Maira Kalman was born in Tel Aviv and moved to New York with her family at the age of four. She has worked as a designer, author, illustrator and artist for more than thirty years without formal training. Her work is a narrative journal of her life and all its absurdities. She has written and illustrated twelve children's books including
Ooh-la-la- Max in Love,
What Pete Ate, and
Swami on Rye. She often illustrates for
The New Yorker magazine, and is well known for her collaboration with Rick Meyerowitz on the NewYorkistan cover in 2001. Recent projects include
The Elements of Style (illustrated), and a monthly on-line column entitled
Principles of Uncertainty for
The New York Times.
She lives in New York and walks a lot.
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http://www.saulgallery.com)