September 5, 2009: Our debut show Satire & Java shown at Brooklyn’s Tea Lounge during the month of August, featured our collaboration with New York Times Op-Ed illustrator Igor Kopelnitsky. A collection of colorful graphic banners, plates, coffee mugs, note cards, tees and totes exhibited in the former garage space in Park Slope. As Igor’s societal messages were on view, the Tea Lounge served lattes and teas in our new ceramic mugs. Visit the Sparked Store for the complete range of designs.
September 5, 2009: Our debut show Satire & Java shown at Brooklyn’s Tea Lounge during the month of August, featured our collaboration with New York Times Op-Ed illustrator Igor Kopelnitsky. A collection of colorful graphic banners, plates, coffee mugs, note cards, tees and totes exhibited in the former garage space in Park Slope. As Igor’s societal messages were on view, the Tea Lounge served lattes and teas in our new ceramic mugs. Visit the Sparked Store for the complete range of designs.
Igor’s whimsical style satirizes societal themes both political and global and can be seen in the pages of many national and international publications such as the Op-Ed pages of The New York Times, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, Courrier International, and La Repubblica. The Kiev born artist had originally studied physics at the University of Novosibirsk; but upon the publication of his first cartoon Igor discarded physics in favor of cartooning and illustration. Look for Kopelnitsky’s illustrations in “All the Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t): Inside The New York Times Op-Ed Page” by Jerelle Kraus published by University Press, 2009.
Selected Work
Selected Awards
Eastern European Illustrators at The New York Times, Visual Arts Museum at the School of Visual Arts, New York, 2003
14 Biennale Internazionale Dell’Umorismo Nell’Arte, Premio C.Marcorelli, 3 Premio,1987, Italy
Mostra del Disegno Umoristico, Sportive Ancona, Italy Award 1975, 1987, silver prize 1985
Yomiuri International Cartoon Contest, Japan, Prize 1983,1986
22 International Salon of Cartoons, Pavilion of Humour Man and his World, Montreal, Special Prize,
11 Biennale Internazionale dell’Umorismo,Tolentino, Italy, prize, 1981
International Cartoon Contest, Gabrovo,Bulgaria, Special prize, 1979
International Cartoon Contest, Nasredin Hodja,Turkey, 1988
International Simavi Cartoon Contest, Hurryiet Foundation, Turkey, 1988
International Cartoon Contest, 1 Salon of Anti-War Cartoons, Yugoslavia, 1988
