About


Jon Foster graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 1989 with a BFA in Illustration. His works have appeared in publications such as National Geographic, Universal Orlando, Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics, Tor Books, Simon and Schuster, Harry S. Abrams Books, Boston Globe, Underwood Books, Knopf, Delacorte, Del Rey Books, Scholastic, Fox Atomic, Little Brown, Nightshade Books, Subterranean Press.

 

In addition to his inclusion in the Society of Illustrators annual publication, he has received two silver and three gold awards from Spectrum: The Best of Contemporary Fantastic Art.  Jon also was awarded the David P. Usher/Greenwich Workshop Memorial Award in the Society of Illustrators: Annual 43, has been nominated twice for the Chesley Awards, and was winner of the 2008 Dark Scribe Quill Award for Best Cover.

 

Jon frequently travels to lecture at various schools around the country, and is also a member of The Illustration Academy Faculty.