Michael Pleesz
Vienna
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FIRST PANEL PAINTING ON THE SCHOOL BLACKBOARD, AGED 8 + FINAL DECISION NOT TO BE A CRANE OPERATOR LIKE DADDY, BUT TO BECOME AN ARTIST + ACCEPTANCE INTO THE GRAPHISCHEN BUNDES-LEHR-UND VERSUCHSANSTALT, AGED 13 + DISCOVERY OF THE AIRBRUSH AND THE WORK OF FRANK FRAZETTA AND WILLI MITSCHKA + REALISATION ...moreTHAT ILLUSTRATION COULD BE A CAREER + CAREER EXPERIENCE IN THE ORF GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF ERICH SOKOL + GRADUATION FROM THE MASTER CLASS OF THE GRAPHISCHE + 5 YEARS' EMPLOYMENT AS ILLUSTRATOR AND LAYOUT ARTIST + LEARNING AND PERFECTING OF AIRBRUSH AND OTHER ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUES + ART DIRECTOR AND MENTOR ROBERT KAITAN ADVISES, "BE BOLD, LAD." + 1987 - SELF-EMPLOYED ILLUSTRATOR + WORK FOR ADVERTISING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRIES + REPLACEMENT OF THE AIRBRUSH WITH DIGITAL MEDIA + REPRESENTATION IN GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND BY THE AGENCIES ART-ACT AND KINKY ILLUSTRATORS + 2000 - ART DIRECTORS' CLUB GERMANY AWARD FOR THE PLAYBOY ILLUSTRATION 'DEATH AND THE STREETSWEEPER' + 2005 - 2 ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE 'THE ART OF SPIEGEL' EXHIBITION IN THE MAK VIENNA AND THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS IN NEW YORK, AMONG OTHER GALLERIES + SINCE 2011 - INSTRUCTOR AT THE NEW DESIGN UNIVERSITY, ST. PÖLTEN + SINCE 2015 - INSTRUCTOR FOR ILLUSKILLS (show less)
RECENT POSTS of Michael Pleesz, SORTED BY DATE
In light of recent events, we are delighted to present the November 2021 cover of CICERO once again by retro specialist Michael PLEESZ c/o ART ACT. Who would have thought that grain would play such an important role in our digital world? And that Mrs. Baerbock* would be – at least for the moment – the one who seems to be calling the shots and surpassing her male colleagues in terms of popularity?
The cover motif for the direction of the new German government coalition came in second place in the cover-of-the-month competition upon publication. We have a few jury statements for you on GoSee.NEWS:
Christian Anhut, Executive Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi: “Foreign policy as a re-plowed field. And our new federal government as a carpool trying to find a mutual direction. Good luck!”
Elmar Gerlach, Creative Director at Butter: “Wonderful retro illustration symbolizing the departure from a healthy but dusty world. Garnished with the title of SPD magazine ‘Vorwärts’, befitting of...
