San Murata
Illustrator


Profile | Awards | Clients

 

Profile/Professional History

San Murata came to Toronto from Tokyo in 1968. This award winning illustrator's work has appeared with increasing regularity thoughout North America: on television, posters and in many prestigious publications.

Born in Tokyo, Japan

B.A. University of Masashi, Tokyo

1981 - Present Freelance Illustrator

1973 - 1981 Art Director, CTV Television Network, Toronto
Art Director, Global-TV News, Toronto

1971 - 1973 Art Director CITY-TV, Toronto

1968 - 1971 Assistant Art Director, CFTO-TV, Toronto

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Awards

1996 Selected-design by UNICEF, N.Y.C.

1995 Award of Excellence for
Four Seasons Hotels Menu & Greeting Card Design by
Beckett Paper Company, Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.A.

1994 Merit Award for Packaging Design by
Beckett Paper Company, Hamilton, Ohio, U.S.A.

1992 Selected Design
Annual CA

Selected by
Mayor, June Rowlands for
Toronto/Montreal 350 Birthday Logo Design

Hanes Canada T-Shirt Design,
Competition Canada
Gold Medal

1989 CAPIC, Jazz Festival Poster
Silver Metal

1988 Toronto Art Directors Club for
Royal Bank
Silver Medal

1987 Merit Award for
Invitation Card, Marshall Cummings by
Toronto Art Directors Club

Award for Excellence CA-87 for
YMCA Toronto Communication Arts Magazine
Gold Medal
International Advertising Festival, New York

1986 Merit Award for
Young People's Theatre by
Toronto Art Directors Club

1985 Silver Medal for
Pandamania Poster Metro Toronto Zoo by
Toronto Art Directors Club

1984 Selected by
Americam Illustration 3 New York,
published by Abrams

1983 Merit Award for
Avenue Magazine by
Toronto Art Directors Club

EXHIBITIONS

1995 Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan,
May

All Nippon Airways Hotel, Hiroshima, Japan,
November

1977 Canadian Embassy, Tokyo, Japan,
Spring

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Clients

Publishing

Holt Rhinehart
Oxford University Press
Greey De Pencier
Nelson Canada
Maclean's
Ginn & Company
Harper & Collins
Liyon (Tokyo, Japan)
Annick Press
CBC Journal

Theatre

Young People's Theatre
Centre Stage Theatre
Tarragon Theatre
Stratford Festival
St. Lawrence Theatre
The Puppet Centre

Publications

Canadian Living
Flair
Toronto Life
Time
Esquire
EnRoute
The Globe & Mail
Toronto Star
Great Expectations
Avenue
Canadian Business
Business Journal
Your Money
City Woman
Chatelaine
Departures
Good Life
Club Monaco
Dora Mavor Moore Awards
LACURE
Cosmetic
Parent's Magazine

Artwork & Posters

IBM
Denon
Macintosh
TEC
Ontario Hydro
Union Carbide
Canada Trust
Royal Trust
Royal Bank
CIBC
Elte Carpets
Air Canada
Toronto Blue Jays
Save the Children Fund
YMCA
Laura Secord
CITY-TV
CBC
CTV
Global TV
Coca Cola
Pepsi
Books for Everybody
North York Hospital
Gulf Oil
Couples Resorts
Butterfield & Robinson's
Earthday
Global-One (Japan)
Hotel Okura, Japan
Imagine
Pitney Bowes
UNICEF Mariposa Festival
Yonge-Eglinton Centre
Fryes Cocoa
Molson Canada
Second City
Privilege (Air Canada)
Marshall Cummings
Ontario Place
Marci Lipman
Wardair
The Scott Taylor Bruce
McGraw Graphics
Pizza Hut
Expo'86, Vancouver
Four Seasons Hotel
Christy's
Newspaper Marketing Bureau
Ira Berg
The Last Minute Club
Havergal College
Bank of Nova Scotia
Wholesale Travel Group
Cassels, Brock, Blackwell
The Senator Restaurant and Jazz Club
Wella (Japan)
Art-Link
Japan Ladies Federation Cup

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