Francis Vallejo

Francis Vallejo is an award-winning American artist. He earned his BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design and has since created artwork for many notable clients, including Candlewick Press, Snapple, Vibe magazine and CamelBak. He has exhibited in the Anchorage Museum, the Museum of American Illustration, Nucleus gallery and Pixar Animation Studios. Vallejo illustrated Jazz Day (2016), Roxane Orgill’s book on photography for younger readers, which won the 2016 Boston GlobeHorn Book Award for best picture book, among other accolades. He is an Assistant Professor of Illustration at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. Vallejo’s work can be characterised as traditional media experimentation with substantial inspiration from classical picture-making and draughtsmanship.