Steven Salerno

Steven Salerno

Phone: 212 477 5798
steven@stevensalerno.com
www.stevensalerno.com

7825 4th Ave, #E9
Brooklyn, NY 11209
U.S.A.

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A graduate of Parsons School of Design in NYC, Steven Salerno's illustrations have been recognized for excellence by Print, Communication Arts, Society of Illustrators (NYC), Society of Publications Designers, Society for News Design, Junior Library Guild, NY Times Book Review, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. His style ranges from simple & graphic, to richly textured & detailed, with some having a retro feel. Over his long career Steven has created thousands of published illustrations for nearly 600 various clients in advertising, magazines, newspapers, packaging, retail graphics, and publishing. To date he has also illustrated 36 popular fiction and nonfiction picture books for children, with 5 titles as both author & illustrator. In December 2022 the nonfiction picture book "On the Corner of Chocolate Avenue -How Milton Hershey Brought Milk Chocolate To America" -written by Tziporah Cohen & illustrated by Steven Salerno, will be released by publisher Clarion Books/Harper Collins. It’s the inspiring life story of American Milton Hershey, the poor kid from Pennsylvania who became the largest manufacturer of chocolate in the world, HERSHEY’S. Currently Steven is completing a 5 picture book project for Viking/Penguin-Random House, illustrating a series of new MADELINE titles. And for this special project Steven is creating the illustrations in the distinctive style of the originator of the famous MADELINE character, artist/author Ludwig Bemelmans (b.1898 - d.1962). The1st book in this new series, "Love from Madeline" was released in February 2022, and the 2nd book, "Madeline's ABC's" was released in June 2022, the 3rd book, "Madeline's 123's" will be released in November 2022, and the 4th book "Madeline's Seasons" will be released in Spring 2023. The 5th book in the new MADELINE series is still in progress. Visit stevensalerno.com to view his illustration portfolios, client list, list of published children's books, a look at his process illustrating picture books, and his illustration blog. Steven lives and works in Manhattan. close

Clients include: McDonalds ▪ The New York Times ▪ SONY ▪ Business Week ▪ Coca Cola ▪ Williams-Sonoma ▪ Farrar Straus & Giroux ▪ Conde Nast Traveler ▪ Crains Business NY ▪ The Royal Bank of Canada ▪ Penguin Random House ▪ Fidelity Investments ▪ United Airlines ▪ American Express ▪ Time Warner ▪ Harpers ▪ VISA ▪ United States Postal Service ▪ AT&T ▪ Credit Suisse ▪ Chicago Tribune ▪ AXA Financial ▪ USPS ▪ D Magazine ▪ The New Yorker ▪ E & J Gallo Winery ▪ Fine Cooking ▪ Flemings Steakhouses ▪ Microsoft ▪ Citibank ▪ IBM ▪ The Los Angeles Times ▪ Wall Street Journal ▪ Oliver Peoples ▪ Scholastic ▪ Westways ▪ Forbes ▪ Wine Spectator ▪ USA Weekend ▪ ...and hundreds more close