Koren Shadmi is an illustrator and cartoonist; he studied at the School of Visual Arts in NYC where he now teaches. So far, his graphic novels have been translated to a dozen languages.
Koren lives and works in Queens, New York, where he quietly awaits the apocalypse.

Awards
Society of Illustrators - Gold Medal
Society of Illustrators - A. Dorne Award
National Endowment For The Arts Grant
Rondo Classic Horror Award
Taschen ‘Illustration Now’
Taschen ‘The Illustrator’
Shakespeare & Co Grant
Communication Arts Annual
Best American Comics
Canal BD Booksellers Award / France
Rudolph Dirks award / Germany
Lucca Comics Award / Italy

Nominations
Eisner - Best Reality Based Work
Ignatz - Outstanding Artist

Client Highlights
The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Newsweek, VICE, BusinessWeek, Playboy, Mother Jones, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Wired, Sierra Club, ESPN Magazine, Random House, W.W Norton, Hachette, and Droga5.