Awards – Fine Art & Installation

My 2 Awards from American Illustration 37

Gary Taxali — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 22:08:16 +0000

I am thrilled to announce that 2 of my recent works have been selected to appear in this year’s American Illustration Annual. I consider myself very fortunate to be included in this gorgeous coffee table book once again. Being accepted into this publication always bestows upon me a great sense of accomplishment, and I would like to thank American Illustration and their jury for selecting my 2 pieces this year out of over 8,000 submissions.

This fantastic book will be published in November 2018. These are my winning entries:

“The Slide” Bronze, commissioned for The National Pastime Museum

“NO” Personal work, mixed media on paper

My 3 Awards from American Illustration

Gary Taxali — Sat, 02 Apr 2016 19:42:41 +0000

I am pleased to have just learned that 3 of my recent works have been selected into the American Illustration Annual. I have been very lucky to have been included in their beautifully printed coffee table award book on a yearly basis. The feeling of accomplishing work that I am proud of is always highlighted by my notice of acceptance, so thank you American Illustration and the jury for selecting my 3 pieces. Only 339 pieces out of 10,003 entries were selected. (That may be a record number of entries!)

This beautiful coffee table book will be published in November 2016. Here are my winning pieces:

“Coq Au Vin”, commission for Chef Thomas Keller, mixed media

“The Anointment”, personal work, oil on baltic birch

“Je t’aime Paris”, personal work created for The Paris Attacks

Communication Arts Illustration Annual

Gary Taxali — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 19:06:56 +0000

I just received the good news today that 2 of my pieces were accepted into the Communication Arts Illustration Annual! This juried competition receives the most entries out of any professional illustration competition, so to get recognized is quite the honour. This year, they received just under 4000 entries from all over the world, and only 167 were accepted.

The two works that the jury awarded of my work were a poster/print that I did for OCAD University‘s 100th GradEx show, and an editorial illustration I created for Mother Jones magazine about the harmful effects on the environment by air conditioners. The awards issue comes out in July 2016.

Thank you Communication Arts, and thank you esteemed jury!

If you would like to purchase a limited edition silk screen print of the poster, please click here.

Art for Chef Keller Wins Society of Illustrators Award

Gary Taxali — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:49:03 +0000

A short while ago, I was commissioned to create artwork for the amazing Chef Thomas Keller, who runs the famous 3 Michelin star restaurant The French Laundry in the Napa Valley. Anthony Bourdain called his restaurant, “the best restaurant in the world…period.” The artwork was created for Chef Keller’s publication, Finesse for an upcoming issue. He was so happy with the art, he purchased the original.

If that wasn’t an honour enough, I recently found out the art won an award at the Society of Illustrators. On Feb 3rd, the award reception will be taking place at the Society in NYC, so if you’re in NYC you may attend the reception/opening of the awards exhibit.

Award from The Society of Illustrators

Gary Taxali — Mon, 04 Jan 2016 23:10:54 +0000

Last year, I created a poster for Artscape (a not-for-profit urban development organization in Toronto that provides spaces for artists) for their annual fundraiser. I am pleased to announce this poster has won a Society Of Illustrators award! The opening reception is this Friday, January 8th in NYC.

This artwork is now available as a print, which can be purchased HERE.