Philip Stanton

Philip Stanton (born 1962) is an American artist and author based in Barcelona, Spain, director of the design group [http://www.stantonstudio.com Stanton Studio] , whose works include multimedia design projects and urban installations. He is also the author and illustrator of children's books published in Europe and the United States.

Biography

Education and formation

Stanton was born in Columbus, Ohio, U.S.A. At the age of four, he moved with his family to the east coast of Florida near Cape Kennedy.

Philip Stanton earned a BFA degree in fine arts from Rollins College in Florida, and an MFA degree in illustration from School of Visual Arts in New York. In New York he worked as a designer and art director with Jean-Claude Suarès at Prentice Hall Press, a division of Simon and Schuster.

Barcelona

Stanton moved to Barcelona in 1988 after a series of journeys in Europe. The city has been an important reference and element in his work since. The colors and energy of Mediterranean life, as well as his admiration for twentieth century masters Picasso and Matisse are refelected in many of his projects.

Since 1988 Stanton has participated in more than 40 solo and group exhibitions and has collaborated with newspapers and magazines (his covers for the cultural section of Barcelona newspaper [http://www.lavanguardia.es La Vanguardia] were awarded prizes by the [http://www.adg-fad.org ADGFAD] and included in the 1992 European Illustration/Illustration Now annual), as well as with a number of Spanish and internacional companies.

His work has received a number of design and illustration awards in Spain including: 12 Laus awards, the Apel.les Mestres prize for children's literature and the Junceda illustration prize from the Catalan professional illustrator's association [http://www.apic.es APIC] . Internationally his work has won awards or been included for publication in the Cresta Awards, the British Design and Art Direction Annual, and the Type Directors Club annual.

Stanton is also head of the postgraduate illustration program and professor of illustration at the [http://www.eina.edu EINA Art & Design School] in Barcelona.

Notable works

He is the author of a number of urban installations including: [http://www10.gencat.net/probert/index_cat.htm Palau Robert] (1997-98), [http://www.aquariumbcn.com l'Aquàrium de Barcelona] (1998), the inauguration ceremony of the European cup final (1999) in Barcelona, the set design of the internacional concert tour "Serrat-Tarrés" of Joan Manuel Serrat (2000), The construction wall during the building of the Agbar tower of architect Jean Nouvel (2001), the decoration of the Sagrada Família subway station (2002), the facade of PG45 (2006) and the parade floats of the holiday parade “Cabalgata de reyes” (2007) of the [http://www.bcn.es Barcelona city government] .

Children's book author and illustrator

As an illustrator of books for children and adults he has published more than 20 titles including collaborations with authors [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emili_Teixidor Emili Teixidor] , [http://www.sierraifabra.com Jordi Sierra i Fabra] , Ray Bradbury, [http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/hopkins.htm Lee Bennett Hopkins] , J. Patrick Lewis, Naguib Mahfouz, [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Carlos_Mart%C3%ADn_Ramos Juan Carlos Martín Ramos] , [http://www.escriptors.cat/autors/garcest/index.html Tomàs Garcés] and Jorge Zentner. He is the author and illustrator of “ [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Gata_Misha La Gata Misha] ” , a series of children's books published in Spain by [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_SM Grupo SM] .

His work has been published and translated into English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Catalan, and Italian.

Bibliography

As author and illustrator

* "¿Cómo te encuentras?" Ed. Casterman, 1995, Spain
* "Com et trobes?" Ed. Casterman, 1995, Spain

* "Comment te sents-tu?" Ed. Casterman, 1995, France
* "Hoe voel je je?" Ed. Casterman, 1995, Holland
* "¿Sonidos o ruidos?" Norma Editorial, 1995, Spain

* "¿Sons o sorolls?" Norma Editorial, 1995, Spain

* "Jolis sons ou villains bruits?" Ed. Casterman, 1995, France
* "Wat voor geluid maakt het?" Ed. Casterman, 1995, Holland
* "¡No quiero ser violeta!" from the collection “Misha, la gata violeta” Grupo SM, 2006, Spain
* "¡Hoy no voy al cole!" from the collection “Misha, la gata violeta” Grupo SM, 2006, Spain
* "Es mío, ¡devuélvemelo!" from the collection “Misha, la gata violeta” Grupo SM, 2006, Spain
* "¡No tengo sueño!" from the collection “Misha, la gata violeta” Grupo SM, 2006, Spain

As illustrator

* "Barcelona, la ciudad de los niños". Ediciones Pau S.L., 1995, Spain
* "Las noches de las mil y una noches". Círculo de Lectores, 1997, Spain

* "Aigua". Consorci de l’Auditori i l’Orquestra, 2003, Spain

* "Ring 1-2-3 y el mundo nuevo". Apel·les Mestres Prize Editorial Planeta, S.A., 2003, Spain

* "En Ring 1-2-3 i el món nou". Apel·les Mestres Prize Editorial Planeta, S.A., 2003, Spain
* "Cócteles Ilustrados". Blur ediciones, 2004, Spain

* "Poemamundi". Grupo Anaya, 2004, Spain

* "En Ring 1-2-3 i el món nou". (paperback) Planeta & Oxford, 2005, Spain
* "Intercanvi". Perspectiva Editorial Cultural, S.A. - Aura Comunicació, 2005, Spain
* "Got Geography!". Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2006, USA

* "Cançó de Sega". Ed. Cruïlla, 2006, Spain
* "En Ring 1-2-3 i la Lupa". Planeta & Oxford, 2007, Spain
* "La Casa Vella". Editorial Planeta, 2007, Spain
* "La Casa Vieja". Editorial Planeta, 2007, Spain

Covers and contributions

* "Entre amigas". Ediciones Destino, 1999, Spain

* "En la soledad del alba". Sopec Editorial, 1999, Spain

* "Mis primeras 80.000 palabras". Media Vaca, 2002, Spain

* "El topo a la luz del día". El Aleph, 2003, Spain

Honors and awards

* 1984 Sullivan Scholarship, Rollins College

* 1984 [http://www.oaf.com Orlando Advertising Foundation] (OAF) Scholarship

* 1985 [http://www.oaf.com Orlando Advertising Foundation] (OAF) Scholarship

* 1984 [http://www.whoswhoamongstudents.com Who´s Who] in American Colleges and Universities

* 1985 [http://www.whoswhoamongstudents.com Who´s Who] in American Colleges and Universities

* 1985 Albin C. [http://www.polasek.org Polasek Foundation] Scholarship

* 1985 Cornell Foundation Scholarship

* 1985 Fishbach Foundation Scholarship

* 1986 [http://foundation.scripps.com/foundation/home.html Scripps Howard Newspaper Foundation] Scholarship

* 1987 Fred C. Koch Foundation Scholarship

* 1987 Winter Park Community Trust Fund Scholarship

* 1987 [http://dev.www.uregina.ca/gradstudies/scholarships/displayScholarship.jsp?id=262 MFA Leslie T. Posey Foundation Scholarship] ,

* 1987 Award of Merit, CES Packaging Design Exposition, New York

* 1989 [http://www.dandad.org/ British Design and Art Direction] Annual, London

* 1990 [http://www.adg-fad.org/laus.php?pg=home LAUS/ADGFAD Design Prizes] : 3 bronze awards

* 1990 European Illustration/Illustration Now Juried Annual, 8 pages selected

* 1991 [http://www.adg-fad.org/laus.php?pg=home LAUS/ADGFAD Design Prizes] : 1 silver award,2 bronces

* 1992 [http://www.adg-fad.org/laus.php?pg=home LAUS/ADGFAD Design Prizes] : 1 silver award,

* 1993 [http://www.adg-fad.org/laus.php?pg=home LAUS/ADGFAD Design Prizes] : Trophy “Alimentario”

* 1993 [http://www.adg-fad.org/laus.php?pg=home LAUS/ADGFAD Design Prizes] : 1 silver award,1 bronze award

* 1994 [http://www.cresta-awards.com/index2.asp Cresta Awards] : Finalist, New York

* 1994 Typography 15, [http://www.tdc.org/index.html Type Director´s Club] , New York

* 1994 [http://www.adg-fad.org/laus.php?pg=home LAUS/ADGFAD Design Prizes] : 1 silver award

* 1995 [http://www.adg-fad.org/laus.php?pg=home LAUS/ADGFAD Design Prizes] : 1 silver award

* 1996 Barcelona City Government Design Prizes: 1 gold award

* 1998 Centenary poster del [http://www.rctb1899.es/cast/c-index.htm Real Club de Tenis] de Barcelona

* 2001 poster for XX Aniversario de la "Setmana del Cava"

* 2002 Finalist nacional Poster [http://www.marc-marti.com/17concurs_cartells2_esp.htmlPrize "Marc Martí"]

* 2002 Plata [http://www.premiosbestpack.com Premios "Best Pack"]

* 2003 XXIII [http://www.destinojoven.com/Colecciones.aspx?idpack=13&idselected=18 Premio Destino Apel.les Mestres] por “Ring 1-2-3 y el mundo nuevo”

* 2005 [http://www.apic.es/cas/quesom/activitats/continguts3.htm Junceda Illustration Prizes] APIC, Barcelona

References

Books

* Various authors. "El pols dels dies. 125 anys de La Vanguardia," Daniel Giralt Miracle (autor sección de ilustración), Barcelona: La Vanguardia, 2006. Pag. 106 y 107

* Ignasi Vich. "World’s sign selection," Barcelona: Index Book, 2002. Pag. 95, 107, 143

* Ramón Ubeda y Cristina Diaz. "Terminal B. Vol. I," Barcelona; FAD (Foment de les arts Decoratives), 2007. Pag. 360-361

* Daniel Giralt Miracle. "Dibuixants, humoristes i il·lustradors de La Vanguardia 1881-2006," Barcelona: Fundació Caixa Girona, 2006. Pag. 147

* James Henry Mann Jr, Nicolas Lampert, Raquel Pelta, Nadxieli Mannello. "Carteles contra una guerra. Signos por la paz," Barcelona: Editorial Gustavo Gili, 2003

* Various authors. "Retrat de Barcelona. Vol II," Carles Prats (autor sección de “Una Nova visió global”) Barcelona: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, 1995 Pag. 158-159

* Àngels Manzano, Ramón Úbeda, Maichael Bahr, Cristina Díaz. "Pez de Plata. Barcelona. Ciudad, creación, color," Barcelona: BMW Ibérica, 2006. Pag. 68-69

* Various authors. "Nessuno uniforme. Grafica contro la guerra," Milano: AIAP Assoziazione Italiana Progettazione per la Comunicazione Visiva, 2003. Pag. 19, 34 and 35.

Press

* Tomás Hornos. “Ilustrar una atmósfera, el tono, sugerir interpretaciones." [http://www.pressgraph.es/ Artegráfica] Nº 10 (febrero 2005), p. 6-22

* Carlos Díaz. “Stanton Studio. Creación sin etiquetas”. [http://www.visual.gi Visual] Nº 96 (2004) p. 116-122,

* Emili Teixidor. “Philip Stanton. Diario visual” Suplemento [http://www.lavanguardia.es Culturas, La Vanguardia] 21/06/2004, p. 12-13

* Antoni Mañach Moreno. “Philip Stanton” [http://www.codig.com Revista Codig] nº 72 (2003) p. 6 – 11

* Richard Schweid. “An exuberant cubist” [http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/ Barcelona Metropolitan] nº 64 (mayo 2002). p. 12-14

* Philip Stanton. “Cuadernos de Bolonia” [http://www.revistaclij.com/ CLIJ Cuadernos de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil] Nº 18 (marzo 2005) p. 56-59

* Philip Stanton, “Autorretrato” [http://www.revistaclij.com/ CLIJ Cuadernos de Literatura Infantil y Juvenil] Nº 169 (marzo 2004) p. 41-43

* Ricardo Nuno, “Interview with Philip Stanton”, ( [http://www.barceloca.com/dataDetails-2140/en-GB/Philip-Stanton-barcelona.aspx on-line] ) [http://www.barceloca.com Barceloca.com] (July 19th 2002)