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Joel Iskowitz has created artwork for three decades that has graced the covers of books, periodicals, journals, public spaces, coins and postage stamps worldwide. He is one of very few living artists to have work displayed in the east room of the White House,the Capitol and the Pentagon.He is also an active United States Air Force (USAF) artist and has a number of oils in the USAF permanent collection. Mr. Iskowitz has been invited twice to document Space Shuttle missions and his artwork is on permanent display at the NASA Kennedy Space Center Museum. Mr.Iskowitz's work has been featured in many international journals; including profiles of his numismatic and philatelic art in CoinAGE Magazine;Watercolor Magazine American Artist Magazine,Smithsonian Profiles; and his murals have been featured in Exhibit Builder Magazine. His design for the Arizona State Quarter dollar is permanently displayed in the Museum of the State of Arizona. He has been awarded both bronze and silver medals for his corporate illustrations and grand-scale public art in Portfolios.com international competitions. Most recently his design for the American Numismatic Associations Presidential Award won the 2008 silver medal in corporate illustration in the International Creative Shake competition.His design for the District of Columbia quarter dollar reverse was displayed at the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of American History and his design for the reverse of the Illinois 2009 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Cent is displayed in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum. His painting documenting the events of the D-day invasion is represented with artists proof lithos in the permanent collection of the Historical Society of Caranten,Brvands and the Mairie of Merville,France. A recently completed mural which chronicles the history of aviation technology has been installed at the entry to the Department of the AIR FORCE area in the Pentagon with it's full scale gicle displayed at Wright Patterson AFB. Mr. Iskowitz has also received the National Oceanic and Philatelic Society citation for his contributions to Space Philately.His obverse design for the 2009 Louis Braille Commemorative Silver Dollar Flew aboard NASA's Altlantis Space Shuttle on its mission (STS125) to repair the Hubbel Telescope and is represented in the permanent collection of the American Numismatic Society,N.Y. and the Museum of Opthomology,San Francisco. His 2010 Design for the Women Airforce Service PilotsCongressional Gold Medal will be permantly displayed at the Smithsonian Museum. He continues to present his artwork in illustrated lectures at universities and professional organizations,including the Fashion Institute of Technology,Syracuse University ,Marywood University,Fordham University,the Society of Illustrators, the Type Directors Club, the American Numismatic Association and the New York Numismatic Club.
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