Ernie Kwiat

Ernie Kwiat (pronounced to rhyme with "what") is an illustrator who was born in Houston, Texas and raised near New Castle, in western Pennsylvania. He studied illustration at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he received his MFA, specializing in printmaking, from Mills College in Oakland, CA.
As an art director and graphic artist for a screen printing company in California, he began drawing and designing graphics for many companies such as Lucas Films, Capitol Records, Disney and Sesame Workshop. After twelve years, he left the commercial screen printing company to head the art department of Sesame Street General Stores as an illustrator and product designer.
Kwiat has designed and completed the art for thousands of Sesame Street products and numerous books.
==Credits==
* Sesame Street Fire Safety Station (1996)
* Sesame Street Magazine (beginning in 1998)
* Noisy Colors (1999)
* Elmo's Day (2005)
* Elmo's Night Before Christmas (2005)
* Elmo's Easy As 123 (2006)
* Elmo's Easy As ABC (2006)
* Elmo's Favorite Things (2006)
* Guess Who, Abby! (2007)
* Guess Who, Elmo! (2007)
* When I Grow Up (2007)
* Let's Get Ready (2008)
* What Will Elmo Be? (2010)
* Big Bird at Home (2011)
* Sesame Street Firehouse & Police Station Super Sticker Book (2011)
* Sesame Street At the Science Fair (2011)
* Sesame Street Paper Dolls Dress-Up (2011)
* Sesame Street Paper Doll Pandemonium! (2011)
* Sesame Street Halloween Party Sticker Book (2011)
* Bert and Ernie Go Camping (2012)
* Cookie Monster's Busy Day (2012)
* Abby Loves To Dress-Up Paper Doll (2012)
* Elmo Loves To Dress-Up Paper Doll (2012)
* Night, Night, Elmo! (2013)
* Happy Halloween! (2014)
* Boo! Guess Who, Elmo! (2015)
* I Love You Just Like This! (2015)
* Off to School! (2015)
* Happy Like Elmo (2016)
* Grouchy Like Oscar (2016)
* Listen & Learn in Your Neighborhood (2016)
* The Great Easter Race! (2017)
* Happy Birthday! (2017)
* Love from Sesame Street (2018)
* Let's Play! (2019)
* Very Busy Day On Sesame Street (2019)
* What is Family on Sesame Street? (2020)
* Cookies for Elmo (2020)
* Sesame Street: Happy, Healthy Monsters (2021)
* Breathe, Think, Do with Elmo (2021)
* Home for the Holidays (2021)
* Meet Your Neighbors on Sesame Street (2022)
* The ABCs of Trash (2024)
* Elmo Gives Thanks (2024)
==External links==
* Ernie Kwiat's portfolio site
* Uncle Ernie's Creepy, Oddball Collection -- Kwiat's Zazzle store
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Category:Illustrators