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Jon Han & SooJin Buzelli

Freelance Illustrator & Creative Director, SVP, Asset International, Inc.
August 26, 2016

I have a problem and I have visual solvers who can come up with images.

Jon Han is an artist, illustrator who graduated from Art Center College of Design. Born and raised in California, Han now works out of his studio at the Pencil Factory in Brooklyn, NY. His work has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, GQ, The Atlantic, the cover of American Illustration 32 and many other publications. Han's work has been recognized by Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, Communication Arts, and Juxtapoz. His work makes use of the abstract and the familiar to help convey an image that is both understandable and new.

SooJin has been art directing and designing financial publications and industry events since 1996. She implemented a new vision for the design of PLANSPONSOR, and translated that success into the art direction of many Asset International's products including PLANADVISER and Chief Investment Officer. SooJin's art direction have been recognized by American Illustration, Art Directors Club, Communication Arts, Spectrum, Society of Illustrators, and Society of Publication Designs.

SooJin holds an Illustration BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. She is very active in the illustration community: served as a board member to Illustration Conferene and judged many illustration competitions including American Illustration and Society of Illustrators. She was also awarded the prestigious Richard Gangle Art Director Award.

She lives in east village with her illustrator husband Chris Buzelli and their dog Sota.

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