Anna Crichton

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Anna Crichton (born 1957) is a New Zealand illustrator, cartoonist and ceramicist. Her work has been published in The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal , and Time magazine . [1]

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Education

Crichton studied a Bachelor of Design at Wellington Polytechnic, graduating in 1981, [2] although another source gives 1977 as her date of graduation. [3]

Career

She started her career at the Dominion, before working as art director for the Listener , 1981–1984. She then traveled internationally, working variously as an art director or contributor to Sawasdee, Asian Advertising and Marketing, New York Times, Wall St Journal and Time magazine. [4] [2] Between 1993 and 1996, she was an illustrator, cartoonist and caricaturist for The Australian . [2] In 1999, she described The Australian as "the most inspiring place I'd ever worked. I was surrounded by some pretty talented artists". [3]

Between 2003 and 2011, she taught 'media design/conceptual thought/typography/publication design/illustration/composition' at Auckland University of Technology and Unitec. [2]

Awards

Crichton has won 5 Canon Media Awards for her work (from 2018, known as the Voyager Media Awards). [5]

Personal life

Crichton has two children, Eva and Reuben. [3] She describes herself as "an adventurer, a bargain hunter; as canny, lucky, bold and a risk taker". [3]

References

  1. ↑ "ATL: Unpublished Collections". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "About Anna Crichton". Anna Crichton: Illustration and Exploration. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Reidy, Sue (December 1999). "Sharp wit". Grace. 16: 61–64.
  4. ↑ "Anna Crichton: Drawing on her talents". 10 November 2010. ISSN   1170-0777 . Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Award-winning illustrator and cartoonist details her work". Stuff. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
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