Jonell Joshua is an Author/Illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York. Her passion for drawing has deep roots stemming from a young age, inspired by her mother’s artwork, familial roots in New York and adolescence spent in the heart of South Jersey and Savannah, Georgia.
Jonell studied at Pratt Institute where she received her BFA in Communications Design with a focus in Illustration. Her work has been recognized by The Society of Illustrators and American Illustration International Motion Art Awards.
Clients
AARP, Buzzfeed News, Bloomberg Pursuits, Civilrights.org, CRWN Magazine, Money.com, NASDAQ, NPR, PBS: American Experience, Plume Publishing, Selah and the Spades Film, The Commonwealth Fund, The New York Times, New York Magazine, The Washington Post...
Articles
The Washington Post, Is America at a Point of Reckoning?
Talks + Panels
San Diego Comic-Con, 'How Comics Can Empower Marginalized Teens' - July 2024
Boston Comic Arts Foundation, Picture + Panel: Mental Health w/ Cara Bean + Jonell Joshua - May 2024
School Library Journal, Day of Dialogue 2023: A Potpourri of New YA - Fall 2023
Bookmaking: A Process Approach, Pratt Institute, Ezra Jack Keats Foundation - 2023
Boiling Springs High School Social Justice Club, Artist Talk - 2023
Pratt Institute, Art of Leadership Alumni Panel - 2022/2023
Rhizome Voice: The State of Black Art in and Out of the Institution - 2021
Interviews
Print Magazine - The Daily Heller: A Graphic Memoir of Love, Pain and Healing
This is How We Create Podcast w/ Martine Séverin: How to Write an Illustrative Memoir
The Baram House, Jonell Joshua: Drawing Life