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{{Short description|American painter}}
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| birth_place = [[Omaha, Nebraska]], U.S.
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| other_names = Caniglia
| alma_mater = Iowa State University, <br>Maryland Institute College of Art
| movement = [[Abstract expressionism]], [[Postmodern art|Post-Modernism]]
| known_for = [[Painting]], [[drawing]], [[photography]]
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'''Jeremy Caniglia''' (born July 13, 1970) is an American [[figurative art|figurative]] painter and illustrator, primarily in [[fantasy art|fantasy]] and [[horror art|horror]] genres. He has done book and magazine illustration, conceptual artwork, book and album covers, and comic books, and his work is in several important public collections including the [[Joslyn Art Museum]] and [[Iowa State University]]. His art has also been shown at the [[Society of Illustrators]]' Museum of Illustration.

==Early life and education==
Jeremy Caniglia was born July 13, 1970, in [[Omaha, Nebraska]]. He went to [[Creighton Preparatory School]], where he was first introduced to art.

He studied traditional classical painting at [[Iowa State University]] (ISU), receiving a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts|B.F.A.]] in Drawing, Painting and Printmaking in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.isualum.org/en/awards/honors_awards/college_award_recipients/jeremy_caniglia_2015/|title=Jeremy Caniglia 2015, Design Achievement Award By the College of Design|date=2015|website=Iowa State University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923134618/http://www.isualum.org/en/awards/honors_awards/college_award_recipients/jeremy_caniglia_2015/|archive-date=2015-09-23}}</ref> After graduation he studied at the [[Maryland Institute College of Art]] (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland under well-known [[abstract expressionist]] painter, [[Grace Hartigan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jeremy Caniglia {{!}} Abend Gallery|url=https://www.abendgallery.com/artist/jeremy-caniglia|access-date=2021-06-25|website=www.abendgallery.com}}</ref> He received his [[Master of Fine Arts|M.F.A.]] from MICA in 1995. In 2012, Caniglia began working at [[Creighton Preparatory School]]s as a full time teaching staff and served as an adjunct professor for [[Creighton University]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=caniglia|title=CV|url=https://jeremycaniglia.com/cv/|access-date=2021-06-14|website=C A N I G L I A|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2017, Caniglia apprenticed and studied with the figurative artist [[Odd Nerdrum]].<ref name="Mertes 2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.omaha.com/lifestyles/omaha-artist-will-spend-his-summer-on-a-farm-in/article_5b12270d-b517-5fc9-b164-2a58828e1452.html|title=Omaha artist will spend his summer on a farm in Norway to learn from a legend|last=Mertes|first=Micah|date=2017|website=Omaha Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Figurative painter Jeremy Caniglia to share his work in lecture, workshop at ISU : Iowa State University College of Design|url=https://www.design.iastate.edu/news/2018/04/caniglia-lecture-workshop/|access-date=2021-06-25|website=www.design.iastate.edu}}</ref>

== Work ==
[[File:CANIGLIA.jpg|thumb|Caniglia's "Birth of Sunrise"]]
In addition to Hartigan, whom he cites as "bringing new insight to his work," Caniglia was also influenced by the [[Old Masters]] including [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Caravaggio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://realismtoday.com/step-by-step-portrait-drawing-line-light/|title=Step-by-Step Portrait Drawing: The Power of Line and Light
|last=Caniglia|first=Jeremy|date=2017|website=Realism Today}}</ref>

Caniglia's art has been featured in the ''Washington Post<ref>[http://www.caniglia-art.com/reviews19.htm ''Washington Post'' review] caniglia-art.com</ref>{{Better source needed|date=January 2019}}'' and on CNN.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/10/25/halloween.books/|title=Halloween frights|last=Argendeli|first=James|date=October 25, 2004|website=CNN|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref> He has created book covers for well-known mainstream authors ([[Stephen King]], [[Ray Bradbury]], [[Peter Straub]], [[Douglas Clegg]], [[F. Paul Wilson]]) and he has done cover art and illustrations for a number of noted horror and fantasy writers including [[Edward Lee (writer)|Ed Lee]] and [[Charlee Jacob]]. His work has also appeared in Entertainment and horror magazines such as ''[[Rue Morgue (magazine)|Rue Morgue]]'' magazine, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', ''[[Fangoria]]'' magazine, ''Flesh and Blood'', and ''[[Cemetery Dance (magazine)|Cemetery Dance]]''.

Caniglia has also created artwork for public institutions and churches. In 2009 he created a [[religious icon]] of [[Saint Lucy]] for St. Francis Cabrini Church located in [[Little Italy (Omaha)]], in [[Nebraska]].

In 2013 [[Lonely Road Books]] published a special limited edition of ''[[The Exorcist (novel)|The Exorcist]]: The 40th Anniversary Revised Edition'' by [[William Peter Blatty]]. The new, updated edition featured new and revised material that Blatty had left out of the original book. Lonely Road Books and William Peter Blatty brought in Caniglia to create all new cover and interior artwork for this special edition. Caniglia worked with [[Warner Home Video]] creating artwork for the film documentary on William Peter Blatty and the creation of ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'' directed by Laurent Bouzereau.

In 2013 [[Cemetery Dance Publications|Cemetery Dance]] published a new limited Edition of ''[[World War Z|World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War]]'' by [[Max Brooks]]. Caniglia created all new artwork cover for this special release to coincide with the film release of ''[[World War Z (film)|World War Z]]''. In the fall of 2013 he completed [[Easton Press]]' 170th anniversary edition of [[Charles Dickens]]' ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''. In the fall of 2016 he completed the [[Easton Press]]' limited artist edition of [[O.Henry]]' short stories.

In 2017, Caniglia left Omaha to apprentice with the Norwegian figurative painter Odd Nerdrum.<ref name="Mertes 2017"/> His print "Dreaming of Rembrandt" won an award in the Salmagundi Club's SCNY Monotype Exhibition in 2018.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.salmagundi.org/content.cfm/salmagundi/SCNY-Monotype-Exhibition/id/285|title=SCNY Monotype Exhibition|website=Salmagundi Club|date=2018}}</ref> In 2020, David Weiss directed a documentary short film about Caniglia's life and work. This documentary was selected for Nebraska short films encore screening at the 2020 Omaha Film Festival.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://omahafilmfestival2020.sched.com/speaker/caniglia.20n9b4vq|title=Caniglia|website=omahafilmfestival2020|date=2020}}</ref>

== Awards ==
Caniglia was nominated first in 2003 for the [[International Horror Guild Award]] for best artist in dark fantasy and horror and then again in 2004, this time winning the prestigious award.<ref>{{Citation|url=http://www.ixgallery.com/ArtistGalleryRoom.asp?ArtistId=985|title=Jeremy Caniglia|website=IX Gallery|date=2020}}</ref> In 2005 he was nominated for a [[World Fantasy Award]] for Best Artist in Fantasy. In 2015 Caniglia received the prestigious Design Achievement Award from the College of Design at Iowa State University.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.design.iastate.edu/news/2018/04/caniglia-lecture-workshop/?c=art-and-visual-culture|title=Figurative painter Jeremy Caniglia to share his work in lecture, workshop at ISU|website=Iowa State College of Design|date=2018}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
This is a list of published illustration work.

===Art books===
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X04dYAAACAAJ|title=As Dead as Leaves: The Art of Caniglia|last=Caniglia|publisher=Shocklines Press|year=2004|isbn=0974908703}}
* ''Spectrum'' issues 6, 10, 11, 12, and 13<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/about.html |title=Spectrum Fantastic Art |access-date=2006-11-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113023128/http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/about.html |archive-date=2006-11-13 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>
*{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XCTDGAAACAAJ|title=Metamorphosis: 50 Contemporary Surreal, Fantastic and Visionary Artists|last=Flemming|first=Robyn|publisher=BeinART Publishing|year=2007|isbn=978-0980323108}}
*''Gothic Art Now: The Very Best In Contemporary Gothic Art'', ILEX Publishing, 2008
*''Awaken: A New Spirit In Figurative Painting-Caniglia'', Unimpressed Press Art books, 2009
*''I Before E Except after Death'', Unimpressed Press Art books, 2011<ref>[http://www.caniglia-art.com/artbooks01.htm Art Books] caniglia-art.com</ref>
*''Infected by Art: Volume Two'', Hermes Press, 2014<ref name="infectedbyart.com">[http://www.infectedbyart.com/jeremy_caniglia Gallery of Jeremy Caniglia] infectedbyart.com</ref>
*''Infected by Art: Volume Three'', Hermes Press, 2015<ref name="infectedbyart.com"/>

===Book, comic and album covers===
* [[2002 in literature|2002]]
**''Breeder'' by [[Douglas Clegg]]
**''Darkoffspring'' edited by Brian Knight
**''Irish Witchcraft & Demonology'' by St. John d. Seymour
**''The Wicked'' by [[Douglas Clegg]]
**''This Cape is Red Because I Have Been Bleeding'' by [[Tom Piccirilli]]
* [[2003 in literature|2003]]
**''Makak'' by [[Edward Lee (writer)|Edward Lee]]
**''Necromancer'' by [[Douglas Clegg]]
**''Rocksbreak/Scissors Cut'' by [[David J. Schow]]
**''Choir of Ill Children'' by [[Tom Piccirilli]]
**''Ever Nat'' by [[Edward Lee (writer)|Edward Lee]]
**''F’in Lie Down Already''' by [[Tom Piccirilli]]
**''Hexes'' by [[Tom Piccirilli]]
**''Neverland'' by [[Douglas Clegg]]
**''Rage'' by [[Steve Gerlach]]
**''The Baby'' by Edward Lee
* [[2004 in literature|2004]]
**''Boneland'' by [[Jeffrey Thomas (writer)|Jeffrey Thomas]]
**''Darklings'' by [[Ray Garton]]
**''Dead Man’s Hand'' by [[Tim Lebbon]]
**''The Machinery of Night'' by [[Douglas Clegg]]
**''The New Neighbor'' by [[Ray Garton]]
**''The Turtle Boy'' by Kealan Patrick Burke
**''Waiting My Turn Under the Knife'' by [[Tom Piccirilli]]
* [[2005 in literature|2005]]
**''Broken Angel'' by Brian Knight
**''Like Death'' by [[Tim Waggoner]]
**''London Revenant'' by [[Conrad Williams (author)|Conrad Williams]]
**''The Abandoned''by [[Douglas Clegg]]
**''Berserk'' by [[Tim Lebbon]]
**''In the Midnight Museum'' by [[Gary A. Braunbeck]]
**''Pieces of Hate'' by [[Tim Lebbon]]
**''Thrust'' by [[Tom Piccirilli]]
**''Wormwood Nights'' by [[Charlee Jacob]]
**''Zero'' by Michael McBride
**''[[Masters of Horror Soundtrack]]'', Immortal Records
* [[2006 in literature|2006]]
**''She Loves Monsters'' by [[Simon Clark (novelist)|Simon Clark]]
**''Take the Long Way Home'' by [[Brian Keene]]
**''The Halloween Man'' by [[Douglas Clegg]]
**''The Rutting Season'' by [[Brian Keene]]
**''Wild Things-Four Tales'' by [[Douglas Clegg]]
**''[[Masters of Horror]]'' issues 1 and 2, [[IDW Publishing]]
* [[2007 in literature|2007]]
**''Red Spikes'' by [[Margo Lanagan]]
**''The Everlasting'' by [[Tim Lebbon]]
**''The Peabody-Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium'' by [[F. Paul Wilson]]
* [[2008 in literature|2008]]
**''A Whisper of Southern Lights'' by [[Tim Lebbon]]
* [[2009 in literature|2009]]
**''The Locust'' by [[Douglas Clegg]]
**''Tender Morsels'' by [[Margo Lanagan]]
* [[2011 in literature|2011]]
**''Gutshot'' by [[Conrad Williams (author)|Conrad Williams]]
* [[2013 in literature|2013]]
**''[[The Exorcist (novel)|The Exorcist]]'' by [[William Peter Blatty]]
**''[[World War Z|World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War]]'' by [[Max Brooks]]
**''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]]
**''Dinner with the Cannibal Sisters'' by [[Douglas Clegg]]
* [[2014 in literature|2014]]
**''Submerged'' by [[Thomas F. Monteleone]]
* [[2015 in literature|2015]]
**''Bad Dog'' by [[Tom Piccirilli]]
**''Backshot'' by [[Tom Piccirilli]]
**''Backshot'' by [[Edward Gorman|Ed Gorman]]
* [[2017 in literature|2017]]
**''Small World'' by [[Tabitha King]]
* [[2018 in literature|2018]]
**''Interview With The Vampire'' by [[Anne Rice]]
**''Caretakers'' by [[Tabitha King]]

===Book illustrations===
* [[2003 in literature|2003]]
**''White and Other Tales of Ruin'' by Tim Lebbon
* [[2004 in literature|2004]]
**''The Devil’s Wine'' by [[Stephen King]], [[Peter Straub]], [[Ray Bradbury]]
**''The Priest of Blood'' by [[Douglas Clegg]]
**''The Crown Rose'' by [[Fiona Avery]]
**''Great Ghost Stories'' edited by [[Stephen Jones (author)|Stephen Jones]]
* [[2005 in literature|2005]]
**''The Healer'' by Michael Blumlein, M.D.
* Various years
**''[[The Adversary Cycle]]'' by [[F. Paul Wilson]]

===Magazines===
*Covers
**''Cemetery Dance'' issue 70 (2013)
**''Nocturne'' issue 1 (2005)
**''Cemetery Dance'' issues 37, 38 (2002)
**''The Horror Express'' issue 2 (2004)
*Interior art
**''Variety Magazine'' (July 2005)
**''Rue-Morgue'' Issues 47, 52
**''Medium Magazine'' (June 2003)
**''Flesh and Blood'' issue 13 (August 2003)
**''Churn an Art Magazine'' issue 6 (2002)
**''Cemetery Dance'' issue 39 (2002)
**''Cthulhu Sex Magazine'' Issue 18 (2004)
**''Redsine'' issue 9 (2003)
**''Dark’s Art Parlour'' Issue #3 (1996)

===Movies, DVDs, and TV (as conceptual artist)===
* ''[[Masters of Horror]]'' Season 1 ([[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]) 2005 - 2006
* ''[[Masters of Horror]]'' Japanese DVD release ([[Kadokawa Pictures]], US) 2006
*''Black Luck'' artist and actor in this action movie (2016)

==Notes and references==
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==External links==
*[http://www.caniglia-art.com/ Caniglia’s official website]
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031206231022/http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/ Caniglia in Spectrum Fantastic Art Annuals magazine]}}
*[http://shocklines.stores.yahoo.net/itfeatcanar.html Cover art by Caniglia at Shocklines Press]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081224020301/http://beinart.org/artists/caniglia/ Caniglia - Surreal Art Collective]
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9335778/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t8 Jeremy Caniglia] at IMDb

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