Jean James

James Gene was born in 1979 in Taiwan . Grew and studied in Parsippany , New Jersey . He received his art education at the School of Visual Arts in New York .

He began professionally engaged in illustration in 2001 and already in 2004 received the first award in this area - the Eisner Award in the nomination "Best Cover Artist", he received the same award in 2005-2007.

Also in 2005-2006. received the Harvey Award , also in the nomination "Best Cover Artist."

In 2007, he received the Eagle Award for Best Comic Book Cover ( Fables: 1.001 Nights of Snowfall ).

In 2009, he held a solo exhibition at the Jonathan Levine Gallery.

Currently, he continues to work on comic book covers, illustrations, devoting a lot of time to writing personal works.

• 2008
  • Bronze Lion, Cannes Lions Festival 2008, Cannes, France.
  • Best packaging design (nomination), Grammy Award
  • Best Cover Artist, Eisner Award
  • Best Publication Design, Eisner Award
• 2007
  • Best Cover Artist, Eisner Award
  • Best Story, Eisner Award
  • Best Cover Artist, Harvey Award
  • Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
  • Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles, CA
• 2006
  • Best Cover Artist, Eisner Award
  • Best Cover Artist, Harvey Award
• 2005
  • Best Cover Artist, Eisner Award
  • Best Cover Artist, Harvey Award
• 2004
  • Best Cover Artist, Eisner Award
• 2001
  • Alan M. Goffman Award, New York, NY
• 2000
  • Gold Medal, Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles, CA
  • Gilbert Stone Award, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
  • Jellybean Photographics Millennium Award, New York, NY

• 2008
  • Moore, Booth. “Fairy-Tale Vision.” The Los Angeles Times (March 30, 2008) [ill.]
  • Atkinson, Nathalie. “Pure Jeanius.” The National Post (February 21, 2008) [ill.]
  • "James Jean." PPaper (February, 2008): 56-58. [ill.]
  • Eric Nakamura "James Jean: Comic Couture." Giant Robot, Issue 54 (August, 2008): 49-55. [ill.] [cover]
• 2007
  • Silva, Horacio. “Now Sketching - James Jean's Prada Prints.” The New York Times Magazine (December, 2007) [ill.]
  • Flynn, Paul. Fashion Loves Art. POP (Winter, 2007): 147, 149, 156,163,164. [ill.] [cover]
  • Choe, David. "James Jean." Juxtapoz, No. 73 (February, 2007): 72-83. [ill.]
  • Vollero, Joan. “Unseen Forces.” Theme (Summer, 2007): 50-57. [ill.] [cover]
  • Owens, Annie “James Jean: Black Parade.” Hi-Fructose, Volume 5 (2007): 58-64. [ill.]
  • “台湾 出生, 美國 發光 James Jean.” DPI, Volume 98 (June, 2007): 52-59. [ill.]
  • Vollero, Joan. “Unseen Forces.” Theme (Summer, 2007): 50-57. [ill.] [cover]
  • Shukhman, Yevgeniy. “Mean Toys.” Mean (March-April, 2007): 24, 25 [ill.]
• 2006
  • Cohen, Fernanda. “James Jean: Lineas Exquisitas.” 90 + 10 (September-October, 2006): 62-67. [ill.]
  • “Exhibit'eh.” Cool'eh, Volume 2, Issue 4 (August, 2006): 38-39, 84-85. [ill.]
• 2005
  • Nowicka, Agate. “Galeria James Jean.” EXKLUSIV (July, 2005): 70-77. [ill.]
  • Bourdeaux-Maurin, Helianthe. "Characters: Scene 1811." Characters (2005): 5. [ill.]
  • Speasmaker, Joel. “The AZ Issue.” The Drama, Issue 5 (2005): 36. [ill.]
  • Leach, Matt. “Infinite Activity: The Art of James Jean.” Empty, Issue 4 (2005): 52-63. [ill.]
• 2004
  • Ojun, Lisha. “Alternative Wonderland: The Art of James Jean.” ISH (2004): 90-97. [ill.]
  • Young, Robert. "James Jean: The Prodigal Cover Boy." The Comics Interpreter, Volume 2. Issue 3 (2004): 26-41 [ill.] [Cover]
• 2000
  • Cyr, Lisa. "Visual Melody." HOW (December, 2000): 62-63. [ill.]

DC Comics , Atlantic Records, Burton, ESPN, Wired, Rolling Stone , Spin , Prada, Linkin Park , NY Times, Nike , Playboy , Time Magazine and many others.

• Official site
• The blog
• Fan site
• Joint project with Kenish Hoshine
• Gin Gallery on "Dark Art" (Russian)