TERRY WIDENER
represented by Michèle Manasse
telephone: 215.862.2091

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Posted 01/05/2009

BIOGRAPHY

Terry Widener was born and raised outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1950.  Growing up in a small town during the 50’s allowed Terry and
his friends to roam freely about the town and much of this atmosphere and his childhood experiences are evident in Terry’s paintings.
Terry’s art training began in elementary school and continued through high school and college.
Terry also has a lifelong interest in many sports as a participant and viewer.
He combined these two interests to attend the University of Tulsa on an athletic scholarship and received a BFA majoring in graphic design.
Terry worked as a graphic designer in Tulsa until he and his wife, Leslie, an art director and stylist moved to Dallas, Texas in 1980.
In 1981 Terry started his own studio concentrating primarily on illustration. Terry and Leslie moved their family and his studio to McKinney, Texas in 1991.
In 1995 he illustrated his first children’s picture book, “Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man” written by David A. Adler.
Since then Terry has illustrated over 20 books for children.
Clients from the United States, Europe, and Japan have worked with Terry.
His illustrations have appeared in numerous publications including Sports Illustrated, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.
He has also done work for major corporations such as Coca-Cola, and Time, Inc. along with some of the premier advertising agencies in the world.
Terry’s work has won numerous awards for design and illustration and is in the permanent collection of Harvard,
The Ad Center of Chiba, Japan, Aesculap Corporation of Germany, Burger King and private collectors across the country.
Terry continues to illustrate picture books and is now doing sports paintings available as limited edition giclee prints.

CLIENTS

Magazines & Newspapers
Time Inc., Bloomberg Magazine, Byte Magazine, Forbes, Glamour, Kiplinger’s, Travel & Leisure Magazine,
Networker Magazine, American Spectator Magazine, ACM, The Magazine Group, Hearst Publishing, CMP Pubications,
JS Publication Design, San Diego Union Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Networker Magazine, Publish, Sports Illustrated,
Harvard Business Review, CAI Magazine, Medical Economics, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, USA Week-end,
US News & World Report, Backpacker Magazine, New Age Journal, Women Sport & Fitness Magazine, Reform Judaism Magazine,
California Lawyer Magazine, BusinessWeek, Redbook.

Advertising & Design
Sudler & Hennessey Advertising,St Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, Holt Rinehart & Winston, Portal Communications, Sun Microsystems,
Sayes International, Lalaport Shopping Center in Japan, Nobleworks, Shub,Dirksen,Yates & McAllister, The Council on Foundation,
Wilz Design, Triangle Communications, Mires Design, Ted Mader & Associates, Nobleworks, Integrated Communications,
The Coca-Cola Company, Council on Foundation, Northern Kentucky Visitor Center, Tierney & Partners, Application Development,
D. Parks & Associates in Korea, Ligature, National Association of Realtors, The Morris Group, BB&K Design,  Ammarati & Puris Advertising,
The American Theater, DesignFrame, Business Direction in Portugal, Heitner Weiss Advertising, Louis Judot Wines, Dinardo Design.

Book Publishers
Harcourt Publishers, Hyperion, Sterling Publishers, Scott Foresman, Paramount Publishing, Addison Wesley Longman Publishing, Simon & Schuster Publishing,
Penguin/Putnam & Sons Books for Young Readers, Three Communications Design, Avon Books, Peachpit Press,McGraw-Hill Publishers,
Harpercollins Canada, JP Putnam's Sons, Orchard Books, Springhouse Publishing,  Atheneum Publishing, Holt Rinehart & Winston,
Scholastic, Paramount Publishing, University of Nebraska Press, Pearson Publishing, Bookspan Children,  Rigby Publishing,
Korey-Lie Design, Brown Publishing Network,Prentice-Hall, Athaneum.
 
 
 

AWARDS

Society of Illustrators NYC # 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33
Communication Arts 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991
Print Regional Annual 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1995
American Illustration Annual # 1, 5, 6, 7
Art Directors Club of New Jersey exhibition 1990
Art Directors Magazine Creativity Award 1987, 1990
Mead Annual Report Show for the 1989 Time Inc. Annual Report
Society of Publication Designers 1985, 1997
Society of Illustrators1997 “Lou Gehrig: The Luckiest Man.
    Society of Illustrators 1999 for the  children books"Tambourine Moon" and "the Babe and I".
    Society of Illustrators 2005 “Roy Makes A Car” and  “Joe Louis: America’s Fighter”

Awards for "Lou Gehrig,The Luckiest Man",written by David Adler,published by Harcourt Brace
April '97:  Boston Globe Horn Book,Honor Book 1997. National Parenting Publications Gold Award Winner 1997. Marion Vannett Ridgway Memorial Award Honor Book 1997. New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 1997. Nominated for 1998 Red Clover Award in Vermont. Nominated for 1998 Texas Bluebonnet Award. Finalist for 1997 Golden Kite Award. "Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book".  San Francisco Chronicle Book Review Best Books of the Year.
ALA Most Notable Book 1997. Featured Speaker at the Texas Book Festival-Austin November 1997. IRA Teachers Choice. New Jersey Garden State Children's Book Award/Non-Fiction Winner 2000.
Awards for "The Babe and I", written by David Adler, published by Harcourt Brace,Spring 1999
Smithsonian Best Children's Book list 1999. Miami Herald Best Children's Books 1999. ABA Pick of the List 1999,
2000-2001 Kentucky Bluegrass Award Winner, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award 2000,
2002-2003 California Young Reader medal.
Award for "Tambourine Moon", written by Joy Jones, published by Simon & Schuster,Fall 1999:
ABA Kids Pick of the List.  “This Land Is Our Land” traveling exhibition 2005-2006.
Award for "America's Champion Swimmer-Gertrude Ederle",written by David Adler,published by Harcourt Brace, Spring 2000
Junior Library Guild List, 2001Toy Portfolio, 2001 Oppenheim Platinum Award,
2001 Orbis Pictus Award Honor Book, 2000 Capitol Choices.
Award for "Shoe Magic", written by Nikki Grimes, published by Orchard Books, Fall 2000:
Nest Library Classics Fall 2000 selection.
Award for "Christmas Cobwebs", written by Odds Bodkin, published by Gulliver Books,Harcourt Inc., Winter 2001:
2001 Junior Library Guild.
Award for “Roy Makes a Car”, written by Mary E Lyons, published by Atheneum 2005
Aesop Award (Prize) 2005,  New York Public Library 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2005.
Award for “Joe Louis,America's Fighter”,written by David Adler,published by Harcourt Brace, Spring 2005
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People 2006, the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children's Book Council,
a star in the 10/15/05 edition of Kirkus.
Texas Book Festival:
Featured Speaker, 1997, 1998, 2000
Judge for Book Competions:
Marion Vannett Ridgway Memorial Award, 2001-2005

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