Ilene Winn-Lederer
Illustration


Brief Description


Ilene Winn-Lederer, author & illustrator, can usually be found hovering between a mostly trusty iMac and a sometimes neat drawing table in her tiny treetop Pittsburgh studio, weaving stories & ideas into whatever visual mischief might light her fancy on the night you come to visit...



Webfolios:

www.winnlederer.com

www.magiceyegallery.com

Blog:

imaginarius13.wordpress.com



Books: 

Between Heaven & Earth: An Illuminated Torah Commentary    http://www.pomegranate.com/a166.html



The Alchymical Zoodiac: A Celestial Bestiary    http://www.winnlederer.com/zoodiacbook/default.htm



Stitchburgh   http://www.winnlederer.com/Stitchburgh/index.htm



The Little Sheep Who Couldn’t Sleep  http://www.winnlederer.com/sheep/index.htm




 
Clientele
Clients for illustration include: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Children's Television Workshop, Charlesbridge Publishers, Simon & Schuster Publishers, Cricket Magazine, Hadassah, NY., Pomegranate Communications, CA, Lilith Magazine, The Progressive Magazine, Sony, Inc, Tokyo.
Resume/CV


 



 



 



Ilene Winn-Lederer Illustration & Fine Arts



986 Lilac Street • Pittsburgh, PA 15217 • USA• (412) 421-8668




e-mail: [email protected]    internet: www.winnlederer.com




Education



1965 - 1968                          The Chicago Academy of Fine Arts                 



1960 - 1964                         The Museum School of the Art Institute of Chicago




Employment




1975 –Present                       Illustrator/Graphic Designer



                                             Ilene Winn-Lederer Illustration & Fine Arts Pittsburgh, PA



1988 – 1992                          Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art / Illustration Department     



                                College of Fine Arts/ Carnegie-Mellon University/ Pittsburgh, PA




Professional Affiliations




1996-Present                       The Pittsburgh Society Of Illustrators



1989–2005                    The Graphic Artist's Guild/ New York



1971-1999                           The Associated Artists of Pittsburgh



1967 – 1968            The Artists Guild of Chicago




Solo Exhibitions




 



2003                       Visual Alchymy



                                    Gallery In The Square/Pittsburgh, PA



1993                  Public Forums/Private Visions

Fine/Weis/Perlow Galleries: Jewish Community Center/ Pittsburgh, PA



1985                  Visual Fiction: Selected Drawings and Paintings

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Gallery: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts/ Pittsburgh, PA



1978                  The Irene Kaufmann Foundation

Jewish Community Center/ Pittsburgh, PA



1976                  A Graphic Bouquet: Selected Prints and Drawings

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Gallery: Pittsburgh Center for the Arts/ Pittsburgh, PA



 



 




Selected Group Exhibits




2009                  Fission of Form/Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators/Panza Gallery, Millvale, PA



2008                  Pittsburgh ReCast/The Pittsburgh Society Of Illustrators



                                    Senator John Heinz History Center (in association with The Smithsonian Institution), Pittsburgh, PA



2006                   American Illustration 25 Annual Publication



2000/2005                    The NY Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibitions, New York, NY



1997 - 2007                  The Pittsburgh Society Of Illustrators Annual Exhibit



                                    The John T. Barclay Galleries of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh/ Pittsburgh, PA



1997 - 1999                   The Binding Of Isaac: Genesis xxii And Its Progeny/A Traveling Exhibition



                                    The B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum/Washington, DC



1997 - 1998                  Hidden, Concealed & Revealed: A Search For Jewish Identity



                                    Fine/Weis/Perlow Galleries: Jewish Community Center/Pittsburgh, PA



1997                  The Lion Invitational Exhibition



                                    The B’nai B’rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum/Washington, DC



1996 - 1997                  Response/Responsa: Jewish Art As Dialogue



                                    Fine/Weis/Perlow Galleries: Jewish Community Center/Pittsburgh, PA



1992 - 1993                  Legacies: A Multicultural Exhibit

The Westmoreland Museum of Art/Greensburg, PA

Pittsburgh Center for the Arts/Pittsburgh, PA

Harlan Gallery/Seton Hill College/Greensburg, PA



1988 - 1990                  Faculty Exhibitions

Carnegie-Mellon University Gallery/ Pittsburgh, PA



1987                                Waterworks '87: Pittsburgh Watercolor Society

PPG Wintergarden Place/ Pittsburgh, PA



1972 - 1985                  Invitational Exhibit

The Three Rivers Arts Festival/ Pittsburgh, PA



1984                      Renaissance/Reconnaissance: Associated Artists of Pittsburgh

Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art/ Loretto, PA



1983                  Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Guest Artist

McClelland State Regional Gallery/ Melbourne, Australia



1982                  Aqueous '82



                                    Pittsburgh Watercolor Society

The Westmoreland Museum of Art/ Greensburg, PA



1973                  Appalachian Corridors Exhibit 3

Charleston Art Gallery of Sunrise/ Charleston, WV



1972 - 2001                  Annual Exhibitions: Associated Artists of Pittsburgh

Carnegie Museum of Art/ Pittsburgh, PA



1969                  Illustration West Exhibition

Museum of Science and Industry/ Los Angeles, CA



1967 - 1968                  Annual Members Exhibit

The Artists Guild of Chicago/ AGC Gallery/ Chicago, IL




Awards/Recognition




2005                      The New York Society of Illustrators 47th Annual Exhibition & Publication / New York, NY



                                    Sequential Category                 



2001                  Encountering The Second Commandment: The Samuel & Libbie Rosenberg Art Fund Award for 'Bezalel's Vision' The American Jewish Museum of Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA



2000                             The New York Society of Illustrators 42nd Annual Exhibition & Publication / New York, NY



                                    Editorial Category



                                    The Maryland-Delaware-D.C.Press Association



               EditorialCompetition/First Place in Feature Design Baltimore Jewish Times (Purim Issue Illustrations)



 1998                  The American Jewish Press Association: Simon Rockower Award (First Place) For Excellence In Magazine Illustration For Work Appearing In Hadassah Magazine/October 1997/New York, NY



1987                  Purchase Award: The Friends For Art In The Pittsburgh Public Schools

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibit

Carnegie Museum of Art/ Pittsburgh, PA



1987                  Grumbacher Gold Award :  Pittsburgh Watercolor Society / Waterworks '87



                                    PPG Wintergarden Plaza/ Pittsburgh, PA



1984                  Purchase Award: The Blount Collection of American Art

AAP Annual Exhibit: Carnegie Museum of Art/ Pittsburgh, PA



1982                  Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Award: Aqueous '82

Westmoreland Museum of Art/ Greensburg, PA



 




 



Collections




                  MARC Advertising Corporation / Pittsburgh, PA



                  AVM Corporation/ Pittsburgh, PA



                  The Blount Collection of American Art/ Montgomery, AL



                  Ketchum Communications, Inc./ Pittsburgh, PA



                  Sauer, Inc./ Pittsburgh, PA



                  Holiday Inn Corporation/ Pittsburgh, PA



                  The Friends For Art in the Pittsburgh Public Schools/ Pittsburgh, PA



                  Neutrogena, Inc./ Los Angeles, CA



                  Congregation Shaare Torah/Pittsburgh, PA



                  Congregation Beth Shalom/Pittsburgh, PA



                  The Jewish Community Center /Pittsburgh, PA




Books and Publications




                        Between Heaven & Earth: An llluminated Torah Commentary (Pomegranate, 2009) Ilene Winn-Lederer, Author/Illustrator



                                    The Alchymical Zoodiac Ilene Winn-Lederer Author/Illustrator, 2009 Imaginarius Editions, Pittsburgh PA.



                                    The Golden Dreydl Ellen Kushner & Ilene Winn-Lederer/Illustrator, 2007 Charlesbridge Publishers, Watertown, MA.



                                    How To Grow As An Illustrator Michael Fleishman 2007 Allworth Press/NY-pp. 22,76,81,82,102,104,107-108,110,69,72-73,74,227-228,64,66,166,169,173, 77-79,116.



                                    American Illustration 25 2006



                                    The New York Society of Illustrators 47th Annual Exhibition 2005



                                    The New York Society of Illustrators 42nd Annual Exhibition 2000



                                    Exploring Illustration:An In-Depth Guide to the Art and Techniques of Contemporary Illustration Michael Fleishman 2004 Thomson/Delmar Learning Publications/NJ pp.11,81,96,161,165,174-175,246,C-11



                                    Starting Your Career As A Freelance Illustrator Or Graphic Designer Michael Fleishman 2001 Allworth Press/ NY--pp. 66,199.216.221,237



                  The Tapestry of Jewish Time  Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin & Ilene Winn-Lederer 2000



                  Behrman House Publishers, Springfield,NJ



                  The PRINT Magazine Regional Design Annual   1986 pp. 233, 241



                  Creative Illustration Directory Vol. 8  Graphic Artist’s Guild, November, 1991 p.136



Visual Fiction™  Ilene Winn-Lederer, Focus Magazine. Sunday Pittsburgh Tribune Review,



Monthly Feature, Oct. 93-Jan. 97



Lettering Arts,  Joanne Fink and Judy Kastin, PBC International, Inc. Glen Cove, NY. 1993, p. 106



                  The Guild News Graphic Artist’s Guild Newsletter Spring, 1993 Book Reviews



                  Sometimes I Am A Kite Kathleen A. Thompson & Ilene Winn-Lederer.  1991 Simon and Schuster, NY                  The Binnacle Boy: Investigating Mysteries, Paul Fleischman & Ilene Winn-Lederer



                  Scholastic, Inc. New York, 1992.



 




Reviews




The Jewish Chronicle Of Pittsburgh, October 6, 2009 



With Between Heaven & Earth, Winn-Lederer Explores The Chain of Torah Interpretation, p. 14 Eric Lidji



Hadassah Magazine,  October –November 2009 Book Review p.69 Zelda Shluker



The Baltimore Jewish Times October 9, 2009 Illuminating Holiness, pp.46-47 Adam Stone



The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review   February 16, 1997 Entertainment (“Keeper Of The Faith”)



The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   May 1, 1993 Home Section, p. C-6 ART/Donald Miller



The Jewish Chronicle Of Pittsburgh  May 20, 1993, p.15 article by Iris Sampson (“Art Show Brings Bible, History To Life.”)



Thuringische Landeszeitung,  Germany, 24 Februar, 1989 (“Unter dem Zeichen des Davidsterns.”)



Pittsburgh Magazine  May 1989 Art Review/Harry Schwalb p. 25



The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review  September 6, 1987 Entertainment/ James L. Winokur



The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  January 9, 1976 ART/Donald Miller




Selected Clients: Illustration & Graphic Design




New York



The New York Times



The Wall Street Journal



Hadassah Magazine



Hadassah House Communications



Na'amat Woman Magazine



Israel Bond Development Corporation



Doubleday & Company, Publishers



Simon & Schuster, Publishers



Scholastic Publishers, Inc.



Westinghouse Electric Corporation



Children’s Television Workshop



New Jersey


Pearson/Prentice-Hall Publishers, Inc.



Pearson/Scott Foresman Publishers, Inc.



Baltimore, MD


The Baltimore Jewish Times



Washington, DC



Jewish Woman International Magazine



Chicago, IL



Cricket Magazine/Carus Publishing Group



McDonald’s Corporation



Recycled Paper Products, Inc.



Madison, WI



The Progressive Magazine



Philadelphia



The Philadelphia Inquirer



Boston



Charlesbridge Publishers



The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War



RedWheel Weiser Publishers



Greensboro, NC



USAir Magazine / Pace Communication



Washington, DC


Moment Magazine



Policy Review Magazine



Corte Madera, CA



Portal Publications, Inc.



Los Angeles, CA



Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Inc.



Continental Airlines



Elektra Records, Inc.



Sacramento, CA



Tower Record Corporation:



PULSE Magazine/Classical PULSE



Tokyo, JAPAN



The SONY Corporation






 



Awards and Accolades


Awards/Recognition




2005                      The New York Society of Illustrators 47th Annual Exhibition & Publication / New York, NY



                                    Sequential Category                 



2001                  Encountering The Second Commandment: The Samuel & Libbie Rosenberg Art Fund Award for 'Bezalel's Vision' The American Jewish Museum of Greater Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA



2000                             The New York Society of Illustrators 42nd Annual Exhibition & Publication / New York, NY



                                    Editorial Category



                                    The Maryland-Delaware-D.C.Press Association



               EditorialCompetition/First Place in Feature Design Baltimore Jewish Times (Purim Issue Illustrations)



 1998                  The American Jewish Press Association: Simon Rockower Award (First Place) For Excellence In Magazine Illustration For Work Appearing In Hadassah Magazine/October 1997/New York, NY



1987                  Purchase Award: The Friends For Art In The Pittsburgh Public Schools

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Annual Exhibit

Carnegie Museum of Art/ Pittsburgh, PA



1987                  Grumbacher Gold Award :  Pittsburgh Watercolor Society / Waterworks '87



                          PPG Wintergarden Plaza/ Pittsburgh, PA



1984                  Purchase Award: The Blount Collection of American Art

AAP Annual Exhibit: Carnegie Museum of Art/ Pittsburgh, PA



1982                  Pittsburgh Watercolor Society Award: Aqueous '82

Westmoreland Museum of Art/ Greensburg, PA





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