VISUAL ARTS

Mirko Ilic was born in Bosnia and illustrated and art-directed posters, record covers, and comics in Europe before moving to the United States in 1986 where he was commissioned as illustrator for many major magazines and newspapers. He was Art Director for the International Edition of Time, and the New York Times Op-Ed pages before establishing Mirko Ilic Corp., a graphic design, 3-D computer graphics, and motion picture title studio. Ilic has taught at Cooper Union and currently teaches Master Degree classes in Illustration at the School of Visual Arts. He is the co-author of Genius Moves: 100 Icons of Graphic Design, Handwritten, and The Anatomy of Design, all with Steven Heller. He is the co-author of The Design of Dissent with Milton Glaser. Ilic has received medals from the Society of Illustrators, Society of Publication Designers, Art Directors Club, I.D. Magazine, Society of Newspaper Design, and others.