Donato Giancola

Donato Giancola
General Information
Born	Colchester, Vermont, USA (1967)
Status	Active: Mirage to present
Style	Figurative realism
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Donato Giancola is an American artist specializing in narrative realism with science fiction and fantasy content.

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At the age of twenty Donato enrolled in his first formal art class, beginning his professional training. Technical skills and aesthetics were further developed while attending Syracuse University from 1989-1992. Immediately after graduating Summa Cum Laude with a BFA in Painting, Donato moved to New York City.

Since beginning a professional career in 1993, Donato's list of clients has grown to include major book publishers and collectors in New York to concept design firms on the West Coast: notables include The United Nations, LucasFilm, National Geographic, CNN, DC Comics, Microsoft, The Village Voice, Playboy Magazine, and the US Postal Service. Merits range from the prestigious Hamilton King Award from the Society of Illustrators to twenty-three Chesley Awards from the Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists, three Artist Hugo Awards for outstanding professional work from the World Science Fiction Society, notable awards from the Art Renewal Center, and six silver and two gold medals from the juried annual Spectrum: The Best of Contemporary Fantastic Art.

Donato's first work for Magic: The Gathering appeared in Mirage.^[1] Having drawn the original Patron Wizard for Odyssey, he was depicted himself by his student Volkan Baga on the Secret Lair reprint