About
Sydney Burns(She/They) is an Illustrator from Las Vegas based in NYC.
Syd's work is vibrant and textured - heavily influenced by early Saturday morning cartoons and their love of The Muppets & Mel Brooks. They work in a wide variety of mediums and are always open to strange and unusual projects in exciting formats. Syd daylights as the art return coordinator for Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing.
Clients Include: NPR/Radiolab, Investopedia, The Brick NYC, The Life is Beautiful Music Festival, and The Neon Spark Youth Theatre
Awards:
AI-AP International Motion Art Awards 10
SELECTED 2022
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Alumni
National Gold & Silver(2017&18)
Exhibitions:
2023 - MoCCA FEST Society of Illustrators, NY
2022 - All In The Family SVA Chelsea Gallery, NY
2021 - Intimate Object Globlin Haus, NY
2019/22 - Fresh-Meat Market Cartoon Allies SVA, NY
2019/21/22 - Spring Market & Holiday Bazaar SVA, NY
Fun Facts!
Syd ran WSVA Radio and is known in the SVA community for their design work there.
They bartended at The Society of Illustrators and make a mean martini.
Syd LOVES sewing! They make clothes & various puppets