James Jean was born on 1979 and is a Taiwanese-American visual artist working primarily in painting and drawing.
22 Facts About James Jean
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James Jean attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City, from which he graduated in 2001.
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In 2001, Jean became a cover artist for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, garnering seven Eisner awards, three consecutive Harvey awards, two gold medals and a silver from the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, and a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators of New York.
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James Jean illustrated covers for the comic book series Fables and The Umbrella Academy, for which he has won six Eisner Awards for "Best Cover Artist".
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James Jean won the 2005 Wizard Fan Award for Favorite Cover Artist for Fables.
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James Jean worked in advertising, and has contributed to many national and international publications.
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James Jean's clients included Time Magazine, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Spin, ESPN, Atlantic Records, Target, Linkin Park, Playboy, Knopf, Prada among others.
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In 2008, James Jean retired from illustration projects in order to focus on painting.
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Sketchbooks have sustained a vital space in James Jean's practice, solidifying importance in his time during art school as a rejection of the strict academic focus of visual arts studies.
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In favor of the freedom found in sketching during his childhood, James Jean embraced sketchbooks as a means of exploring figures and imaginative creatures, synthesizing doodles, line drawings, and journalistic elements with more polished compositions in black-and-white and color.
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For James Jean, sketchbooks are spaces for both experiment or study and for finished artworks in their own right.
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In 2007, James Jean created a mural for the Prada Epicenter stores in New York and Los Angeles.
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In 2008, James Jean again collaborated with Prada, developing an animated short based on the wallpapers, clothing, and accessories produced in 2007.
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James Jean reunited with Prada to create prints for its Resort 2018 collection.
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James Jean's images were used for the brand's SS2018 Menswear collection.
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James Jean's work served as the set design for the collection's premiere at the Via Fogazzaro space.
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In 2013, James Jean's work was the subject of "Parallel Lives," a solo exhibition at Tilton Gallery in New York.
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James Jean's work was included in "Juxtapoz x Superflat," organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2016.
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James Jean's painting "Bouquet" served as the marquee image for the exhibition.
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For "Azimuth," a 2018 solo exhibition at Kaikai Kiki Gallery in Tokyo, James Jean presented drawings, paintings, and an installation of illuminated stained glass works, which he made at Judson Studios.
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On 4 March 2021, James Jean sold his first NFT with his artwork Slingshot.
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James Jean is the subject of numerous publications, including exhibition catalogues, artist's books, and thematic collections of his work.