Roz Chast’s work has appeared in numerous magazines through the years, including The Village Voice, National Lampoon, Scientific American, Harvard Business Review, Redbook and Mother Jones, but she is most closely associated with The New Yorker. Chast attended the Rhode Island School of Design, where she studied painting. After graduating in 1977 she returned to New York City, where she quickly established her cartooning career. In addition to collections of her New Yorker cartoons, Chast has written and illustrated a range of books. Her latest, Going Into Town: A Love Letter to New York (2017), a personalized travel guide to New York City that began as a going-away present to her youngest child, who was moving from the family’s home in Connecticut to attend SVA. Her first memoir, Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? (2014) won a National Book Critics Circle Award and was shortlisted for a National Book Award.
Induction into The Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame, NYC, 2019
Induction into The Harvey Awards Hall of Fame, 2018
Recipient of the Annual Masters Series Award at the School of Visual Arts, NYC, 2018
Rhode Island School of Design Alumni Award for Artistic Achievement, 2017
Heinz Award for Arts and Humanities, 2015
Winner of the National Book Critics’ Circle award for Autobiography, 2014
Winner of the inaugural Kirkus Prize for Non-Fiction for Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
2014
Finalist for the National Book Award in Non-Fiction for Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?
2014
Inductee, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2013
Reuben Award for Best Gag Cartoon
2013
New York City Literary Award for Humor, 2012
Honorary Doctorate of Arts
Dartmouth College, 2011
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts
Lesley University/Art Institute of Boston, 2010
Montgomery Fellow
Dartmouth University, 2007
Honoree
Brooklyn Public Library Foundation, 2003
Delivered the Gail Silver Memorial Lecture
Rhode Island School of Design, 2003
Art Festival Award
Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art, 2004
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts
Pratt Institute, 1998