Artist Profile

Louis Fishauf

Louis Fishauf is a Canadian graphic designer and collage artist. He began his career as an editorial designer and art director, working at a succession of Canadian magazines. In 1982, he co-founded Reactor Art+Design where, as Creative Director, he produced innovative branding, marketing and illustration for a wide array of fashion, retail, beverage, government and technology clients.

An early adopter of digital design technology, in the late 1980s he began using Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop in v1 of both applications, beginning a long association with Adobe Systems. In 1997 he was invited by Apple to become one of the first 40 AppleMasters, an “international group of recognized visionaries from various fields”.

His collage work is inspired by popular culture, pulp art, nature, mythology, vintage tattoos, comics and art history.