Michael Pleesz

Illustrator
Vienna

FIRST PANEL PAINTING ON THE SCHOOL BLACKBOARD, AGED 8 + FINAL DECISION NOT TO BE A CRANE OPERATOR LIKE DADDY, BUT TO BECOME AN ARTIST + ACCEPTANCE INTO THE GRAPHISCHEN BUNDES-LEHR-UND VERSUCHSANSTALT, AGED 13 + DISCOVERY OF THE AIRBRUSH AND THE WORK OF FRANK FRAZETTA AND WILLI MITSCHKA + REALISATION THAT ILLUSTRATION COULD BE A CAREER + CAREER EXPERIENCE IN THE ORF GRAPHICS DEPARTMENT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF ERICH SOKOL + GRADUATION FROM THE MASTER CLASS OF THE GRAPHISCHE + 5 YEARS' EMPLOYMENT AS ILLUSTRATOR AND LAYOUT ARTIST + LEARNING AND PERFECTING OF AIRBRUSH AND OTHER ILLUSTRATION TECHNIQUES + ART DIRECTOR AND MENTOR ROBERT KAITAN ADVISES, "BE BOLD, LAD." + 1987 - SELF-EMPLOYED ILLUSTRATOR + WORK FOR ADVERTISING AND PUBLISHING INDUSTRIES + REPLACEMENT OF THE AIRBRUSH WITH DIGITAL MEDIA + REPRESENTATION IN GERMANY AND SWITZERLAND BY THE AGENCIES ART-ACT AND KINKY ILLUSTRATORS + 2000 - ART DIRECTORS' CLUB GERMANY AWARD FOR THE PLAYBOY ILLUSTRATION 'DEATH AND THE STREETSWEEPER' + 2005 - 2 ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE 'THE ART OF SPIEGEL' EXHIBITION IN THE MAK VIENNA AND THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS IN NEW YORK, AMONG OTHER GALLERIES + SINCE 2011 - INSTRUCTOR AT THE NEW DESIGN UNIVERSITY, ST. PÖLTEN + SINCE 2015 - INSTRUCTOR FOR ILLUSKILLS

Languages: German