Maira Kalman was born in Tel Aviv
and moved to New York with her family at the age of four. She has worked as a
designer, author, illustrator and artist for more than thirty years without formal
training. Her work is a narrative journal of her life and all its absurdities.
She has written and illustrated twelve children's books including Ooh-la-la-Max
in Love, What Pete Ate, and Swami on Rye. She often illustrates for The New Yorker
magazine, and is well known for her collaboration with Rick Meyerowitz on the
NewYorkistan cover in 2001. Recent projects include The Elements of Style (illustrated),
and a monthly on-line column entitled Principles of Uncertainty (2006-07) and
The Pursuit of Happiness (2008-09) for The New York Times.
Maira Kalman has had four exhibitions at the Julie Saul Gallery since 2003. In 2010, The Institute of Contemporary Art organized a retrospective of Kalman's work, entitled Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World), which traveled to The Jewish Museum (New York, NY), the Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA), the Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco, CA), and the University of Pennsylvania.
She lives in New York and walks a lot.
Maira Kalman has had four exhibitions at the Julie Saul Gallery since 2003. In 2010, The Institute of Contemporary Art organized a retrospective of Kalman's work, entitled Various Illuminations (of a Crazy World), which traveled to The Jewish Museum (New York, NY), the Skirball Cultural Center (Los Angeles, CA), the Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco, CA), and the University of Pennsylvania.
She lives in New York and walks a lot.
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