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