Yuko Shimizu is a New York-based Japanese illustrator. Though she initially honed her artistic chops in the PR field while living in Tokyo, Shimizu soon felt the creative pull and enrolled in New York's School of Visual Arts' MFA program in illustration to pursue her dream of becoming a visual artist. She has been freelancing and teaching at SVA since graduation.

Her clients include MTV, T-Mobile, Neiman Marcus, Amstel, MAC Cosmetics, Rolling Stone, Billboard, SPIN, and GQ. Shimizu also recently debuted her own line of notepad products, available for view in her online portfolio.

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