The Great Gatsby

About the Illustrator

Yuko Shimizu is an award-winning New York-based Japanese artist, renowned for her intricate and expressive artwork. She has a MFA from the Illustration as Visual Essay Program offered by the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where she now teaches in the BFA undergraduate department alongside working as a freelance artist. Her work has been published by Penguin, Time, Newsweek, the New York Times and the New Yorker; for Folio her work includes Japanese Tales (2018) and The Great Gatsby (1925; Folio 2025) Her accolades include multiple Gold and Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators, along with recognition as one of Newsweek Japan’s ‘100 Japanese People the World Respects’.

About the Illustrator

Yuko Shimizu is an award-winning New York-based Japanese artist, renowned for her intricate and expressive artwork. She has a MFA from the Illustration as Visual Essay Program offered by the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where she now teaches in the BFA undergraduate department alongside working as a freelance artist. Her work has been published by Penguin, Time, Newsweek, the New York Times and the New Yorker; for Folio her work includes Japanese Tales (2018) and The Great Gatsby (1925; Folio 2025) Her accolades include multiple Gold and Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators, along with recognition as one of Newsweek Japan’s ‘100 Japanese People the World Respects’.

About the Illustrator

Yuko Shimizu is an award-winning New York-based Japanese artist, renowned for her intricate and expressive artwork. She has a MFA from the Illustration as Visual Essay Program offered by the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where she now teaches in the BFA undergraduate department alongside working as a freelance artist. Her work has been published by Penguin, Time, Newsweek, the New York Times and the New Yorker; for Folio her work includes Japanese Tales (2018) and The Great Gatsby (1925; Folio 2025) Her accolades include multiple Gold and Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators, along with recognition as one of Newsweek Japan’s ‘100 Japanese People the World Respects’.

About the Illustrator

Yuko Shimizu is an award-winning New York-based Japanese artist, renowned for her intricate and expressive artwork. She has a MFA from the Illustration as Visual Essay Program offered by the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where she now teaches in the BFA undergraduate department alongside working as a freelance artist. Her work has been published by Penguin, Time, Newsweek, the New York Times and the New Yorker; for Folio her work includes Japanese Tales (2018) and The Great Gatsby (1925; Folio 2025) Her accolades include multiple Gold and Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators, along with recognition as one of Newsweek Japan’s ‘100 Japanese People the World Respects’.

About the Illustrator

Yuko Shimizu is an award-winning New York-based Japanese artist, renowned for her intricate and expressive artwork. She has a MFA from the Illustration as Visual Essay Program offered by the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where she now teaches in the BFA undergraduate department alongside working as a freelance artist. Her work has been published by Penguin, Time, Newsweek, the New York Times and the New Yorker; for Folio her work includes Japanese Tales (2018) and The Great Gatsby (1925; Folio 2025) Her accolades include multiple Gold and Silver Medals from the Society of Illustrators, along with recognition as one of Newsweek Japan’s ‘100 Japanese People the World Respects’.