Stacy Wakefield Forte
Evil Twin Publications

917.971.2450
stacy@eviltwinpublications.com

education

1991-1994
GERRIT RIETVELD ACADEMIE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
department: Graphic Design
degree: 5 year design BA, June 1994

1989-1991
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
department: Graphic Design

selected work experience

2005-present
DISTRIBUTED ART PUBLISHERS
Catalogue Designer

2003-2005
ARTFORUM MAGAZINE
Design Director

2002
BOOKFORUM
Redesign

2000-2003
INDEX MAGAZINE
Design Director

1999-2000
SMARTMONEY
Senior Designer

1997-1999
VILLAGE VOICE
Associate Art Director

 

selected publication designs

EVIL TWIN PUBLICATIONS
As co-publisher of Evil Twin, I have designed over 30 publications including: THE SUNDOWN SALON UNFOLDING ARCHIVE, NO SEATS ON THE PARTY CAR, GEOMETRY & DEMOCRACY.

EVIL TWIN PUBLICATIONS book packaging
I have edited and designed several book packages. For D.A.P.: SHOW DOGS and CATHOLIC No.1:CATS. For St. Martins Press: I HOPE YOU ARE ALL HAPPY NOW. For Akashic Books: PLEASE TAKE ME OFF THE GUEST LIST.

VICE
Book Designer for titles: SASHA GREY: NEU SEX; THE WORLD ACCORDING TO VICE; HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD; NEWS, NUDITY & NONSENSE; THE VICE GUIDE TO TRAVEL; SKINEMA; DEAR DIARY; and THE VICE PHOTO BOOK.

AKASHIC BOOKS
Cover Designs for: NO SPACE FOR FURTHER BURIAL, THE BROTHER'S LOT, BOUNDARIES.

NOFA-NY
For the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York I designed: THE ORGANIC DAIRY HANDBOOK and TRANSITIONING TO ORGANIC DAIRY WORKBOOK.

 

ART BOOKS FOR SMALL PRESSES

Metropolis: EDIBLE ESTATES: ATTACK ON THE FRONT LAWN 2nd Edition By Fritz Haeg

Ajax Press: SKULLS & SHIT
Artwork by Donald Baechler and Wes Lang

Charta: THE MOVING IMAGES OF TRACEY MOFFATT

Javier Lopez Gallery: MASTERING THE MELON: PROJECTS BY ALIX LAMBERT

index Books: RYAN MCGINLEY

ACS Editore, Milan, Italy: CONTAMINATION by Peter Halley and Tim Griffin

Brooklyn Museum of Art: WORKING IN BROOKLYN by Deirdre Lawrence

 

awards

2008
AIGA 50 BOOKS / 50 COVERS
The Vice Photo Book

2001
AIGA 50 BOOKS / 50 COVERS
The catalog "Working in Brooklyn: Artists Books" (published by the Brooklyn Museum of Art) was one of AIGA's selections of the best 50 books of the year.

2002
PUBLISHER'S MARKETING ASSOCIATION
Cover design award for "Ruben Moser's Miracle" (mwynhad, Seattle).

1999, 2000
SOCIETY OF PUBLICATION DESIGN
I received merit awards for design work done for the Village Voice.

exhibitions

2009
The Sundown Salon Unfolding ARchive: A Project by Fritz Haeg, an Evil Twin publication, shown at MOCA Miami; The Architecture Foundation, London; and X initiative in New York.

2008
Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Eyelevel Reshelving Initiative 03: An Exhibition of Artists' Books, Zines, Printed Works and Multiples

2005
Watkinson Library, Trinity College, Hartford Conneticut
The group show 'Alternative Voices: Artists' Books, Comix, and Zines' included Evil Twin books.

2004
Kansas City Art Institute
The group show 'Making Meaning' included the 2002 Evil Twin Publications book "Slept in Beds."

2004
AION Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
The group show 'Art to Carry' included several Evil Twin books: "Catholic no.1: Cats" (2004), "Slept in Beds" (2003), "All the Aldas" ( 2002), "Notta Lotta Love Stories" (2000), "Mud in My Veins" (1999), " Transient Songs" (1995).

2002
Luxx Gallery, San Francisco
The group show: Ò[re]readings: Artists Books NowÓ included "All the Aldas" (Evil Twin, 2002).

2001
Center for Book Arts, New York
The group show "Rare Books of the Future" included "Mud in My Veins" (Evil Twin, 1999)

2000
Brooklyn Museum of Art
I designed the catalog for the group show "Working in Brooklyn: Artists Books" in 2000. I collaborated on this catalog with the Museum Library's staff, and it was included as a work in the show.

2000
Long Island University
The group show "Artists Books" cuated by Constance Woo included three books I created in 1994:"Our Speed Amazes Me," "Transient Song," and "Ontbinding."

selected collections

Museums and Libraries that have purchased Evil Twin Publications books for their permanent collections:

Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Britain
Victoria & Albert Museum, London
The British Library
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Yale Sterling Library
Wesleyn College Library, CT
Amherst College Frost Library
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
University of Washington, Seattle
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston