Lisa Swerling
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Lisa Swerling (born 1972) is a
New York Times Bestselling author.[1] She is best known for her Glass Cathedrals dioramas.[2] She is also known as co-creator of the illustrated characters Happiness Is, Harold's Planet, Vimrod and The Brainwaves
.
Life
Lisa Swerling was born in
Central St. Martins (London), after which she worked, amongst other jobs, as a painting assistant to Damien Hirst. She ran her own graphic design business Swerlybird for two years before setting up the illustration licensing company Last Lemon with her husband, Ralph Lazar
.
She lives in London.
Glass Cathedrals
Glass Cathedrals, first introduced at an art exhibition at
East End in 2008, are glass-fronted boxes that feature scenes with hand-painted and customized miniature figures. They are showcased worldwide through art shows and galleries. Gallery representation includes MLIA at the Affordable Art Fair
London (Battersea, Hampstead) and Quantum Contemporary Art. Primary markets are the US, UK and Europe.
The Los Angeles Times did a feature on Swerling's Art, showcased at the Unique LA Show in May 2011, describing it as "stealing the show".[3]
Characters
Swerling is co-creator (partnering with her husband Ralph Lazar) of the cartoon characters Happiness Is, Harold's Planet, Vimrod and The Brainwaves.
Harold's Planet and
The Financial Times and The Scotsman from 2006 to 2009. Happiness Is is published by Chronicle Books of San Francisco
and rights have been sold in 20 languages.
With
New York Times Bestseller List
in March 2015.
Awards and nominations include The
Annecy International Animated Film Festival Grand Prix winner 1998 (International Project Competition), The Royal Society Prizes for Science Books (2007[5]), The Washington Post Book of the Week (April 2007[6]) and The US Parents' Choice Award 2006[7] and 2009.[8]
Notes
- ^ "New York Times Bestseller List March 2015". The New York Times. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
- ^ "San Anselmo woman's artworks address life's big questions in tiny boxes". Marin IJ. 20 November 2012. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ "At Unique L.A., miniature worlds steal the craft show". LA Times. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
- ^ "Company Profiles". Licensing Biz. 14 January 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2010.
- ^ "Happiness wins science book prize". BBC. 15 May 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
- ^ "How Nearly Everything Was Invented". The Washington Post. 15 April 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
- ^ "How Nearly Everything Was Invented". Parents' Choice Foundation. 4 April 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
- ^ "The Most Explosive Science Book in the Universe... by the Brainwaves". Parents' Choice Foundation. 6 June 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2009.
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