Biography of Artist, John Maggard

 

John Maggard, by C.F. Payne

John Maggard earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Miami University's School of Fine Arts with emphasis on illustration in 1976. Currently, he continues his education in various electronic media, principally 3-D animation and modeling, as well as Adobe® Illustrator® and Photoshop®. Over the past several years, Mr. Maggard has made more and more use of digital imaging, at times as a tool for the design or completion of a traditionally painted piece, and at other times serving as the finshed art itself; either a complete digital image or moving animation. Teaching Experience Mr. Maggard has taught college level illustration courses at The College of Mt. St.Joseph, and The Art Academy Of Cincinnati, both Cincinnati, Ohio, and has lectured at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio.

Professional History The artist began production and printing experience while in college at Geo.Hill & Sons, Oxford, Ohio, preparing multimedia training aids for various industries. Upon graduation in 1976, he worked briefly at Gibson Greeting Cards, Cincinnati Ohio, then the NCR Corporation, Dayton, Ohio in Corporate Graphic Design. Between 1977 and 1980, Mr. Maggard was employed as staff illustrator/designer at Steinau-Fisher Studio, Cincinnati, Ohio. From 1980-81 he was employed as an illustrator at Wanamaker Advertising Arts, Dayton, Ohio. Since 1981, Mr. Maggard has been self employed as an illustrator, represented by Scott Hull Associates, in Dayton, Ohio & NYC. Mr. Maggard's professional work consists of approximately 50/50 percent advertising and editorial work, although other applications have recently increased. Some clients and publications include: Time-Life Music, Time Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, LA Times Magazine, Readers Digest, North American Review, Design News Magazine, Podiatry Today, Leadership Magazine, American Legion Magazine, Tor Books, Harper-Collins Publishing, Anheuser-Busch, Pepsi-7/UP, Mead Paper Co, National Football League, Cincinnati Milacron, American Heart Association, Telarc Records, The Disney Corporation, Lionel Corporation, Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, and Hayward-Baker Corporation. Professional Associations A member of the New York Society of Illustrators since 1993, The Illustrators' Partnership of America (IPA), and past member of Graphic Artists Guild, Mr. Maggard's work has placed in juried competitions for the Society of Illustrators' Annual Competition, Communication Arts Annual Competition, and Print magazine. he was also the recipient of the 1997 American Heart Association "Time Feeling and Focus" award for recognition of work on eighteen Cincinnati Mini-Marathon posters in the period 1979-1999. Besides his professional accomplishments, Mr. Maggard has been a member of the Terrace Park Volunteer Fire Dept. and EMS since 1994, and currently serves as a Captain on the Fire Dept.and co-Assistant Chief of EMS. Mr. Maggard resides in Terrace Park his wife Susan, children Daniel, Nathan and Allison, dog Taco and two recently rescued kittens, Gwendolyn and Oscar.