Scott Bakal
Scott Bakal graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York City in 1993 and has been creating art for print and exhibition worldwide since then. A little over a decade later, he received a Masters of Arts from Syracuse University and received a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Hartford. As an instructor Bakal has taught and lectured at various schools including Fashion Institute of Technology and is currently an Associate Professor at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. In 2010, he was honored to receive the Artist/Educator of the Year award by 3×3 Magazine.
Bakal’s work has been featured in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Variety, Playboy, Family Circle, O Magazine (Oprah), Ebony, Tufts, Wells Fargo, Yoga Journal, Discover, Smithsonian, Scientific American, Sierra, Tor Books, Schwartz & Wade and the Vancouver Opera as well as over 100 other publications and media. Bakal has received numerous awards for his work, including honors from the Society of Illustrators (Silver Medal) and the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles (Gold Medal), and was published as one of the 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide by Luerzer’s Archive. His work is in the permanent collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum, the Society of Illustrators at the Museum of American Illustration, the New Britain Museum of American Art and the National Museum of the United States Air Force.