Publication Design for Fine Arts

Publication design created for fine arts contexts, including books, catalogs, and other long-form printed works. The emphasis is on presenting artwork, writing, and archival material with clarity and care. The work balances structure and restraint, allowing content to lead while design supports readability, pacing, and visual coherence. These projects are shaped by close attention to typography, layout, and sequencing, with the goal of creating publications that feel thoughtful, durable, and easy to engage with.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Alien Nations (2017), a themed group exhibition at the Lehman College Art Gallery exploring alienation as a contemporary condition. The publication adopted an expressive visual language shaped by themes of isolation, distance, and subtle surrealism.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Alien Nations 2020, presented at the Coral Gables Museum as a continuation of the earlier Lehman College Art Gallery exhibition. The publication revisited themes of alienation and identity within the heightened social, political, and technological context of 2020.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Andrew Stevovich: Familiar Faces, produced for Adelson Galleries to accompany a dual-venue exhibition of recent paintings and drawings. The publication required a restrained design approach that emphasized clarity and respect for the subtle psychological narratives of the work.

Design of the retrospective catalogue for Beyond the Figure, a fifty-year survey of Andrew Stevovich’s career published by Skira in partnership with Adelson Galleries. The publication required a structured yet expressive design approach to support thematic essays and extensive plate sequences.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Andrew Wyeth: Seven Decades, a comprehensive survey of Wyeth’s seven-decade career organized by Adelson Galleries. The publication required a restrained design approach that emphasized clarity, balance, and respect for the quiet emotional power of the work.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Castles in the Sky: Fantasy Architecture in Contemporary Art, a group exhibition curated by Bartholomew F. Bland at the Lehman College Art Gallery and later traveling to the Coral Gables Museum. The publication supported a wide range of contemporary artworks exploring imaginary and fantastical architectural forms.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Dark and Stormy Night: Gothic Influence in Contemporary Art, a themed group exhibition at the Lehman College Art Gallery. The publication adopted a more expressive visual approach suited to the exhibition’s Gothic themes while maintaining clarity across a wide range of media and artists.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Federico Uribe: Animals and Friends in Pencils, Books, and Bullets, accompanying Adelson Galleries’ exhibition of Uribe’s sculptural animal works. The publication required a restrained design approach that supported the work’s bold textures and playful narrative character.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Federico Uribe: Drawn in Pencils, produced for Adelson Galleries to accompany the 2014 exhibition. The publication focused on presenting Uribe’s colored-pencil constructions as both image and object, emphasizing their tactile and sculptural qualities.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Watch the Parade, a comprehensive survey of Federico Uribe’s work published by Skira in partnership with Adelson Galleries. The publication spans nearly thirty years of Uribe’s practice, requiring a design that could balance lively expression with clear, refined presentation.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Frohawk Two Feathers: Kill Your Best Ideas, The Battle for New York and Its Lifeline, the Hudson River, produced for the Hudson River Museum. The publication supported both scholarly research and the artist’s elaborate fictional narratives through a disciplined, text-driven design approach.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Infinite Compassion: Avalokiteshvara in Asian Art, produced for a joint exhibition of the Staten Island Museum and the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art. The publication required a design approach that balanced clarity, reverence, and cultural nuance across a wide range of objects and traditions.

Design of the companion catalogue for the Jacob Collins (2015) exhibition at Adelson Galleries, presenting a focused selection of recent still lifes, portraits, and figure studies. The publication required a restrained layout that supported the clarity, discipline, and sensitivity to light characteristic of Collins’ work.

Design of the memorial retrospective catalogue for Jon Imber, produced for the Danforth Art Museum as a traditional monograph featuring an extended scholarly essay. The publication required a quiet, respectful design approach that supported long-form writing and contemplative engagement with the artwork.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Oh, Panama! Jonas Lie Paints the Panama Canal, organized by the Hudson River Museum and the James A. Michener Art Museum. The publication combined extensive historical material with vivid paintings, requiring a layout that balanced academic clarity with strong visual presentation.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Legacy of the Land, produced for the California Center for the Arts, Escondido as part of the Art in Nature Alliance. The publication paired historic plein-air landscapes with contemporary California painters, requiring a design that reflected both tradition and a living landscape practice.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Peter Reginato: Fiction, produced for Adelson Galleries. The publication presented a recent body of paintings, requiring a calm and spacious layout that allowed the work’s color, rhythm, and graphic energy to remain central.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for the Picasso / Vollard exhibition, highlighting the relationship between Pablo Picasso and art dealer Ambroise Vollard. The publication presents key works from the Suite des Saltimbanques and the Suite Vollard, requiring a layout that balanced historical context with clarity and visual focus.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for Strut: The Peacock and Beauty in Art, a major scholarly exhibition at the Hudson River Museum. The catalogue was essay-driven and required a layout that balanced academic rigor with an expressive, visually immersive design language.

Design of the museum catalogue for Staten Island SEEN, produced for the Staten Island Museum and combining scholarly essays with an extensive plates section. The publication required a calm, open design that allowed richly colored landscapes and cityscapes to take visual precedence.

Design of the exhibition catalogue for The Eyes Have It, a themed group exhibition at the Lehman College Art Gallery. The publication adopted a more expressive visual approach, drawing directly from the exhibition’s focus on sight, perception, and the act of seeing.

Alex Stevovich is an independent polymath guided by a self-directed perspective. His projects focus on original content and innovation developed through discovery-driven work grounded in first-principles thinking.