Bill Cahan is a contemporary San Francisco painter known for his iconic, abstract geometric landscapes and light and space exploration. His approach to representing the world is heavily influenced by his early training and work.

He studied and practiced as an architect—then founded one of the world’s most original, influential, and respected design firms, Cahan & Associates.

His work has garnered over 2,800 awards for design excellence and is featured in the permanent collections of the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, the Library of Congress, Museum Fur Kunst Und Gewerbe, and the SFMOMA, which showcased his work in a special exhibition.

His firm has also been featured on both CNN and CNBC, and Cahan is the subject of a book released by Princeton Architectural Press entitled “I Am Almost Always Hungry.”

His paintings are presented through Gallery 60SIX and Laurie Ghielmetti Interiors at the Kneedler/Fauchere showroom in San Francisco on Henry Adams Street and Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center.

Awards:

  • Addy Awards, San Francisco
  • AFF 14th District American Advertising Awards
  • AIGA Design of Understanding
  • AIGA Cover Show
  • Advertising and Design Club of Canada, Toronto
  • American Center for Design, Chicago
  • American Corporate Identity
  • American Design Century
  • American Graphic Design Awards
  • American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York
  • Applied Arts Magazine, Toronto
  • AR100, New York
  • Annual Report Design and Art Direction, London
  • Annual Showcase of Print Excellence
  • Art Directors Club, New York
  • Black Book Awards, New York
  • Brand Design 50
  • British Design and Art Direction, London
  • The Clio Awards
  • Coupe Magazine, Toronto
  • Creative Review, London
  • Creativity Design Annual
  • Critique Magazine, Los Angeles
  • The Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Awards
  • Communication Arts, Palo Alto CA
  • Financial World’s 56th Annual Report Competition
  • Galaxy Awards
  • Global Corporate Identity
  • Graphis, New York
  • How Magazine, Cincinnati
  • I.D. Magazine, New York
  • Innovative Design Awards
  • London International Advertising Awards
  • New York Festivals Print and Advertising Awards
  • New Typographics
  • The One Show, New York
  • Photo District News, New York
  • Print Magazine, New York
  • The San Francisco Show
  • Society of Publication Designers, New York
  • STEP Inside Design Magazine, New York
  • Studio Magazine, Toronto
  • Tokyo Type Directors Club
  • Type Directors Club, New York
  • USA American Graphic Design Awards
  • Western Art Directors Club, San Francisco
  • Vision Awards Annual Report Competition

 

Published:

  • ADDY Awards
  • The Advertising and Design Club of Canada
  • AIGA 365
  • AIGA Communication Graphics
  • The American Center for Design Annuals
  • The Annual American Photography Annuals
  • Applied Arts Magazine, Canada
  • AR100 Annuals
  • Art Director’s Club Annuals
  • Art Directors Club of Toronto
  • Best of Brochure Design
  • Breaking the Rules of Graphic Design
  • British Design and Art Direction
  • Chicago Athenaeum Museum of
  • Architecture and Design
  • Communication Arts Magazine and Design Annuals
  • Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Permanent Collection
  • Coupe Magazine Design Annuals, Canada
  • Colossal Design
  • Creative Review Magazine, London
  • Critique Magazine, The Big Crit
  • Geschaftsberichte finest facts and figures,
  • the definitive work for the conception and
  • design of annual reports
  • Fast Company
  • Fresh Ideas in Brochure Design
  • Graphis Magazine and Annuals
  • Graphis Photo Annuals
  • Graphic Design USA
  • How Magazine and Annuals
  • I.D. Magazine and Annuals
  • International ARC Awards
  • International Brand Packaging Awards
  • Library of Congress
  • London International Advertising Directory
  • Mead Annual Report Show
  • Mohawk Show
  • Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe Permanent Collection
  • National and International Art Directors Club
  • .net Magazine, UK
  • New York Festivals Annual
  • One & Two Color Graphics
  • One Hundred Show
  • One Show Annual
  • Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic
  • Revolution at Exit Art, New York
  • Photo District News PIX Magazine
  • Potlatch Annual Report Show
  • Print Magazine and Annuals
  • Printing Industries of America
  • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Architecture and Design
  • Society of Publication Designers Annuals
  • Step Inside Design Magazine and Annuals
  • Studio Magazine and Annuals, Canada
  • Type Directors Club Annuals
  • U.S.A Today
  • Web Site Design Awards
  • West Coast Show