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Adam McCauley

United States

Born in 1975

Joined Artisor: October 2026

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Total pieces for sale: 1

Bio

Adam McCauley is an Oakland-based artist, illustrator, and educator whose work has connected storytelling, drawing, and design for nearly four decades. Since 1988, he has created illustrations for editorial, publishing, institutional, and branding clients across the U.S. and internationally. He has illustrated more than 23 children’s books and numerous book covers, including The Monsterologist by Bobbi Katz, recipient of the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal.

His sketchbook work has been featured in American Illustration, Print magazine, and Danny Gregory’s An Illustrated Life, while his animated short Fast Food is included in the permanent new media collection at SFMOMA. McCauley is a Full Professor at California College of the Arts, where he teaches composition, color theory, professional practice, and thesis.

EDUCATION Parsons School of Design, New York Bachelor of Fine Arts, Illustration, 1987

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2026 Word!, The Latin American, San Francisco, CA

2024 Letterforms, The Bohemian Club, San Francisco, CA

2021 Inside Out, The Gallery at Milano Arts, Crockett CA

2017 Abstraction, French American Cultural Society, San Francisco, CA

2016 Abstraction, The Bohemian Club, San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026, Speed of a Dream, Dama Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2025, Out of the Shadows, Carter Burden Gallery, New York, NY

2012-2026 Ice House, Bohemian Grove, Monte Rio, CA

1990-2026 Annual, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY

2014-25 Post-It, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA

2009 Dime Bag, The Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2007 The Original Art, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY

2006 Picture Mechanics, Zeitgiest Gallery, Nashville, TN

2004 Picture Mechanics, Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA

2003 Assembly, The Front Room Gallery, Brooklyn NY

2002 The Panorama Project, The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY Picture Mechanics, 69a Gallery, San Francisco, CA The Panorama Project, 69a Gallery, San Francsico, CA

2001 The Exquisite Day Project, Plus Ultra Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 1996 A is for Alien Abduction, Index Gallery, Osaka, Japan

PUBLICATIONS

2023, 2022 The San Franciscan

2008 How Books, “An Illustrated Life”

1999 Print Magazine, “Culture Shock”LECTURES2022 ICON 11 Illustration Conference, Kansas City, MO

2018 ICON 10 Illustration Conference, Detroit, MI2015 Educators Symposium, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY

2014 ICON 8 Illustration Conference, Portland, OR2010 ICON 6 Illustration Conference, Pasadena, CA

2009 Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Los Angeles, CA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Fast Food, New Media Collection Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Contra Costa Health Foundation

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE SERVICE

California College of the Arts 2023-2026

Curriculum Committee2017-2020

Executive Committee2018-2019

Faculty Handbook Sub Committee 2017-2018

RNT Grassroots Committee2014

Illustration Chair Search CommitteeACADEMIC INTRA-PROGRAMATIC SERVICE California College of the Arts 2010-2026

Junior Review2010-2026

Thesis Review2016

Recruitment ProgrammingACADEMIC EXTRA-PROGRAMATIC SERVICE California College of the Arts2021-23

First Year Review2018 Global Pedagogy Retreat 2017

Think Wrong Design Retreat 2016

Admitted Students Day, FacilitatorACADEMIC COURSE CREATION CCA2017

Professional Practice2011 Color for Illustration

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