Akiko Stehrenberger began her career in New York doing spot illustrations for publications such as SPIN, The Source, New York Press, Filter, XXL, and more. Upon moving back to Los Angeles in 2004, she became an art director/designer for movie posters while maintaining steady freelance illustration for magazines, character and toy design, cd album artwork, and portraiture.

2009 Her movie poster illustration & design for Funny Games, received a Key Art Award nomination for best horror poster, was featured at the Annual Type Convention, and took both number one spots on The Auteurs Movie Posters of the Decade list, and the Australian Stale Popcorn Top 50 Posters of the Decade.
2010 She was grouped into Cole Haan's "Inspired Life" fashion story showcasing artists in NY and LA.
2011 She was deemed "Poster Girl" by Interview Magazine and grouped into Creative Review's "Ones to Watch in 2011". Creative Review also published a 20 page zine dedicated to her illustrated movie posters for their January 2011 Monograph series. Her illustrated poster, Life During Wartime, won a bronze Key Art Award/CLIO award. Her illustrated wall mural for the show "Louie : Season 2" was featured in a t.v. spot promo for FX. Her posters were featured in August 2011's Print magazine. Her participation in Spain's Avalon Blu-Ray DVD Artists Series, was personally approved and celebrated by directors Michael Haneke and David Lynch.
2012 She is the judge of Print magazine's 2012 Hand Drawn Competition. She will be a SXSW panelist for "Art and Advertising: Two Sides of the One Sheet".

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30sixtydesign
Alife Clothing
American Theatre Magazine
Art Machine
Auto Motor und Sport - Germany
Avalon - Spain
Barbie - Asia
Big Picture Group
Bungalow 5
Canyon Design
Cimmaron Group
Concept Arts
Dickies
Discovery Kids Network
Disney
FEMALE Mag. - Singapore
Filter Magazine
Gravillis Inc.
Hybrid Éditions Multimédia - France
Kellerhouse Inc.
L.A. Tofu Festival
Lego Toys
Levi's
Marie Claire - Malaysia
Mattel
Mojo LLC
MTV
New York Press
Oakley Eyewear
Oliver Peoples Eyewear
Omelet
Refinery Creative
The Row
The Source Magazine
SPIN Magazine
Stockholm Design
Tank Magazine-UK
Trailer Park Print
Troma Films
True Love & False Idols
XXL Magazine
Yak-Pak