Ed Binkley
Contemporary Surrealism DrawingPrintmakingDigital artSculpture
About
Ed Binkley is an award-winning American fantasy artist specializing in contemporary surrealism, known for his finely detailed images inspired by traditional folklore, fantasy literature, high-fantasy, horror, and dream-scapes. With over three decades of creating fantasy artwork, he holds MFA and BFA degrees in drawing and printmaking. Binkley has worked as a graphic designer, illustrator, and professor at Madison College for nearly thirty years, teaching animation, concepting, and art fundamentals before recently retiring to focus full-time on his art practice in Madison, Wisconsin.[1][2][3][5]
Finely detailed fantasy art with sepia tones mimicking intaglio prints, spanning high-fantasy, horror, and dream-scapes
Selected Exhibitions
- IX Art Show - Imaginative Realism
- Dragon Con 2018 (Juror), 2019 (Guest Artist)
- CTN Animation Expo (Featured Artist)
- Museum of American Illustration/Society of Illustrators, New York
- Naia Museum of Art, Rochefort-en-Terre, France (permanent collection)
Awards
- First Place Grand Prize IBA Volume 10
- Body-of-Work Award IBA 11
- Gold Award in Drawing IBA 11
- Spectrum Gold and Silver Awards
- Chesley Award
- IBA Gold, Silver, and Bronze Awards