Joseph Heroun

J. Heroun is a contemporary American artist living and working in the United States. He received foundational training in classical figurative drawing and painting at the prestigious New York Academy of Art and The Art Students’ League. He has worked for more than two decades as a Creative Director in New York City. Mr. Heroun honed his conceptual vision by directing many of the world’s preeminent photographers and illustrators to create incisive visuals imbued with metaphor and meaning. He’s been awarded by the Society of Publication Designers and the City & Regional Magazine Association; and nominated for General Excellence by ASME, the prestigious American Society of Magazine Editors, for his publication design work. Before his work in magazines, Heron was elected to the Society of Illustrators. His personal work appeared in East Village group shows, including On Edge: The Emerging Underground at the Filmore East. During his early years in New York he designed and produced fanzines for alternative radio station WFMU and punk fashion retailer Patricia Field. His hyper-stylized portrait work is in the collection of Aveda founder Horst Rechelbacher (d. 2014). Pivoting to photography in later years, Heron studied under Connie Imbode...

The Illustrators Workshop
College for Creative Studies, Detroit
The Art Students League of New York
The New York Academy of Art