Pacific Books was founded in 2016 in New York City by Elizabeth Karp-Evans and Adam Turnbull. We collaborate with the world’s leading artists and institutions to create singular publications on contemporary art and culture. With a focus on precision, beauty and simplicity in design, we strive to source the best materials with a global network of printers to produce publications that retain craft and quality for generations.
Pacific’s work in publication design and production has won awards from The American Institute of Graphic Arts, the New York Type Director’s Club and the Applied Arts Award, among others. In 2022, the Museum of Modern Art Library in New York acquired the entire Pacific catalogue.
Artists
- Adam Rolston
- Adriana Varejão
- Alake Shilling
- Alice Neel
- Alvaro Barrington
- Amy Feldman
- Amy Gall
- Angela Y. Davis
- Anna-Sophie Berger
- Austin Lee
- Barbara Chase-Riboud
- Cal Siegel
- Cally Spooner
- Chad Moore
- Christina Quarles
- Curtis Kulig
- Cynthia Hawkins
- Dan Herschlein
- David Wojnarowicz
- E. Jane
- Eamon Ore-Giron
- Estefanía Peñafiel Loaiza
- Firelei Báez
- Frank Walter
- Glenn Ligon
- Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings
- Isabelle Albuquerque
- Jennie Jieun Lee
- Jennifer Venditti
- John Dilg
- Jordan Casteel
- Judy Chicago
- Julie Mehretu
- Kara Walker
- Legacy Russell
- Linda Goode Bryant
- Marcy S. Philips
- Maren Hassinger
- Marina Adams
- Mary Kelly
- Matthew Barney
- Melanie Crean
- Meleko Mokgosi
- Nelson George
- Nick Waplington
- Pat Phillips
- Paula Lawrie
- Peter Coffin
- Rachel Eulena Williams
- Rahill Jamalifard
- Rebecca Bengal
- Reginald Sylvester II
- Rick Lowe
- Rose B. Simpson
- Sable Elyse Smith
- Sara Penn
- Sarah Gerard
- Sarah Lewis
- Senga Nengudi
- Servane Mary
- Shaun Leonardo
- Steffani Jemison
- Sunil Gupta
- Susumu Kamijo
- Toyin Ojih Odutola
- Tschabalala Self
- Walter Pfeiffer
- William Edmondson
Collections
Our design and publishing work is held in the following collections
- Baylor University Library
- Birmingham Museum of Art, Clarence B. Hanson, Jr. Library
- Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Library
- The Clark Art Institute Library
- Cleveland Institute of Art, Jessica R. Gund Memorial Library
- Cornell University Library
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
- The Getty Museum
- Indiana University Library
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
- The Museum of Modern Art
- The New York Public Library
- Northwestern University Library
- Princeton University Library
- Rhode Island School of Design, Fleet Library
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- Smith College, Neilson Library
- Tufts University, Tisch Library
- The University of British Columbia Library
- University of California, Berkeley Library
- The University of Kansas Library
- Virginia Commonwealth University Library
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Yale University Library