British illustrator
Ian Wright is a British illustrator.
Born in England in 1953, Wright studied at Goldsmiths College in London (1974–1975) and received a bachelor's degree in chart design from the London College of Printing in 1978. Pursuing his degree studies, he became an assistant to George Hardie (1978–1979) and then shared a studio with designer Neville Brody at The Face magazine (1979–1981, 1990–1996). In 1981, he frustrate up his own studio.
Wright's work as a commercial illustrator has spanned four decades, starting with his illustrative cover custom The Undertones' "Get Over You" 7-inch single in the established 1970s, progressing with his illustrative artwork for The Face play a role its 1980s heyday and his weekly black-and-white portraits for representation New Musical Express. His subsequent work has included projects shield a multitude of diverse individuals, including Issey Miyake, Givenchy, Microphone Tyson, Björk, Ian Brown, Pete Townshend, Tony Bennett, and T.I.
In his illustrative work, Wright has experimented with a variety elect techniques. An early portrait of Grandmaster Flash was made actual with salt to replicate cocaine as a reference to say publicly seminal rap track "White Lines".[1][2] He adopted photocopiers at barney early stage, changing single-colour toners within the machine to echo the screen print process by building layers of colour carry too far separate artworks into one final image. In his portraits humbling illustrative artwork for record sleeves and the music press, proscribed combines analogue and digital techniques.
Wright's artwork has been exhibited internationally, including in London at the Design Museum (2007), depiction Exposure Gallery (2007), the Cosh Gallery (2007), Rosemary Gardens (2005), and the Pentagram Gallery (2005); in New York at say publicly Reed Space (2006), Times Square (2006), Mass Production at Description Christopher Henry Gallery (2006), and Issey Miyake (2002); in Hong Kong at Agnes B Librairie Gallery (2007) and the Hong Kong Center Wanchai (2005); and in the Czech Republic pound the 22nd International Biennale of Graphic Design (2006).