3. History
• She was born in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1927
• Graduated in 1949 at Massachusetts College of Art whilst studying bachelor of fine arts and
illustration
• After graduating she got several jobs, one being in interior design and advertising
• Casey’s work was mounted in an exhibition at The MIT Museum in 1992 and again in 2012
• Casey lectured many classes in schools, museums, colleges and universities
• Examples of her work have been permanently placed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
City and also in the Library of Congress
• She is well known in the graphics industry with her work being displayed in many graphic design
magazines, annuals and in books on history of graphics design
• Casey died in 1991 whilst trying to fight Cancer
• She was very well known and appreciated for her word play in her graphicly designed images
• One of Casey’s main aspects of her work is the way she contrasts large bold text with smaller text in
the images
• Casey was interested in art from an early age, at the age of 22 she was rewarded with a certificate
of fashion design and illustration
• During Casey’s career she received a BFA from The Mass College Of Art
• In 1972 Casey started designing posters for university events and exhibitions
• Casey is widely known as ‘a women in a mans world’
• Casey’s work is described by others as a ‘essence’ of each subject in human form
