Contact Information

jnbouw@taylor.edu

765-998-4624

Metcalf Visual Arts Center

Jonathan Bouw

Department Co-Chair and Professor of Art

I Serve in...

Art, Film & Media Department

Education

MFA, Illustration as Visual Essay, School of Visual Arts—New York
BA, Nyack College

Specialties:

design typography graphic art history illustration painting drawing

Career Accomplishments

Publishing/Illustration Clients

Simon & Schuster/Sky Pony Publishing, Oghma Creative Media/Young Dragons Press, Annie’s Publishing, Crooked Lane Books, Westbow Press, Book of the Month Club, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The AARP, Oxford University Press, Education Week, Teacher Magazine, Sojourners, Improbable Philanthropy, Kappan Magazine, Leadership Journal, Christianity Today, The National Times, Builder Magazine, The Path Magazine, Alliance Life, Harvard University, University of Massachusetts, University of Washington, Lafayette College, Cumberland College

Annual Illustration Source Books

Society of Illustrators, NY, Illustrators 64 - Book & Editorial Illustration

Picturebook - 2011

Picturebook 2009

Picturebook 2007

Society of Illustrators, NY, Illustrators 47 - Professional Statements Section

Directory of Illustration 16

Society of Illustrators Member, New York, NY

Working and Award Winning Editorial and Children's Book Illustrator 30+ years of professional experience.

Professor of Design—Northwest Nazarene University (1997–2007)

Professor and Art Department Chair—Taylor University, 2007–Present

Stevan Dohanos Best of Show Award—Society of Illustrators, New York, NY

Gelet Burgess Award for outstanding contribution to children’s literature

Fulbright Scholar—Philippines

Featured Publications

I Love You to the Sun and Beyond
Illustrator: Jonathan Bouw
Publisher: Sky Pony Press / Simon & Schuster (2022)

I Love You From Here to Heaven Above
Illustrator: Jonathan Bouw
Publisher: Sky Pony Press / Simon & Schuster (2023)

Lantaka
Authors & Illustrator: Jonathan Bouw
Publisher: Young Dragons Press (2021)

The Boy, The Kite And The Wind
Illustrator: Jonathan Bouw
Publisher: Improbable Philanthropy (2011)

About

Taylor is a place where genuine faith mixes passionately with professional art practice. I get to work with fantastic artists, teachers, and future rock stars of the graphic arts industry. I get to play a small part in the transformation of art student into professional working artists for the glory of God. Wow.

I enjoy indie & world music, monster movies, woodworking, hiking, camping, swimming, rollercoasters, Scripture, and climbing trees.