Jody Lynn Bergsma Biography
Personal, Addresses, Career, Honors Awards, Writings, Adaptations
Education: Attended college. Hobbies and other interests: Riding horses.
Addresses
Office—Bergsma Gallery 1301 Fraser St. #A6, Bellingham, WA 98229.
Career
Illustrator, author, designer, and figurative painter. Bergsma Gallery, Bellingham, WA, owner, beginning 1984; contractual artist for SeaWorld.
Honors Awards
Best Children's Book, Coalition of Visionary Retailers, and Best Children's Picture Book Award, Independent Publishers Association, both 2003, both for Faerie.
Writings
SELF-ILLUSTRATED
Dragon, Illumination Arts (Bellevue, WA), 1999.
The Little Wizard, Illumination Arts (Bellevue, WA), 2000.
Faerie, Gallery Press (Bellingham, WA), 2002.
ILLUSTRATOR
Sandy Kleven, Touching, Whatcom County Opportunity Council/Bergsma Collectibles (Bellingham, WA), 1985.
Sandy Kleven, The Right Touch: A Read Aloud Story to Help Prevent Child Sexual Abuse, Illumination Arts (Bellevue, WA), 1997.
David Ogden, Dreambirds, Illumination Arts (Bellevue, WA), 1997.
Sandra Hanken, Sky Castle, Illumination Arts (Bellevue, WA), 1998.
Adaptations
Characters from Bergsma's works have been adapted as plush toys, stained glass, figurines, scupture, and jewelry.
Biographical and Critical Sources
PERIODICALS
Art Business News, June, 2003, "SeaWorld Contracts Artist Jody Bergsma," p. 12.
Home Accents Today, June, 2003, "Fiesta Partners with Artist Jody Bergsma," p. 35.
School Library Journal, April, 2000, Rosalyn Pierini, review of Dragon, p. 90.
Skipping Stones, May-August, 1997, review of Dreambirds, p. 31.
ONLINE
Bergsma Gallery Web site, http://www.bergsma.com/(March 19, 2005).
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