of the animations.
*1999 Asifa East Excellence in Design award for HBO’s "How Nehemiah got free".
*1998 Asifa East first place for design of animation longer than 3 minutes for "Surf’s Up" - "Troubles the Cat".
*1997 Emmy award to HBO, for excellence in children programming on their program "How do you Spell God". Santiago did one of the animations.
*1997 Bronze Award “Broadcast Designer Association” for Tele Tv Station Id.
*1997 Asifa East 2nd place for design of animation longer than 3 minutes for "Cutey Kitty" -"Troubles the Cat". American Illustration award Book 04,03,99,98,96,95,94,90,88
*1993 Award to merit of Art Directors Club of New York.
*1992 Bronze Award, from the “Broadcast Designer Association” for the Comedy Central Logo.
*1992 Bronze award, from the “Broadcast Designer Association” for the comedy Central brochure.
*1991 Distinction Certificate, in the Art Direction Magazine for the comedy central brochure cover.
*1990 CASE award for illustrations published in the Pennsylvania Gazette.

External links

* [http://www.santiagocohen.com/ Official website]