Photos by Kyle Johnson
Keith's work has appeared on book covers, children's books, t-shirts, album covers, posters, skateboard decks, and even a watch. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Times and New Yorker in addition to many other national publications. He received his BFA from the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2000, and his MFA from The School of Visual Arts in New York City in 2013 and doesn’t regret the student debt one bit. His list of awards includes 5 medals from the Society of Illustrators, a medal from the Society of Illustrators West, and 2 medals from the 3x3 International Illustration annual and his book Tough Guys (Have Feelings Too) received a Kate Greenaway Medal nomination. His most recent book The Running Machine was released in July of 2024 with Balzer + Bray (Harper Collins). Keith resides in downtown Bellingham Washington with his two boys surrounded by mountains and ocean and sometimes teaches illustration at Western Washington University.
STUDIO:
︎ | 206.491.1772
︎ | keith@keithnegley.com
︎ | Bellingham, WA
SOCIAL:
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CLIENTS:
The New York Times, The New Yorker, TIME, NBC, Sub Pop Records, This American Life, Tor Books, Nautilus, Real Simple, Oprah, Nobrow, The Baffler, Variety, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Reader's Digest, Vanity Fair, WIRED, Newsweek, NPR, McSweeney's, Plansponsor, Bicycling Magazine, Voice Media, Overlap, The New Republic, The Stranger, Global Brief, Christianity Today, Inc, Worth, McKinsey, Lands' End, DOVE, Morgan Stanley, BBD, Leo Burnett, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Harper Collins, Penguin Random House, DC Comics
AWARDS:
Society of Illustrators #62 Gold medal - Book
Society of Illustrators #58 Gold medal - Advertising
Society of Illustrators #57 Silver medal - Uncomissioned
Society of Illustrators #55 Silver medal - Sequential
Society of Illustrators #55 Silver medal -Uncommssioned
Communication Arts
American Illustration
3x3 (Gold, Bronze)
Society of Illustrators Los Angeles (bronze #54)
Creative Quarterly
Lurzer’s Archive Best 200 Illustrators
The Society of Publication Designers
The Society for News Design
Interviews and Press:
What’s Up!
American Illustration
Non-Slick
It's Nice That pt. II
Design Arts Daily
It's Nice That pt. I
What’s Up!
American Illustration
Non-Slick
It's Nice That pt. II
Design Arts Daily
It's Nice That pt. I