Steven Guarnaccia

Steven Guarnaccia is an illustrator and author, and Professor Emeritus of Parsons School of Design. He was formerly Op-Ed art director of the New York Times.

He has worked for major magazines and newspapers including the New York Times, Abitare and Rolling Stone and has created murals for Disney and exhibition drawings for the Museum of Modern Art. He is the author of books on popular culture and design for Chronicle Books, including Black and White and a Stiff Drink and a Close Shave.

He has designed watches for Swatch and greeting cards for MoMA, won awards from the AIGA, the Art Directors Club, and the Bologna Book Fair and has had one-man shows internationally. His children’s books include The Three Bears: A Tale Moderne, The Three Little Pigs: An Architectural Tale and Cinderella: A Fashionable Tale, all published by Corraini and Abrams. His latest children’s books include The Story of Pasta, a book of pasta lore and recipes, published by Phaidon and The Museum of Nothing, published by Minerva.

His exhibition, Fatherland, was shown at the Hamelin Gallery and has traveled to the East London Comic Arts Festival, the Barcelona FLIC festival, the Ministerium fuer Illustration/ Berlin, the Tabook Festival and to Yui Gallery, NY.