# Nicholas Callaway

> Nicholas Callaway is a New York publisher, app maker, and television producer who has spent more than 40 years making books and media that push the limits of how art can be reproduced. As founder and CEO of Callaway Arts & Entertainment, he produced Madonna's 'Sex' (still the best-selling illustrated book of its era), David Kirk's 'Miss Spider' series, the $22,000 life-scale Sistine Chapel three-volume set, and the panoramic 'Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine.' In 2010 he spun off Callaway Digital Arts with backing from Kleiner Perkins, after Steve Jobs took notice of his children's apps, and went on to publish #1 hits like 'Endless Alphabet.'

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Callaway Arts & Entertainment
- **Organizations:** Callaway Arts & Entertainment, Callaway Digital Arts, Callaway & Kirk Company LLC, Happy Studio, Galerie Zabriskie (Paris)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Degrees in Classics and Fine Arts, Harvard University, Fine art photography and design studies (with Minor White, Muriel Cooper, Wendy Snyder MacNeil), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
- **Known for:** Produced Madonna's 'Sex' (1992), the best-selling illustrated book of its time at ~1.4 million copies, Published David Kirk's 'Miss Spider' series, 5+ million copies and 70+ titles, plus a Nick Jr. animated series, Created 'The Sistine Chapel,' an 822-page, 24x17-inch, 1:1 life-scale set made from 270,000 gigapixel images over 67 nights

## Career timeline

- **1977-1979** — First director of Galerie Zabriskie in Paris, curating photography exhibitions of Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Man Ray
- **1980** — Founded Callaway Editions / Callaway Arts & Entertainment in New York
- **1992** — Produced Madonna's 'Sex,' which sold ~1.4 million copies worldwide
- **1994** — Published David Kirk's 'Miss Spider's Tea Party' (5 million copies); co-founded Callaway & Kirk Company
- **2005** — 'Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends' animated series began airing on Nick Jr.
- **2010** — Founded Callaway Digital Arts with investment from Kleiner Perkins after Steve Jobs noticed the Miss Spider app
- **2012** — Co-founded Happy Studio; launched Martha Stewart CraftStudio app
- **2020** — Published 'The Sistine Chapel' three-volume, 1:1 life-scale set ($22,000; edition of 1,999)
- **2023** — Published 'Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,' the first panoramic look at the Bob Dylan Archive
- **Present** — Founder & CEO of Callaway Arts & Entertainment; launched the Callaway Nomadic Museum immersive experiences

## Achievements

- Produced Madonna's 'Sex' (1992), the best-selling illustrated book of its time at ~1.4 million copies
- Published David Kirk's 'Miss Spider' series, 5+ million copies and 70+ titles, plus a Nick Jr. animated series
- Created 'The Sistine Chapel,' an 822-page, 24x17-inch, 1:1 life-scale set made from 270,000 gigapixel images over 67 nights
- Published 'Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine' (2023) with 1,100+ images from the Bob Dylan Archive
- Founded Callaway Digital Arts with Kleiner Perkins; every CDA app reached #1 in its category
- Published landmark illustrated books including 'The Beatles: Get Back,' 'Leonardo by Leonardo,' Irving Penn's 'Passage,' and Georgia O'Keeffe's 'One Hundred Flowers'

## Latest updates

- **2023-10** — Published 'Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,' the first panoramic book drawn from the Bob Dylan Archive, with 1,100+ images.
- **2024-01** — Callaway Arts & Entertainment continues operating from New York with offices in East Hampton, Los Angeles, London, and Riyadh, and launched the Callaway Nomadic Museum.

## Links

- Website: https://callaway.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-callaway-8362b68
- Twitter/X: http://www.twitter.com/CallawayDigital
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/callawaymedias
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CallawayMedias

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Last updated: 2026-06-10