Jon Berkeley

By LatAm ARTE

Jon Berkeley is a noted Irish illustrator, author and caricaturista. He was born in Dublin, but a lifelong inability to sit still led him to live and work in Hong Kong, Sydney and London before settling in Barcelona. Jon has illustrated more than 150 covers for “The Economist” and more than a thousand for “Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia”, as well as covers for “Newsweek”, “The New Statesman”, “American Interest”, “Foreign Affairs”, “Volkskrant ”, “The Irish Independent”, “Nature”, “Global Legal Post” and “Prospects Asian Investor”, “Terre Eco”, “Jeune Afrique” and “Backbone”. His work has been published in “Time”, “The South China Morning Post”, “The Saturday Evening Post”, “Atlanta Magazine”, “Fortune”, “Insight”, “GQ”, “California Lawyer”, “Men's Fitness ”, “Financial Times” and “Washington Post”. He has worked on major advertising campaigns for “Vodafone”, “RTE”, “Smirnoff” and “Merck”. When he is not illustrating, he writes novels for young readers. He is the author of the “Wednesday Tales” trilogy, which has been published in more than a dozen languages, and “The Hidden Boy,” both from Harper Collins. His novel “The Laughter Palace” was shortlisted for the “Bisto Book Award”. Jon's illustration work has been recognized by Creative Quarterly, the News Design Society, Communication Arts and Illustration Directory. Jon's solo exhibition “About Face” opened the Irish-Catalan festival in 2014. A solo exhibition of his work for the 1916 Centenary took place in Dublin in late 2016.