Jeff Pike

Jeff Pike earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute and a Master of Fine Arts in visual communication from Syracuse University. Pike joined the faculty of Washington University in St. Louis in 1983. He has directed the illustration program and in 1993 he was appointed associate dean, responsible for the undergraduate programs. Pike was appointed dean of the School of Art in 1999, a position he held through July 2008.

Pike’s professional work has appeared in numerous print and broadcast venues. He has worked for major advertising agencies and clients. His work has been recognized in Print, Art Direction, Creativity, and Adweek magazines. He also has won Addy’s and Flair awards for his creative work in advertising. In 2010, Pike published a boxed, letterpress book of illustrations and works of fiction by two authors based upon the letters of Heloise and Abelard titled “From Letters to Fictions: Heloise & Abelard.” Pike’s work was accepted into the 53rd Annual New York Society of Illustrators exhibition.

Pike has lectured at a number of schools and universities. He has twice been a resident at the Cité international des arts, Paris. He has led abroad programs in Belgium, France, and Italy. As dean, he traveled throughout Asia. Pike has been a board member for several art organizations, most recently the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, where he is also a visit team leader and consultant for NASAD.

A cell tower in the distance, under a blue sky strewn with clouds; in the foreground, a fish (as if suspended) in air. The illustration is framed by a strip of (what appears to be) wood along the bottom edge.

Bunny

Two people holding hands, their interlocked hands only visible in the upper left corner, framed by a geometric border in peach/cream, red, green, and blue, around which is a gray background. The two hands are above a waterfall; a person lays on the exterior gray border, at the center.

Slide

A person walking on (what appears to be) a beach with a dog. Water streaks across the ground in pools. The two figures are far away from us, moving into a distant bright light.

Stop

In the broad expanse of sky is a moon (in the upper right, with a face, eyes closed) and a bird soaring across. Below rooftops and trees are just visible; two wisps of rope (or smoke/fog perhaps) stretch across the composition in the foreground.

Woodpecker

Select Exhibitions and Presentations

“Howard Pyle: American Master,” invited lecture, 2019, Harold Acton Library, The British Institute of Florence.
“Howard Pyle: Master and Student,” invited lecture, 2018, University of Milan, Italy.
“Artist’s Choice: Works Selected by Robert Andrew Parker,” Washington Art Association, Washington, Connecticut, 2014.
“Society of Illustrators 53rd Annual Juried Exhibition,” New York, NY, 2012.