I help businesses and individuals visually communicate through thoughtful, engaging and effective design.

And I draw stuff.

For over sixteen years I've been able to collaborate with awesome clients locally, nationally and even internationally -- running the creative gamut of design and illustration in everything from children's book illustrations to identity design to public art.

I have had a passion for visual communication and carbohydrates as long as I can remember. Growing up in a small town in upstate New York, I was one of few with a serious interest in art and design, but I knew I could make a career of it when one of my early works was stealthily heisted from a maximum security bulletin board in high school. I went on to navigate the waters of art school and earned a BFA in illustration from Syracuse University.

I’m currently based in Columbia, South Carolina, working as senior art director for Flock and Rally while also doing specialty illustration, design and mural projects; creating new things every day and slowly sweating to death.

When I’m not brainstorming a new brand concept or inking a drawing, I’m working on art for myself, reading a magazine on the beach or seeing some live music.

SelectED clients

Atlanta Braves, Abita Brewing Company, Colliers | SC, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Diesel Fragrance, National Park Service, PGA Junior League Golf, Prisma Health, SC Education Lottery, TD Bank, The SC State Fair, The YMCA

What I DO

Illustration

Advertising, Packaging, Web Illustration & Social Media, Apparel, Posters, Signage, Book Illustration

Design

Advertising, Environmental Design, Print Collateral, Billboards, Signage, Social Media, Guides & Programs, Presentations, Posters, Packaging, Events, Menus, Website Graphics & Layout

identity

Logo Development, Brand Solutions & Collateral

EXHIBITIONS

Artfields - Lake City, SC // April 2024 / April 2023 / April 2022 / April 2021 / April 2019 / April 2018 / April 2017 / April 2016 / May 2015 / May 2013

Selected Works at Lille Aeske - Boulder Creek, CA // October 2018

Collective Arts Brewing - Hamilton ON, Canada // October 2021; Carolina Artist Series / October 2019; Series 14 / January 2019; Series 11 / January 2018; Series 9 / January 2017; Series 7 / May 2016; Series 6 / July 2014; Series 3

Art Pop & Alchemy - Columbia, SC // August 2017

Designers Against Child Slavery - Columbia, SC & New York, NY // 2010 / 2012

SELECTED AWARDS

Free Times Best of Columbia “Best Visual Artist” // 2024

Silver District ADDY Award - Promotion & Packaging // Peak Drift Brewing “Canpaign” with Flock and Rally // 2024

Best of Print ADDY Award // Peak Drift Brewing “Canpaign” with Flock and Rally // 2024

Gold ADDY Award - Promotion & Packaging // Peak Drift Brewing “Canpaign” with Flock and Rally // 2024

Silver ADDY Award - Illustration Series // “SC State Fair: It’s Your Moment” with Flock and Rally // 2022

Silver ADDY Award - Branded Content and Entertainment: Any Print Medium // “The COMET Soda Cap Coloring Book” with Flock and Rally // 2022

Silver ADDY Award - Elements of Advertising: Illustration // “SC State Fair: A Fair Like No Other” with Flock and Rally // 2021

Silver ADDY Award in Consumer and Poster Campaigns // SC State Fair’s 150th Anniversary with Flock and Rally // 2019

SC PRSA Best in Show // Total Eclipse Weekend Columbia, S.C. with Flock and Rally // 2017

American Illustration 35 - Selected Archive // 2016 // "Eduardo's"

press

COLAToday: Q&A With Local Artist Cait Maloney

Collective Arts Brewing: Featured Artist Cait Maloney

Timeout: Cait Maloney's Lighthearted Illustrations

Cait Maloney: The bright colors of summer, city and whimsy

BookS

Charleston A to Z by Rob Hicks

The Snow Kingdom; Escape from Grubby's House by D. L. Fox

The Snow Kingdom; Sasha Goes to College by D. L. Fox

Prime Time Primer by F. William Smullen

Professional Associations

Columbia Design League