Chad Wys, Artist

Penguin Press and Companhia Das Letras, book publishers (Brazil), 2012: artwork licensed for the cover of the Portuguese iteration of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray

Trip magazine (Brazil), 2012: artworks licensed to accompany editorial

The Longest Week, a feature film produced by Armian Pictures and starring Olivia Wilde, Jason Bateman, and Billy Crudup (United States), expected 2012: artworks licensed as the on-screen artistic oeuvre of a central character

Rizzoli, book publisher (Italy), 2012: artwork licensed for the cover of Enrico Pandiani's novel Pessime Scuse Per Un Massacro

Ekleroshock, a record label (France), 2012: artworks licensed for the cover of composer Maxence Cyrin’s album The Fantasist, as well as the single release Eye of the Storm

Bavarian State Opera (Germany), 2011-2012: artworks licensed to promote the year of opera performances, to be used extensively on posters and in various publications

Adbusters magazine (United Kingdom), 2011: photograph licensed for the cover of "black bloc" issue # 98 (Nov./ Dec. 2011)

Kiblind magazine (France), 2011: artworks licensed for three cover variations of issue # 37 (Sep./Nov. 2011)

Max Joseph magazine (Germany), 2011: photographs licensed to accompany the article In 6.000.000.000 Jahren ist hier Schluss: Ein Gespräch unter Kulturdirektoren

Nicotine magazine (United States), 2011: 15 artworks commissioned by editor Mark Kim for issue # 2 ( July 2011)

Modern Family, a television show created by 20th Century Fox and aired by ABC Television (United States), 2010-present: artwork commissioned by set decorator Amber Haley for recurring set use

SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS (PRINT)

Maker magazine (USA), forthcoming issue 2012: art feature and interview.

Open Lab magazine (USA), forthcoming issue 2012: art feature and interview.

Harvard Business Review (USA), forthcoming issue 2012: spotlight artist feature.

DMAG magazine (Argentina), issue #24, June 2012: art feature and interview; Victoria Ferreira, editor .

Trip Magazine (Brazil), issue # 210, April 2012: art feature and article.

Now magazine (Canada), vol. 31, no. 16, Dec. 2011: art review of the show That Was Now by David Jager .

Holland Herald magazine (Netherlands) Nov. 2011: art feature.

Max Joseph magazine (Germany), Nov. 2011: art feature and article; Nikolaus Bachler, editor.

TalkMag magazine (Belgium), issue # 16, Sep./ Oct. 2011: art feature and article by Sebastien Varveris.

Vogue (Australia), Dec. 2010: art feature; part of the ”Editors' top choice...” cover story.

SELECTED PRESS & PUBLICATIONS (DIGITAL)

Guernica Magazine (guernicamag.com), September 2011: art feature; edited by Jamie Goldenberg (United States).

Need Supply Co. (http://blog.needsupply.com), September 2011: art feature (Richmond, Virginia).

Fast Company Magazine (fastcompany.com), August 2011: art feature, "Artist Defaces Old Paintings, Turns Them Into Eerie Frightfests"; edited by Suzanne LaBarre (New York, NY).

The Creators Project (thecreatorsproject.com), August 2011: art feature and editor's pick; edited by Kevin Holmes (London, UK).

It's Nice That (itsnicethat.com), August 2011: art feature, interview, and guest curatorship; edited by Bryony Quinn (London, UK).

The World's Best Ever (theworldsbestever.com), August 2011: art feature; edited by David Wilfert (United States).

Complex Magazine (complex.com), August 2011: art feature, "Coolest Art We've Seen All Day: 'Nocturne'... by Chad Wys"; edited by Brianne Garcia (New York, NY).

Artist A Day (artistaday.com), August 2011: art feature (United States).

Flavorwire by Flavorpill (flavorwire.com), July 2011: art feature, "Chad Wys' Phenomenal Deconstructed Portraits".

But Does it Float (butdoesitfloat.com), July 2011: art feature, "The Nocturne series by Chad Wys".

Base Magazine (basemagazine.co), July 2011: art feature and interview, edited by Georgia Harris (United Kingdom).

Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine (juxtapoz.com), July 2011: art feature, "The Art of Chad Wys"; edited by Evan Pricco (San Francisco, CA).

Hi-Fructose Magazine (hifructose.com), June 2011: art feature, "The Art of Chad Wys"; edited by J. L. Schnabel (Richmond, CA).

Beware Mag (bewaremag.com), May 2011: art feature; edited by Erwan Manchec (Paris, France).

Bloginity (bloginity.com), May 2011: art feature; edited by Daniel Haim (New York, NY).

Serial Optimist (serialoptimist.com), September 2010: "Interview: Meet Artist Chad Wys, A Serial Optimist Favorite"; edited by David Dean (Dallas, TX).

CarneMag (carnemag.com), August 2010: art feature; edited by Carlo Michelangelo Luetto (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Fubiz (fubiz.net), August 2010: art feature (Roubaix, France).

Behance Network (behance.net), 2009-2011: five-time editor's portfolio pick (New York, NY).

SELECTED WRITING & RESEARCH

The Seller's Aura: Recent Art as a Commodity in the Auction Market (Master's thesis and forthcoming book, 2012)

"No `Green' Deed Goes Unpunished: The Visuality of Corporate Greenwashing" (essay, 2010; presented at (Human)Nature: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Ecotheory & Justice at Illinois State University)

"Glimpses of Culture and Critique: A Brief Theoretical Analysis of the Light, Psychology, and Style of Rembrandt's Etchings" (essay, 2010)

"Postmodern Interface: The Sea Change of Reception in Recent Art History" (essay, 2009)