Beppe Giacobbe
His work has been featured in numerous exhibitions throughout Italy as well as internationally. His most important shows include exhibitions at the Vigado Gallery in Budapest (1996), the Hyperion Gallery in Turin (1999), the Castello in Belgioioso (2001), and the Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators in New York (2004), which also continuously featured his work in exhibitions between 2006 and 2012. He taught for twelve years at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Milan, and currently teaches at ISIA Urbino. He is the recipient of multiple awards and accolades, both in Italy and in the United States, including gold medal for best illustrated children’s book of the year from the American magazine 3×3 (2006) and the gold medal in the book category from Communication Arts (2009). He has worked with American Airlines for several years, illustrating some of their most famous campaigns, and is a longstanding contributor to the New York Times, The New Yorker, and many other publications. He currently contributes to the Corriere della Sera and the Courrier International, in addition to pursuing his own highly personal projects—such as completing rigorously blackand-red illustrations for a copy of the Bible he found on the streets of Manhattan.