Jeremy Caniglia (born July 13, 1970) is an American figurative painter and illustrator, primarily in

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

and horror genres. He has done book and magazine illustration, conceptual artwork, book and album covers, and comic books, and his work is in several important public collections including the

Joslyn Art Museum The Joslyn Art Museum is the principal fine arts museum in the state of Nebraska, United States. Located in Omaha, it was opened in 1931 at the initiative of Sarah H. Joslyn in memory of her husband, businessman George A. Joslyn. It is the only m ...

and

Iowa State University Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...

. His art has also been shown at the

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' Museum of Illustration.

Early life and education

Jeremy Caniglia was born July 13, 1970 in

Omaha, Nebraska Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...

. He went to

Creighton Preparatory School Creighton Preparatory School (simply referred to as Creighton Prep or Prep) is a private, Jesuit high school for boys in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. It was established in 1878 under the name Creighton College and is located in the Roman Cath ...

, where he was first introduced to art. He studied traditional classical painting at

(ISU), receiving a B.F.A. in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking in 1993. After graduation he studied at the

Maryland Institute College of Art The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is a private art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the oldest art colleges in the U ...

(MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland under well-known

abstract expressionist Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York at the center of the ...

painter,

Grace Hartigan Grace Hartigan (March 28, 1922 – November 15, 2008) was an American Abstract Expressionist painter and a significant member of the vibrant New York School of the 1950s and 1960s. Her circle of friends, who frequently inspired one another in t ...

. He received his M.F.A. from MICA in 1995. In 2012, Caniglia began working at

s as a full time teaching staff and served as an adjunct professor for

Creighton University Creighton University is a private Jesuit research university in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1878, the university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. In 2015 the university enrolled 8,393 graduate and undergra ...

. In 2017, Caniglia apprenticed and studied with the figurative artist

Odd Nerdrum Odd Nerdrum (born 8 April 1944) is a Norwegian figurative painter, born in Sweden, and considered to be one of the greatest living classical figurative painters. His work is held by museums worldwide. Themes and style in Nerdrum's work referenc ...

Work

In addition to Hartigan, whom he cites as "bringing new insight to his work," Caniglia was also influenced by the

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including

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and

Caravaggio Michelangelo Merisi (Michele Angelo Merigi or Amerighi) da Caravaggio, known as simply Caravaggio (, , ; 29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), was an Italian painter active in Rome for most of his artistic life. During the final four years of hi ...

. Caniglia's art has been featured in the ''Washington Post'' and on CNN. He has created book covers for well-known mainstream authors (

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

Ray Bradbury Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery, and r ...

Peter Straub Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a sur ...

Douglas Clegg Douglas Clegg (born April 1, 1958) is an American horror and dark fantasy author, and a pioneer in the field of e-publishing. He maintains a strong Internet presence through his website. Early life Born in Alexandria, Virginia to a "family of ...

F. Paul Wilson Francis Paul Wilson (born May 17, 1946, in Jersey City, New Jersey) is an American medical doctor and author of horror, adventure, medical thrillers, science fiction, and other genres of literary fiction. His books include the Repairman Jack n ...

) and he has done cover art and illustrations for a number of noted horror and fantasy writers including

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and

Charlee Jacob Nell Anne 'Charlee' Jacob (June 2, 1952 - July 14, 2019) was an American author specializing in horror fiction, dark fantasy, and poetry. Her writing career began in 1981 with the publication of several poems under the name Charlee Carter Broach. ...

. His work has also appeared in Entertainment and horror magazines such as '' Rue Morgue'' magazine, ''

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'', ''

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'' magazine, ''Flesh and Blood'', and '' Cemetery Dance''. Caniglia has also created artwork for public institutions and churches. In 2009 he created a

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Saint Lucy Lucia of Syracuse (283–304), also called Saint Lucia ( la, Sancta Lucia) better known as Saint Lucy, was a Roman Christian martyr who died during the Diocletianic Persecution. She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ...

for St. Francis Cabrini Church located in Little Italy (Omaha), in

Nebraska Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...

. In 2013

Lonely Road Books Lonely Road Books is a small press publishing company founded in 2007 by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar and based out of Forest Hill, Maryland. They are a publishing company that specializes in deluxe signed limited edition books. L ...

published a special limited edition of ''

The Exorcist ''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty W ...

: The 40th Anniversary Revised Edition'' by

William Peter Blatty William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer, director and producer. He is best known for his 1971 novel, ''The Exorcist'', and for his 1974 screenplay for the film adaptation of the same name. Blatty won ...

. The new, updated edition featured new and revised material that Blatty had left out of the original book. Lonely Road Books and William Peter Blatty brought in Caniglia to create all new cover and interior artwork for this special edition. Caniglia worked with

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creating artwork for the film documentary on William Peter Blatty and the creation of ''

'' directed by Laurent Bouzereau. In 2013 Cemetery Dance published a new limited Edition of '' World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War'' by

Max Brooks Maximillian Michael Brooks (born May 22, 1972) is an American actor and author. He is the son of comedy filmmaker Mel Brooks and actress Anne Bancroft. Much of Brooks's writing focuses on zombie stories. He is a senior fellow at the Modern War I ...

. Caniglia created all new artwork cover for this special release to coincide with the film release of ''

World War Z ''World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War'' is a 2006 zombie apocalyptic horror novel written by American author Max Brooks. The novel is broken into eight chapters: “Warnings”, “Blame”, “The Great Panic”, “Turning the Ti ...

''. In the fall of 2013 he completed

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' 170th anniversary edition of

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

' ''

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. ''A Christmas C ...

''. In the fall of 2016 he completed the

' limited artist edition of O.Henry' short stories. In 2017, Caniglia left Omaha to apprentice with the Norwegian figurative painter Odd Nerdrum. His print "Dreaming of Rembrandt" won an award in the Salmagundi Club's SCNY Monotype Exhibition in 2018. In 2020, David Weiss directed a documentary short film about Caniglia's life and work. This documentary was selected for Nebraska short films encore screening at the 2020 Omaha Film Festival.

Awards

Caniglia was nominated first in 2003 for the

International Horror Guild Award The International Horror Guild Award (also known as the IHG Award) was an accolade recognizing excellence in the field of Horror fiction, horror/dark fantasy, presented by the International Horror Guild (IHG) from 1995 to 2008. The IHG Awards wer ...

for best artist in dark fantasy and horror and then again in 2004, this time winning the prestigious award. In 2005 he was nominated for a

World Fantasy Award The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy literature, fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention, the awards are given each year a ...

for Best Artist in Fantasy. In 2015 Caniglia received the prestigious Design Achievement Award from the College of Design at Iowa State University.

Bibliography

This is a list of published illustration work.

Art books

* * ''Spectrum'' issues 6, 10, 11, 12, and 13 * *''Gothic Art Now: The Very Best In Contemporary Gothic Art'', ILEX Publishing, 2008 *''Awaken: A New Spirit In Figurative Painting-Caniglia'', Unimpressed Press Art books, 2009 *''I Before E Except after Death'', Unimpressed Press Art books, 2011Art Books
caniglia-art.com *''Infected by Art: Volume Two'', Hermes Press, 2014Gallery of Jeremy Caniglia
infectedbyart.com *''Infected by Art: Volume Three'', Hermes Press, 2015

Book, comic and album covers

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

**''Breeder'' by

**''Darkoffspring'' edited by Brian Knight **''Irish Witchcraft & Demonology'' by St. John d. Seymour **''The Wicked'' by

**''This Cape is Red Because I Have Been Bleeding'' by

Tom Piccirilli Thomas Piccirilli (May 27, 1965 – July 11, 2015) was an American novelist and short story writer. Career Piccirilli sold over 150 stories in the mystery, thriller, horror, erotica, and science fiction fields. Some of his stories were include ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

**''Makak'' by Edward Lee **''Necromancer'' by

**''Rocksbreak/Scissors Cut'' by

David J. Schow David J. Schow (born July 13, 1955) is an American author of horror novels, short stories, and screenplays. His credits include films such as '' Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III'', ''The Crow'' and '' The Hills Run Red''. Most of ...

**''Choir of Ill Children'' by

**''Ever Nat'' by Edward Lee **''F’in Lie Down Already by

**''Hexes'' by

**''Neverland'' by

**''Rage'' by

Steve Gerlach Steve Gerlach (born 6 September 1971) is an Australian Thriller (genre), thriller writer. He currently lives in Melbourne, Victoria. His works include numerous short stories and almost ten novels - eight of which have been published, or are soo ...

**''The Baby'' by Edward Lee *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

**''Boneland'' by Jeffrey Thomas **''Darklings'' by

Ray Garton Ray Garton (born December 2, 1962 in Redding, California) is an American author, well known for his work in horror fiction. He has written over sixty books, and, in 2006, he was presented with the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award. Per ...

**''Dead Man’s Hand'' by

Tim Lebbon Tim Lebbon (born 28 July 1969, London) is a British horror and dark fantasy writer. Life Lebbon was born in London. He lived in Devon until he was eight and then in Newport until the age of 26. He now lives in Goytre, Monmouthshire with his ...

**''The Machinery of Night'' by

**''The New Neighbor'' by

**''The Turtle Boy'' by

Kealan Patrick Burke Kealan Patrick Burke (born in Dungarvan, Ireland) is an author. Some of his works include the novels ''Kin'', ''Currency of Souls'', ''Master of the Moors'', and ''The Hides'' (Bram Stoker Award nominee), the novellas ''The Turtle Boy'' (Bram S ...

**''Waiting My Turn Under the Knife'' by

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

**''Broken Angel'' by Brian Knight **''Like Death'' by

Tim Waggoner Tim Waggoner is the author of numerous novels and short stories in the Fantasy, horror fiction, Horror, and Thriller (genre), Thriller genres. Education Waggoner graduated from Wright State University in 1989 with a Master of Arts in English ...

**''London Revenant'' by Conrad Williams **''The Abandoned''by

**''Berserk'' by

**''In the Midnight Museum'' by Gary A. Braunbeck **''Pieces of Hate'' by

**''Thrust'' by

**''Wormwood Nights'' by

**''Zero'' by Michael McBride **'' Masters of Horror Soundtrack'', Immortal Records *

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

**''She Loves Monsters'' by Simon Clark **''Take the Long Way Home'' by

Brian Keene Brian Keene (born September 22, 1967) is an American author and podcaster, primarily known for his work in horror, dark fantasy, crime fiction, and comic books. He has won the 2014 World Horror Grandmaster Award and two Bram Stoker Awards. In ...

**''The Halloween Man'' by

**''The Rutting Season'' by

**''Wild Things-Four Tales'' by

**''

Masters of Horror ''Masters of Horror'' is an anthology television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network. Origin In 2002, director Mick Garris invited some director friends to an informal dinner at a restaurant in Sherman Oaks, C ...

'' issues 1 and 2,

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW), itself formed in 1999, and is regularly recog ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

**''Red Spikes'' by

Margo Lanagan Margo Lanagan (born 1960 in Waratah, New South Wales) is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction. Biography She grew up in Raymond Terrace and moved to Melbourne circa 1971/1972. After overseas travel, she moved to Sydney ...

**''The Everlasting'' by

**''The Peabody-Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium'' by

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

**''A Whisper of Southern Lights'' by

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

**''The Locust'' by

**''Tender Morsels'' by

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

**''Gutshot'' by Conrad Williams *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

**''

'' by

**'' World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War'' by

**''

'' by

**''Dinner with the Cannibal Sisters'' by

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

**''Submerged'' by

Thomas F. Monteleone Thomas Francis Monteleone (born April 14, 1946) is an American science fiction author and horror fiction author."Monteleone, Thomas F(rancis)", by Don D'Ammassa in David Pringle, ''St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers''. London : S ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

**''Bad Dog'' by

**''Backshot'' by

**''Backshot'' by Ed Gorman *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

**''Small World'' by

Tabitha King Tabitha Jane King ( Spruce, born March 24, 1949) is an American author. Early life Tabitha King is the third eldest daughter of Sarah Jane Spruce (née White; December 7, 1923 – April 14, 2007) and Raymond George Spruce (December 29, 1923 ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

**''Interview With The Vampire'' by

Anne Rice Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature. She was best known for her series of novels ''The Vampire Chronicles''. B ...

**''Caretakers'' by

Book illustrations

**''White and Other Tales of Ruin'' by Tim Lebbon *

**''The Devil’s Wine'' by

**''The Priest of Blood'' by

**''The Crown Rose'' by

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**''Great Ghost Stories'' edited by Stephen Jones *

**''The Healer'' by Michael Blumlein, M.D. * Various years **''

The Adversary Cycle The Adversary Cycle is a series of seven novels written by American author F. Paul Wilson. While it was originally known as "The Nightworld Cycle" (this name is even printed in the front of some early editions of ''Nightworld''), John Clute, in his ...

'' by

Magazines

*Covers **''Cemetery Dance'' issue 70 (2013) **''Nocturne'' issue 1 (2005) **''Cemetery Dance'' issues 37, 38 (2002) **''The Horror Express'' issue 2 (2004) *Interior art **''Variety Magazine'' (July 2005) **''Rue-Morgue'' Issues 47, 52 **''Medium Magazine'' (June 2003) **''Flesh and Blood'' issue 13 (August 2003) **''Churn an Art Magazine'' issue 6 (2002) **''Cemetery Dance'' issue 39 (2002) **''Cthulhu Sex Magazine'' Issue 18 (2004) **''Redsine'' issue 9 (2003) **''Dark’s Art Parlour'' Issue #3 (1996)

Movies, DVDs, and TV (as conceptual artist)

* ''

'' Season 1 (

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) 2005 - 2006 * ''

'' Japanese DVD release (

Kadokawa Pictures Kadokawa Daiei Studio, formerly is the film division of the Japanese company the Kadokawa Corporation. It is one of the four members of the Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan (MPPAJ), and is therefore one of Japan's Big Four film stud ...

, USA) 2006 *''Black Luck'' artist and actor in this action movie (2016)

Notes and references

External links

Caniglia’s official websiteCaniglia in Spectrum Fantastic Art Annuals magazineCaniglia - Surreal Art CollectiveJeremy Caniglia
at IMDb {{DEFAULTSORT:Caniglia American illustrators American speculative fiction artists 20th-century American painters American male painters 21st-century American painters 21st-century American male artists Fantasy artists 1970 births Living people Maryland Institute College of Art alumni Iowa State University alumni 20th-century American male artists Students of Odd Nerdrum