Emily McVarish (born 1965) is an American writer, designer, book artist and professor[1] at California College of the Arts. She lives and works in San Francisco and her work primarily takes the form of books.[2]
Career
editMcVarish's books are die-cut, handset, printed, and bound.[3] Her book Quickstead was selected as the Alastair Johnston Award Winner in 2014.[4]
Clifton Meador says "she uses the form of the book to explore things that cannot be explored any other way".[2]
Her work is held by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art's artist's book collection, British Library's American Collections and Harvard University's Printing and Graphic Arts Collection.[5]
Her work has been exhibited at Lesley University in Cambridge the Center for Book Arts in New York, and the San Francisco Public Library[4]
Bibliography
edit- Graphic Design History, with Johanna Drucker, Pearson, 2012. ISBN 978-0205219469
- MySearchLab, with Johanna Drucker, Pearson, 2012. ISBN 978-0205871278
- Quickstead, Granary Books, 2011–2013. Edition of 45
- A Thousand Several ,Granary Books, 2011
- The Square, Granary Books, 2009
- Was Here, Granary Books, 2001
- From the air E. McVarish, 2000
- At the wheel ,Granary Books, 1997
- Felicity, Letterpress, 1993. Edition of 50.[6]
References
edit- ^ "People Finder - California College of the Arts - Portal - CCA Portal". portal.cca.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ a b Meador, Clifton. "The Square". caareviews.org. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ Kesler, Christine. "A Thousand Several". artpractical.com. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ a b "Emily McVarish". Granary Books. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "EMILY MCVARISH". California College of the Arts. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "typenow". Colophon Gallery. Retrieved 19 January 2017.