Yuko Shimizu

Illustrator A multiple award winner based in New York City. She also teaches at the School of Visual Arts and has more than 20 years of experience in illustration. She has collaborated with organizations such as the United Nations, the BBC, The New York Times, and Apple, among many others. In 2020, her collaboration with Artechouse brought her illustrations to large-scale interactive experiences. In 2009, she was named by Newsweek Japan as one of the “100 Japanese People the World Respects.” Yuko considers the most important aspect of her career to be that illustration is her second career.