Calef Brown

Calef Brown studied illustration at ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, and had his first published illustration appear in SPIN magazine in 1989.

Since then, his work has appeared in other publications, including Newsweek, the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Time, Sports Illustrated, the New York Times, the Boston Globe, Travel and Leisure, and many more. He has also created murals, book covers, visual development, packaging, and advertising for clients including Adidas, Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss, Target Stores, Laika, Grey Advertising, Weiden and Kennedy, Sony Music, Warner Bros. Records, Capitol Records, Virgin Records, Atlantic Records, A & M Records, the Playboy Jazz Festival, MTV Networks, Fraser Paper, Fox River Paper, Martha Stewart Inc., and Nickelodeon. Since 1998, he has written and illustrated thirteen books for children.

Calef is an associate professor at Rhode Island School of Design in the illustration department and has previously taught at Otis College of Art and Design, ArtCenter College of Design, and Emily Carr University.