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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== Riswold attended the [[University of Washington]] from 1976 to 1983, and received three bachelors 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| author=Jim Riswold | quote=Jim Riswold. UW (University of Washington) 1976–1983. Majored in Communications, Philosophy, and History | url=ttp://bellevuecollege.edu/philosophy/comments.htm | date=Autumn, 2001 | accessdate=2009-09-22}}</ref> He was brought into the agency as its first [[copywriter]] hire in 1984, supervising the Honda account.<ref>{{cite web | title=Riswold goes from 'idiot savant' to reinventor to retired artist | author=Randall Rothenberg | publisher=Advertising Age | date=January 30, 2006 | accessdate=2009-09-21 | 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." ==Career In Art== After being diagnosed with [[leukemia]] in 2000 and surviving for five years, Riswold quit advertising to become a full-time contemporary artist,<ref>{{cite web | title=Jim Riswold: Nike ad designer finds success, gets leukemia, turns to Hitler dolls. Huh? | url=http://www.wweek.com/editorial/3146/6741/ 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 | author=Zach Dundas | publisher=Willamette Week | accessdate=2008-02-10}}</ref> going from "a career of selling people things they don't need to making things that people don't want".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/creative/features/e3i2db03fb29d573ec5da757eab1f567a2b | title=Profile: Jim Riswold - Ex-Wieden CD celebrates the absurd | publisher=AdWeek | author=Gregory Solman | date=October 6, 2008 | accessdate=2009-09-22}}</ref> 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) | accessdate=2009-09-22}}</ref> Most of his works poke fun at historically taboo figures [[Mao Zedong]], [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Benito Mussolini]] by constructing monumental setting in which the figurines were photographer. Jim explained in his 2005 ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'' article, [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 | author=Jim Riswold | publisher=Esquire | date=September 1, 2005 | accessdate=2009-09-22}}</ref> ==Family Life== Jim is the father of two beautiful children, Hallie (19) and Jake (17), and owns an awesome dog, Buddy, named after "air" Bud. He is dedicated to family life and family time. Jim enjoys taking his two children golfing, even if it is against their will, and takes the family for summer trips to Sunriver, Oregon and Maui. Hallie is an avid shopper at Urban Outfitters and runs a food blog. You can find it at je-mange.tumblr.com. She attended B'nai B'rith Camp for five years and has met her closest friends through this experience. She is what some might call a "wannabeJEW". After a tumultuous experience in the LA area attending LMU, Hallie transfered to Portland State University to pursue her passion for...exploring life. Good luck Hallie!. Jake loves, guitar, cats, and photography. You can check out his cat blog - google it! He plays guitar until blood rushes down his finger times and stays up until wee hours of the morning pursuing his art. He's a ladies man. He plans to attend a University in the Fall of 2012 (unless he takes a year off to start his exploratory journey a little earlier than Hallie). He abandoned vegetarianism in pursuit of his passion for bacon cheeseburgers from Burgerville. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.jimriswold.com/ Jim Riswold's website] * [http://www.augengallery.com/Artists/riswold.html Jim Riswold's art gallery display] * [http://www.esquire.com/features/essay/ESQ0905HITLER_164 Hitler Saved My Life, Jim Riswold's Esquire essay] {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Riswold, Jim | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 1957 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Riswold, Jim}} [[Category:Advertising people]] [[Category:Advertising]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1957 births]] {{business-bio-stub}}'