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An example of work by John Conrad Berkey
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  The following biography has been provided by James J. Krieger of J. J.
Krieger & Associates, Llc., art publisher and six year personal
friend of the artist.
Long established, internationally renowned science fiction, fantasy illustrator.
John
Berkey began as a prodigy painter for the Brown and Bigelow calendar
company in Minnesota doing representational work, but eventually became
widely known for a talent to create dramatic, futuristic spacescapes.
In the 1960's he declined Stanley Kubrick's invitation to relocate to
England to do the film "A Space Odyssey 2001", but later accepted
George Lucas' invitation to be the original illustrator for "Star
Wars". Other film work included "Star Trek", "The Neptune Factor", "The
Towering Inferno", "Dune", "Orca" and the "King Kong" remake.
Self
taught, Berkey invented the use of acrylic pigment in extremely durable
casein. In the early 1990s, he pioneered dynamic video wall art and
expanded into abstract expressive figurative and photo realistic
landscape styles on illustration board.
He was extremely
prolific with over 3000 commissioned paintings. He also did
commissioned stamps, include depictions of Henry Kaiser, Elvis, Santa
Claus, Hubert Humphrey, the California Gold Rush and others.
Berkey
has been honored with the top awards of The Society Of Illustrators of
New York and of Los Angeles, The Art Directors Club Of New York and of
Philadelphia, the Hugo award and the Grand Master award from Spectrum.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
Included
in the Challenger and Plains Museum collections. Interviewed on CBS's
Good Morning America. Biographical books include Painted Space,
Friedlander Publishing, 1991 and The Art Of John Berkey, Tiger Press;
2003. Referenced in other books.
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