Peter Emmerich

Artist Biography

Like so many kids who have held a crayon, Peter Emmerich dreamed of creating art, prints and posters for the Walt Disney Company. In fact, he dreamed of little else while growing up in Brooklyn, NY. The day after graduating from FIT in May of 1996, Peter left for Burbank, California, where he began his six and a half-year career on staff at the Walt Disney Company. A lifelong dream had become a reality at the early age of 22.

After three years of working as a Senior Character artist for the Consumer Products division of Disney, he was promoted to Chief Illustrator and Official Character Artist for The Disneyland Resort. Moving back to NYC in July of 2002, he opened his own illustration studio in midtown Manhattan, where he makes his own art, prints and posters.

He has had success upon returning to NYC and continues his relationship with the Walt Disney Company by being the first artist to glorify Mickey, Minnie and all of their animated friends for a series of twelve United States Postal Stamps to be released over three years. Peter is on the faculty of the Fashion Institute of Technology and the Pratt Institute as a Professor of Illustration. He currently lives and paints art, prints and posters in Yonkers, NY.

Peter Emmerich Art, Prints and Posters Collection