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Jim Riswold (born 1957 in Seattle, Washington) was the former creative director for Portland, Oregon based advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy and an instructor for the agency's experimental advertising school, WK12: subject for WKE (WKEntertainment)'s upcoming web episodic documentary, 12.

Early Career in Art

Riswold began his art career at an early age, drawing astronauts screaming to get out of their rocket ships.

He soon advanced to bigger topics, such as Nazis on Spring Break. In this series, Riswold featured Hermann Göring winning hot dog and cotton candy eating contests, Joseph Goebbels bouncing up and down on his bed and surfing, Adolf Hitler surfing, Adolf Hitler on a giant turtle with Marilyn Monroe, Adolf and Marilyn in a rowboat, and Heinrich Himmler taking a bubble bath.

Late Career in Art

Riswold’s later career, while shorter, was no less prolific. He completed 82 pieces for a museum retrospective, including the 20ft Big Dumb Nazi Party.

The artist also completed work on *American Death Pt. 2 (Serial Killers)*, *vietNAmeste*, *The Boxer Rebellion*, *The Boer War*, *Lewis & Clark Rediscover Portland*, and *Coin the Phrase WTF?!*, and wrote a book called *Nurse Hitler*.

Riswold likes to stay busy with what he calls his perverse whimsy.

Advertising Career

In 40 years in advertising at Wieden+Kennedy, Riswold has created some of the most memorable campaigns on that fine agency’s list of achievements—Bo Knows, Spike and Mike, There are courses I’m not allowed to play because of the color of my skin (for Tiger Woods), I am Tiger Woods, Role Model, Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood, CEO Jordan, Forged vs. Cast, and many others.

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 '''Jim Riswold''' (born 1957 in [[Seattle, Washington]]) was the former [[creative director]] for [[Portland, Oregon]] based [[advertising agency]] [[Wieden+Kennedy]] and an instructor for the agency's experimental advertising school, [[WK12]]: subject for [[WKE (WKEntertainment)]]'s upcoming web episodic [[documentary]], ''12''.
-==Career In Advertising==
+== Early Career in Art ==
+Riswold began his art career at an early age, drawing astronauts screaming to get out of their rocket ships.
+He soon advanced to bigger topics, such as Nazis on Spring Break. In this series, Riswold featured [[Hermann Göring]] winning hot dog and cotton candy eating contests, [[Joseph Goebbels]] bouncing up and down on his bed and surfing, [[Adolf Hitler]] surfing, Adolf Hitler on a giant turtle with [[Marilyn Monroe]], Adolf and Marilyn in a rowboat, and [[Heinrich Himmler]] taking a bubble bath.
-Riswold attended the [[University of Washington]] from 1976 to 1983, and received three bachelor's degrees in [[communication]]s, [[philosophy]] and [[history]].<ref>{{cite web|title=So What Good Is Studying Philosophy: You Want To Be A What? |publisher=University of Washington Philosophy Department |first=Jim|last=Riswold |quote=Jim Riswold. UW (University of Washington) 1976–1983. Majored in Communications, Philosophy, and History |url=http://bellevuecollege.edu/philosophy/comments.htm |date=Autumn 2001 |access-date=September 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528132604/http://bellevuecollege.edu/philosophy/comments.htm |archive-date=May 28, 2010 }}</ref> He was brought into the agency as its first [[copywriter]] hire in 1984, supervising the Honda account.<ref name="ad age">{{cite web | title=Riswold goes from 'idiot savant' to reinventor to retired artist | first=Randall|last=Rothenberg |url=https://adage.com/article/randall-rothenberg/riswold-idiot-savant-reinventor-retired-artist/105980|
-magazine=[[Advertising Age]] | date=January 30, 2006 | quote=Riswold, 48, has been creating art for years-at least since the day in late 1984 when he walked into a presentation for the Honda scooters advertising account}}</ref> In his 14 years at Wieden+Kennedy, he created advertising campaigns such as the [[Mars Blackmon]] ([[Spike Lee]]), [[Michael Jordan]] commercials for [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] as well as the famous [[Bugs Bunny]]–Jordan pairing. He also created the [[Bo Knows]] campaign for Nike featuring [[Bo Jackson]], and the [[Tiger Woods]] commercial, entitled "I Am Tiger Woods".
+== Late Career in Art ==
-In 2013, Riswold was inducted into [[The One Club]]'s Creative Hall of Fame.
+Riswold’s later career, while shorter, was no less prolific. He completed 82 pieces for a museum retrospective, including the 20ft Big Dumb Nazi Party.
+The artist also completed work on *American Death Pt. 2 (Serial Killers)*, *vietNAmeste*, *The Boxer Rebellion*, *The Boer War*, *Lewis & Clark Rediscover Portland*, and *Coin the Phrase WTF?!*, and wrote a book called *Nurse Hitler*.
-==Career In Art==
+Riswold likes to stay busy with what he calls his perverse whimsy.
-After being diagnosed with [[leukemia]] in 2000 and surviving for five years, Riswold quit advertising to become a full-time contemporary artist.<ref>{{cite news | title=Jim Riswold: Nike ad designer finds success, gets leukemia, turns to Hitler dolls. Huh? | url=http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3146/6741/ | newspaper=[[Willamette Week]] | quote=When Riswold, a onetime philosophy major whose iconic Nike ads made him an industry legend, was diagnosed with leukemia, he found solace in art. | date=September 21, 2005 | first=Zach | last=Dundas | access-date=February 10, 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080130141509/http://wweek.com/editorial/3146/6741/ | archive-date=January 30, 2008 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He went from "a career of selling people things they don't need to making things that people don't want".<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/creative/features/e3i2db03fb29d573ec5da757eab1f567a2b | title=Profile: Jim Riswold - Ex-Wieden CD celebrates the absurd | magazine=[[AdWeek]] | first=Gregory|last=Solman | date=October 6, 2008 | access-date=September 22, 2009}}</ref>
+== Advertising Career ==
-Riswold's photographs have been shown in galleries throughout the Northwest and hang in the permanent collections of several museums.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.augengallery.com/Artists_bio/bio_riswold.html | title=Augen Gallery - Bio: Jim Riswold | quote=(see various entries under the headings "Solo Exhibitions", "Group Exhibitions" and "Selected Collections) | access-date=September 22, 2009}}</ref> Most of his works poke fun at historically taboo figures such as [[Mao Zedong]], [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Benito Mussolini]] by constructing monumental setting in which the figurines were photographer. Riswold explained in his 2005 ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' article, [https://web.archive.org/web/20091130185709/http://www.esquire.com/features/essay/ESQ0905HITLER_164 "Hitler Saved My Life"] that "Instead of providing […] grand expositions mythologizing the dictator, toys, by definition, make their subjects seem small, childish, and trifling."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.esquire.com/features/essay/ESQ0905HITLER_164 | title=Hitler Saved My Life | first=Jim | last=Riswold | magazine=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]] | date=September 1, 2005 | access-date=September 22, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130185709/http://www.esquire.com/features/essay/ESQ0905HITLER_164 | archive-date=November 30, 2009 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
+In 40 years in advertising at [[Wieden+Kennedy]], Riswold has created some of the most memorable campaigns on that fine agency’s list of achievements—[[Bo Knows]], [[Mars Blackmon|Spike and Mike]], There are courses I’m not allowed to play because of the color of my skin (for [[Tiger Woods]]), I am Tiger Woods, Role Model, Mr. Robinson’s Neighborhood, CEO Jordan, Forged vs. Cast, and many others.
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