STEPHEN MOSCOWITZ

FROM as early as he can remember, Stephen Moscowitz has been artistic. The son of a father who was a furrier by day and a pastel artist by night, he was given broken chalks and paper and pieces of cardboard from the launderette to use for his own masterpieces as a child. In school, his talent was noticed by teachers who encouraged him to help other students during art—though his oversight didn’t always win him fans among his peers.

As he grew older, honing his natural talent became more of a priority. By high school, he was taking two art classes a day instead of French, algebra and science, learning the techniques and mediums of both fine art as well as commercial art. Moscowitz’s proclivity toward commercial art won him scholastic art awards throughout his high school career, culminating with a scholarship to Rochester Institute of Technology’s School of Art & Design.

By college, Moscowitz lost patience with the finer points of fine art and focused on what had always been his strongest point: commercial art. After graduating from RIT, he went to work for a retail furniture company, creating ads. This opened the door to a career in commercial art, taking him to New York, where he later became an art director for the advertising company where he worked.