SELECT CLIENTS:

The New Yorker, ZEIT, Les Echos, The Telegraph, Vulture, The New York Times, Washington Post, Penguin Random House, Texas Monthly, Garden & Gun, Rolling Stone, The Observer, Alta Journal, AARP, The Stranger, Monocle

RECOGNITION:

Society of Illustrators 67

American Illustration 44 Chosen Winner

American Illustration 45 Selected Winner

World Illustration Awards 2026 Longlist - Editorial

James Yates is an award-winning illustrator and animator based in Brooklyn, NY. His work captures the humor and irony of modern life through gestural lines, bold color, and dry wit.

Represented in North America and the UK by SNYDER

email: jamesyatesart@gmail.com

instagram: @james_w_yates