Nicole Rifkin
n.rifkin.91@gmail.com (email)
@nicole_rifkin (Twitter)
@nicolerifkin (instagram)
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Represented by MA+ Group
For commissions please contact
N.Rifkin.91@gmail.com or louisa@maworldgroup.com
Biography
Nicole Rifkin is an illustrator currently living in Upstate New York
Education
2014 BFA Illustration, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2017 MFA Illustration as a Visual Essay, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Part time Faculty at Parsons School of Design
2021-?
Clients: 8x8, ABC, Apple, Amazon, the Atlantic, The Atavist, Audible, Baffled Magazine, The Believer, Bloomsbury Publishing, Bright Reads,Bloomberg, Business Insider, Bustle, Buzzfeed, Condé Nast, Complex, Concord Records, DC Comics, Disney, Entertainment Weekly, Entrepreneur Magazine, ESPN, Fast Company, Foreign Affairs, Globe and Mail, Guardian, Good Housekeeping, GQ, Harper Collins, Hearst, The Intercept, Input Magazine, Joyful Noise, Longreads, The Marshall Project, Matador Records, Marvel, Medium, Merge Records, Mic., Mondo, Mother Jones, Netflix, New Yorker, New York Times, New York Magazine, New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, Newsweek, NBC Universal, Outside Magazine, Overall Murals,Oribe, O, Penguin,Pentagram, Picador, Playboy, Politico, ProPublica, Random House, Reebok, Ringer, Simon and Schuster, Schoolastic, Showtime, Sourcebooks, Spotify, Star Tribune, Slate, Southern Poverty Law Center, Time Magazine, Texas Monthly, USA Today, Vanity Fair, Variety, Vice, Virtue, Vox, the Vulture, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, the Walrus, Wired
Awards/Recognition
2010 Pratt Presidential Scholarship
2012-14 Pratt President's List
2015 Society of Illustrators
2015 American Illustration 34 Selected
2015 3x3 Winner
2016 American Illustration 35 Selected
2016 Adobe Design Achievement Awards Semifinalist
2016 Society of Illustrators 59, Editorial Series
2016 Creative Quarterly 46
2016 Society of Illustrators Los Angeles
2017 Communication Arts Short List
2017 American Illustration 36 Selected
2018 American Illustration 37 Selected
2019 Society of Illustrated 61
2019 3x3 Merit Awards
2019 3x3 Honourable Mention
2019 American Illustration 38
2020 American Illustration 39
2020 Society of Illustrators 62
2020 Art Director’s Club One Show Merit Award
2020 Gold Medal from Society of Illustrators for Uncommissioned Series
2020 Society of Illustrators 63
Group Exhibitions
2013 Required Reading, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Fairytales, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Boss Whedon (A Tribute to Joss Whedon), Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
2014 A Tribute to Family Guy, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Crazy 4 Cult 8, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Pratt Design Show, New York, NY
2014 Bushwick Open Studios, New York, NY
2014 Dimebag 4, New York, NY
2015 Comedians, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Postcards, Gallery1988, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Idiot Box 2, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Dog Charity Event, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles CA
2015 Clue, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles CA
2015 Sega Genesis/Super Nintendo, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles CA
2015 Tom Hanks, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles CA
2015 Crazy 4 Cult 9, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles CA
2015 Zine Society Library, UT Dallas Artist Residency CentralTrak, Dallas TX
2015 Comic Arts Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Masters of Mayhem, Hero Complex Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2015 Monster Maker, Hero Complex Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2015 Kids of Cult, Hero Complex Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2015 Toy Story 20th Tribute, Hero Complex Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2015 Brooklyn Biennial Submissional, Cotton Candy Machine, Brooklyn NY
2016 20 Years Later, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
2016 World Design Conference, Taipei, Taiwan
2016 Dolor Local, Guadalajara, Mexico
2016. SVA MFA Illustration Book Show, New York, New York
2016 Comic Arts Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Postcard Correspondence 2, Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, California
2017 Melted City 4, Blanc Gallery, Philippines
2017 Society of Illustrators Editorial and Book Show, New York
2017 The Great Outdoors, Gowanus Print Lab, Brookyn, New York
2017 Melted City 4: At RISD, RISD, Providence, Rhode Island
2018 Beach Babes, Hot Bods, and other Warm Bodies, Grumpy Bert, Brooklyn, New York
2018 Red Envelope Show, Grumpy Bert, Brooklyn, New York
2018 CAKE Chicago, Illinois
Selected Publications and Web Features
2013 Ipsum Magazine, Feature
2013 Mutantspace.com, Feature
2013 Juxtapoz.com, Feature
2014 Constructed By, Interview
2015 Society of Illustrators Student Book
2015 American Illustration 34
2015 3x3 Annual 12
2016 American Illustration 35
2016 Supersonic Art, Feature
2016 Booooooom, Feature
2016 UpperPlayground, Feature
2016 Sanatsever, Feature
2016 Hi Fructose Magazine, Feature
2016 Inkult Magazine, Feature
2016 Style For Mankind, Feature
2016 Contemporary Art Curator, Feature
2016 Daily Dose, Interview
2016 Design is Kinky, Feature
2016 Hypocrite Design, Interview
2016 Women Who Draw
2016 RESIST!, Featured Comic
2017 Society of Illustrators 59 Annual
2017 Les Femmes Folles, Interview
2017 Communication Arts, Fresh, Feature
2017 Spindle Magazine, Interview
2017 American Illustration 36
2018 American Illustration 37
2018 Society of Illustrators 60
2019 Society of Illustrators 61
2019 American Illustration 38
2019 3x3 Annual 16
2019 Frankie Magazine Review
2019 Digital Arts, Interview
Various Clients:
AdHoc Presents
AJJ
Asian Man Records
Aspiga
Bethlehem Steel
Charly Bliss
Death Cab for Cutie
Eddie Vedder
Exploding in Sound Records
Fucked Up
Half Waif
Ipsum Presents
Jack White
Jeff Rosenstock
Laura Jane Grace
Mannequin Pussy
Matador Records
Merge Records
The New Pornographers
Oceanator
Pavement
Pile
Post Trash
Prima
Shea Stadium
Speedy Ortiz
Titus Andronicus
Water from Your Eyes
Wilco