Armando Veve
Artist in Residence
July 2024
Armando Veve is an award-winning illustrator and artist based in Philadelphia. He is the recipient of six gold medals from the Society of Illustrators and a 2023 recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. He was named an ADC Young Gun by The One Club for Creativity and selected to the Forbes 30 under 30 list.
Veve’s works have been printed in numerous publications including The New Yorker, National Geographic and Wired, exhibited in galleries, and installed in subway stations and other public settings.
His drawings dissect and explore subjects from fragile ecosystems and genetically-modified food to pop cultural icons and flying cars.
Notable collaborations include work with authors and publishing houses on illustrated book projects from middle grade fantasy to adult non-fiction.
Veve studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design.
To learn more, visit armandoveve.com, and @armandoveve on instagram.
Armando Veve
Books Chosen for the Lab Library by
Armando Veve
Dear Genius:
The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom
How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels by Paul Karasik
Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future from the Stanford d.school
Wilderness: A Journal of Quiet Adventures in Alaska by Rockwell Kent
Archival Collections Used by Armando Veve
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Pura Belpré
Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature