Yolanda Cuomo was born on June 7,1957 and is an American artist, educator, and art director known for her collaborations and intuitive design work with visual and performing artists, including Richard Avedon, the estate of Diane Arbus, Paul Simon, Laurie Anderson, Twyla Tharp, Laurie Simmons, Donna Ferrato, Larry Fink, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Sylvia Plachy, Gilles Peress, John Cohen, Paolo Pellegrin, Peter van Agtmael, Andrew Moore, and the estate of Al Taylor.
27 Facts About Yolanda Cuomo
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Since the mid-1980s Cuomo has often collaborated on books and exhibitions with the Magnum Photos agency and Aperture.
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Yolanda Cuomo is the recipient of numerous awards, including the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award in 1991,1995, and 2004, and the National Magazine Award, in 2004, from the American Society of Magazine Editors for her art direction of Aperture.
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Yolanda Cuomo was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and was raised in West New York, New Jersey, by John Yolanda Cuomo and Rosa DeGennaro, both Italian immigrants.
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Yolanda Cuomo attended Saint Joseph of the Palisades High School.
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Yolanda Cuomo began college at Montclair State University, where she studied fine art, before transferring to Cooper Union.
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At Cooper Union, Yolanda Cuomo focused her fine art practice by working with the filmmaker Robert Breer and her practice in conceptual art with sculptor Hans Haacke.
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In 1983, while working at the Movies, Yolanda Cuomo was asked by Laurie Simmons to design a book of her photographs from the series In and Around the House.
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Later, Yolanda Cuomo would collaborate with Avedon, Israel, and the dancer-choreographer Twyla Tharp, on a poster for Twyla Tharp Dance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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In 1987 Yolanda Cuomo was hired as the creative consultant for Parents, a black comedy horror film set in the 1950s suburban America, directed by Bob Balaban and written by Christopher Hawthorne.
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Yolanda Cuomo researched and designed the sets and titles, hiring Philip-Lorca diCorcia to photograph the sets.
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Around the same time, Yolanda Cuomo began collaborating with the photographer Sylvia Plachy on the design for what would become Sylvia Plachy's Unguided Tour.
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In 1988 Yolanda Cuomo began sharing a studio building on West 19th Street with the photographer and master printer Neil Selkirk.
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Selkirk and Yolanda Cuomo met through Marvin Israel while Yolanda Cuomo was at the Movies.
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Selkirk and Yolanda Cuomo would collaborate for the next twenty-five years on many projects and productions, including the books Infra-Apparel, 1000 on 42nd Street, See No Evil, and Lobbyists ; the film Who Is Marvin Israel and ongoing collaborations with the estate of Diane Arbus.
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Avedon introduced Simon to Yolanda Cuomo, who began working with him on the art direction and design of his album, The Rhythm of the Saints.
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Anderson was the first person to suggest that Yolanda Cuomo begin designing with computers.
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Yolanda Cuomo has recorded moments of my life that I was barely aware were happening, usually with great humor.
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Harris and Yolanda Cuomo collaboratively produced numerous monographs, including Sylvia Plachy's Goings On About Town and Self Portrait with Cows Going Home; Nick Nichols's Earth to Sky; Donna Ferrato's Love and Lust; Dona Ann McAdams's Caught in the Act; Dario Fo's Artful Laughter; Luca Babini's Francesco Clemente: A Portrait; Luigi Ghirri's It's Beautiful Here, Isn't It.
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Between 2007 and 2009 Yolanda Cuomo curated and designed Access to Life, an exhibition and book featuring the work of several Magnum photographers: Jim Goldberg, Eli Reed, Steve McCurry, Larry Towell, Jonas Bendiksen, Paolo Pellegrin, Alex Majoli, and Gilles Peress.
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In 2012 Yolanda Cuomo again collaborated with Norma Stevens to edit New York at Night: Photography After Dark, an anthology showcasing New York City's nightlife through photographs by James Van Der Zee, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Diane Arbus, Elliott Erwitt, Larry Fink, Robert Frank, Gilles Peress, Weegee, and Ryan McGinley, among others.
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In 2012 Yolanda Cuomo was commissioned by the family of the late Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Jr.
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In January 2013, Yolanda Cuomo moved her studio to the Landmark Arts Building in Chelsea.
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Yolanda Cuomo has taught courses on graphic design and bookmaking since 1982 when she started at the School of Visual Arts.
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Yolanda Cuomo is currently an adjunct professor of design in the Department of Photography and Imaging at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts since 1996.
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Yolanda Cuomo was the recipient of the prestigious National Magazine Award, in 2004, from the American Society of Magazine Editors for her art direction of Aperture, the premier magazine for significant photography.
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Yolanda Cuomo received Infinity Awards in the best publication category in 1991 and 2004; and for design in 1995, from the International Center of Photography.