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Andy Yelenak - Biography Albertus Magnus College Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration,
Graduated 1982
Paier College of Art Graduated 1981
A freelance illustrator for over 25 years, I have received
commissions from a wide variety of clients, including
Golf Digest Magazine, Spalding Sports Worldwide, Nike,
General Dynamics, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft and The Hartford
Insurance Company.
My paintings have been exhibited at the Society of
Illustrators in New York, the Guild of Boston Artists
Gallery, Beckett Sports Art Gallery in Dallas and at
the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists shows for
the past three years.
In 2001, I had a solo exhibition at the Old State
House in Hartford, Connecticut titled "The Art Of Sports."
I was the artist for the official 1997, 1998, 2003 &
2004 Boston Marathon lithographs, the 1999-2003 New
York City Marathon posters, the 2001-2010 Utica Boilermaker
Road Race/National Distance Running Hall of Fame posters,
and for many Hartford Marathon posters including the
2010 edition. Many of these paintings are on permanent
display at the National Distance Running Hall of Fame
in Utica, New York.
My work appears on numerous covers of Marathon & Beyond
Magazine and I am a regular contributor to New England
Runner Magazine. My book illustrations include The
Quotable Runner Training Log and a children's book,
Run Dad Run.
My work appeared on the cover of the program for the
100th Yale-Harvard football game and on the covers of
Beckett's Sports Publications. My painting of Michael
Jordan was selected as a winner in the 1997 Beckett
Sports Art Gallery National Contest.
In 2005, I completed an eight-year project for the
Wallingford VFW Post 591. My 20 foot wall mural, Fighting
for Freedom, honors the veterans of the wars of
the 20th century and includes Raoul Lufbery, the famous
WWI fighter ace.
I've also been the artist for the Connecticut Sports
Alliance Gold Key Awards for over 20 years. I'm currently
working on a painting for the Oklahoma City Memorial
Marathon. The marathon honors
the 168 victims of the 1995 bombing of the Murrah Building.
My painting will appear on the cover of a special edition
souvenir magazine and be made into the race poster.
My wife Merrill and I live in North Haven,
Connecticut.
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