Celebrated illustrator Peter Horvath joins Début Art
"Thought has no limits and creativity is the only human characteristic that can conceive of the eternal cosmos."
Peter Horvath, born of Hungarian descent into a lineage of photographers, began taking pictures at age 6. After spending his formative years inhaling darkroom fumes, he worked as a photographer until he discovered computers in 1995 when a friend gave him a Macintosh Plus. Shortly afterward, he happened across the work of Dadaists John Heartfield and Hannah Hoch, which exposed him to the world of photo-montage. He has since produced hundreds of digital collage works exploring narrative, the surreal, and abstraction.
Previous commercial clients include: The Washington Post, The Atlantic Monthly, Wired Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes Magazine, Scientific American Mind Magazine, The L.A. Times and L.A Weekly among others.
Peter has been awarded numerous grants from The Canada Council for the Arts for his new media work and is the recipient of commissions from Rhizome.org at The New Museum, NYC (2005) and Turbulence.org New Radio and Performing Arts, Boston (2004). He has exhibited in museums and galleries across the globe including the Whitney Museum Of American Art‘s Artport, Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporaneo (Mexico City), the Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec (Quebec City, Canada) and FILE Electronic Language International Festival (Sao Paulo, Brazil).
In his spare time he likes to consider a future when high bandwidth will be free.
Recent articles
Lisa Sheehan / "It's a Rich Man's World"
Wired Magazine's Money 2025 money issue, aptly titled "It's a Rich Man's World," as imagined by artist Lisa Sheehan. How did she bring this piece to life? In her own words: "To make the credit card as authentic as possible I redrew the American Express pattern in Illustrator with the WIRED headline included. The card was then created in Cinema 4D and I drew the etching of Trump in photoshop. This all came together and was animated to give the feel of an apple pay screen. This was a multi disciplined approach, 2D textures drawn and then rendered in 3D." You can check out the animated piece and more of Lisa's work here.
Welcome Sara Gironi Carnevale to Début Art
Welcome to Sara Gironi Carnevale who recently joined Début Art. Sara lives in Italy and has been illustrating since 2016. Sara works digitally but her process remains traditional in terms of brainstorming and composing. The illustrations are done in a sketchbook before refining them in Procreate and then finalising all artwork in Photoshop. Her work is vibrant, luminescent and dreamlike, with intricate details, strong concepts and compositions. Sara has the ability to present complex topics in a way that is visually easy to understand. Her illustrations can be seen in numerous magazines, newspapers, books and prints. She has also been experimenting with animation. See Sara's full portfolio here
Eoin Ryan / TfL 25 Years
Eoin Ryan was commission to create one of a series of new illustration to commemorate 25 years of TfL. The aim of the campaign is to remind Londoners why they love TfL and highlight the rich connections, improvements, and influence it has brought to their lives over the past 25 years. More of Eoin's work can be viewed here.
Celebrating 10 Years of Visualizing Science: Featuring Artist Simon Prades
AAAS hosted a recent gallery show, “Invisible, novel, and complex: A decade of visualizing science”, which was a 10-year retrospective show of visuals from Science magazine, being shown in their home office in Washington, DC. One of the highlights of the exhibit included a pair of pieces about Neurodegeneration by Simon Prades, originally commissioned for the October 2, 2020 issue of Science. Photography: Chrystal Smith/Science. Simon's full portfolio can be reviewed here.