Audrey Walen 
Editorial | Projects | Publications

 I bring decades of experience collaborating in the editorial and production of important and meaningful art books, essays, exhibition texts, marketing and developmental materials, and scholarly works. I offer just what you need: highly skilled editing, publishing expertise, and top-notch professionalism focused on your specific needs. Below please find a selection of book projects that I have produced. Contact me to discuss possible collaborations.  

By Drew Sawyer, Shalon Parker, Ellen Macfarlane, and Shana Lopes (MAPFRE/Brooklyn Museum, 2024). Hardcover, 280pp. 

Copymachine Manifestos
2024 Gold Medal, Fine Art, Independent Publishers Book Awards

By Branden W. Joseph and Drew Sawyer, with Gwen Allen, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Tavia Nyong'o, Alexis Salas, and Mimi Thi Nguyen. Designed by Garrick Gott (Brooklyn Museum/Phaidon Press, 2024). Softcover, 448pp. 

By Swizz Beatz (Kaseem Dean) and Alicia Keys, with an interview by Kimberli Gant. Designed by Julia Hasting for Phaidon (Brooklyn Museum/Phaidon Press, 2024). Hardcover, 256pp. 

God Made My Face

Edited by Hilton Als, with Stephen Best, Daphne A. Brooks, Teju Cole, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Barry Jenkins, Jamaica Kincaid, David Leeming, and Darryl Pinckney. Designed by Joseph Logan (Dancing Foxes Press/Brooklyn Museum, 2024). Hardcover, 176pp. 

Jamel Shabazz: Faces and Places

Text by Drew Sawyer. Designed by Galerie Bene Taschen (Galerie Bene Taschen, 2023). Hardcover, 85pp. 

Edited by Carmen Hermo, with Mazie M. Harris, Jenée-Daria Strand, Phillip Townsend, Selene Wendt, and an introduction by Amalia Mesa-Bains. Designed by Morcos Key (Getty Publications/Brooklyn Museum, 2023). Hardcover, 216pp. 

Jose Parla: Ciclos Blooms of Mold

Texts by Catherine Futter, Manon Slome, Rey Parlá, José Parlá, Craig Dykers, Claudia Hilda, Hank Willis Thomas, JR, Julia Chiang, Dr. Bernard Kruger, Duke Riley, Jane Rosenthal, Stefan Ruiz, Naiomy Guerrero, DR. Samuel Acquah, Dr. Karishma Rahman, Marc Azoulay, Dr. David Steiger, Adam Glickman. Designed by Javas Lehn Studio (Damiani, 2023). Hardcover, 112 pp. 

Jimmy DeSana: Submission
2022 AIGA 50 Books|50 Covers

By Drew Sawyer, epilogue by Laurie Simmons. Designed by Polymode (Brooklyn Museum/DelMonico Books, 2022). Hardcover, 175pp. 

Lorraine O'Grady: Both/And

Edited by Catherine Morris and Aruna D’Souza, with Harry Burke, Aruna D’Souza, Malik Gaines, Catherine Morris, Zoe Whitley, and Stephanie Sparling Williams. Timeline by A.L. Ricard. Interview with the artist by Catherine Lord. Designed by Omnivore (Dancing Foxes Press/Brooklyn Museum, 2021). Hardcover, 226 pp. 

Jose Parla: Ciclos Blooms of Mold

By Jeremiah William McCarthy and Diana Thompson, with Susan Rather, Elizabeth Spear, Kenneth Haltman, Akela Reason, Jennifer A. Greenhill, Kimia Shahi, Jonathan Frederick Walz, Alexander Nemerov, Alona C. Wilson, Patricia Hills and Jarrett Earnest. Designed by Matsumoto Inc. (American Federation of Arts/National Academy of Design, 2019). Hardcover, 304pp. 

Jimmy DeSana: Submission

By Kevin L. Jones, Christina M. Johnson, and Kirstin Purtich.  (Prestel|DelMonico Books, 2021). Hardcover, 344pp. 

Lorraine O'Grady: Both/And

By Laurence Madeline, with Bridget Alsdorf, Jane R. Becker, Joelle Bolloch, Bibeke Waallann Hansen, and Richard Kendall (American Federation of Arts/Yale Universitiy Press, 2017). Hardcover, 288pp.