DAVID A. CHERRY

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

 

PROFESSIONAL:
June 2000 to Present Artist for Ensemble Studios/Microsoft
1983-2000 Freelance Artist/Illustrator/Writer 
1983 Attorney (Administrative Law)

PUBLICATIONS:

THE ART OF MICHAEL WHELAN
(Interview of Michael Whelan regarding technique—Bantam Books 1993)

THE ART OF DAVID A. CHERRY TRADING CARDS
(Collection of David A. Cherry art trading cards published by FPG Cards.)

1995 ARTIST’S MARKET
(Interview /article with David Cherry on the business of becoming a professional artist.)

IMAGINATION: THE ART AND TECHNIQUE OF DAVID A. CHERRY
(Treatise on acrylic painting technique plus portfolio of over 40 paintings and drawings—published in 1987 by The Donning Co.)

THE ODD MAN OUT
(Fictional short story appearing in anthology entitled THE WAR YEARS: THE JUPITER WAR, edited by William Fawcett and David Drake, published spring of 1991 by ROC Books.)

HONORS AND AWARDS:
 
2000Chesley Award Nomination for Lifetime Artistic Achievement
1998Hugo Award Nomination for Best Professional Artist of 1997
1997Hugo Award Nomination for Best Professional Artist of 1996
1996Hugo Award Nomination for Best Professional Artist of 1995
1995Invitational Speaker at the Smithsonian Institution
 Judge for the 1994 Spectrum Annual
1994Hugo Award Nomination for Best Professional Artist of 1993
1993Hugo Award Nomination for Best Professional Artist of 1992
1993Chesley Award for 1992 Best Cover Illustration: Paperback Book
 Chesley Award for 1992 Best Monochrome
1992Hugo Award Nomination for Best Professional Artist of 1991
 Chesley Award for 1991 Best Cover Illustration: Paperback Book
 Chesley Award for Best Color Painting: Unpublished
1991Hugo Award Nomination for Best Professional Artist of 1990
 The Polly Freas Award for Artistic Merit
 The Frank R. Paul Award for Artistic Achievement
 The Skylark Award for significant contribution to the field of Science Fiction
1990Hugo Award Nomination for Best Professional Artist of 1989
 The Polly Freas Award for Artistic Merit
1989Hugo Award Nomination for Best Professional Artist of 1988
 The Chesley Award for contributions to the field of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art--(for efforts lobbying to repeal the application of Uniform Capitalization Rules to artists)
1988Hugo Award Nomination for Best Professional Artist of 1987
 Hugo Award Nomination for Best Non-fiction Book of 1987 (For IMAGINATION: THE ART AND TECHNIQUE OF DAVID A. CHERRY.)
 The Chesley Award--contributions to the field of Science Fiction and Fantasy Art (For reorganization of The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists and other services as president of that organization.)
1986The Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration: Hardbound
 The Chesley Award for Best Color Work: Unpublished
 
 
EXHIBITIONS:
 
1994INTO THE FUTURE—at the Charles B. Goddard Center in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
1993THE MAGIC: 1993 NATIONAL SHOW & SALE—at Repartee Gallery in Park City, Utah.
1992-1993ART OF THE COSMOS—Traveling exhibit of astronomical art touring the United States and Canada that debuted at the International Space Arts Festival at Titusville, Florida. Sponsored by the International Association for the Astronomical Arts.
1990IN DREAMS AWAKE: THE ART OF FANTASY—at the Park Avenue Atrium in New York, sponsored by Olympia and York.
 INTO THE FUTURE: THE ART OF SCIENCE FICTION—at the Park Avenue Atrium in New York, sponsored by Olympia and York.
1989THE ART OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION—at the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware.
 THE 1989 INVITATIONAL SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY EXHIBITION—at Studio 125, Atlanta, Georgia
1988SCIENCE FICTION ‘88--at the Orlando Science Center, Orlando, Florida
1986INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF FANTASTIC ART—at the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
1984THE 1984 TOURING FANTASY ART EXHIBITION—sponsored by the Cultural Arts Council of Plano, Texas

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

The Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists

Member since 1983

Past President--1988 through 1990

Science Fiction Writers of America

Member 1988 - 1999

National Academy of Fantastic Art

Member of the Board 1986-1987

Oklahoma Bar Association

Member since 1975

INTERESTING FACTS:

  1. Consistently ranked among the top ten U. S. science fiction illustrators by Locus Poll

  2. Brother of multiple Hugo Award-winning author C. J. Cherryh

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