Toma Vagner is a NYC-based illustrator turning bold, meticulous worlds into visuals for global icons and brands.

Selected Clients:

Harry Styles, Google, Stripe, The New York Times, Bloomberg, The New Yorker, LUSH, Bandcamp, Red Bull, Wired, Johns Hopkins University, Hodinkee

Education: B.F.A. The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Awards:

2022 Society of Illustrators - Silver Medal - “DISORDERS”

MoCCA Fest 2022 - Best of Show - “ADHD”

American Illustration No.41 - Selected Winner

2020 Society of Illustrators - Illustrators 63 Exhibit & Book

American Illustration No.39 - Chosen Winner

2019 Society of Illustrators - Silver Medal - “Five Games for Vinyl Moon”

2018                                                                American Illustration No.37 - Selected Winner

                                                                The Jonathan LeVine Gallery Blurred Line Scholarship Award

2017 Creative Quarterly 47-48 - Runner-Up

                                                                   3 X 3 No. 14 - Honorable Mention

                                                                Sebastian Masuda Award, Japan Day in Central Park

                                                              Jack Endewelt Memorial Award

2016                                                              SVA Illustration Department Award

Events:

2024-2025 San Diego - Comic Con International

New York - New York Comic Con

2023 Renegade Art Fair - New York

New York Comic Con - New York

Dragon Con - Atlanta

San Diego Comic Con - San Diego

Emerald City Comic Con - Seattle

MoCCA Arts Festival - New York

San Diego Comic Con International - San Diego

2022 New York - New York Comic Con

San Diego - Comic Con International

Seattle - Emerald City Comic Con

Atlanta - Dragon Con

Miami - Florida SuperCon

MoCCA Arts Festival @ Metropolitan Pavilion, NYC

2021 Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo @ McCormick Place

Emerald City Comic Con Artist Alley @ Washington State Convention Center

2019 MoCCA Arts Festival @ Metropolitan West, NYC

Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo @ McCormick Place

2018 New York Comic Con @ Javits Center

2017                                                 MoCCA Arts Festival @ Metropolitan West, NYC

Judge: 2021 - Society of Illustrators 64

Exhibitions:

2017                                                'All Art+' Van der Plas Gallery, NYC

                                            'Whistling Whims' SVA Flatiron Gallery

                                                 ‘Dystopia’ - CREATIVEBLOCH Gallery, Dumbo, Brooklyn

2016                                                     'A Toothache' SVA Gramercy Gallery, NYC

                                                       'Poisoned Apples and Smoking Lamps: Interpreting Fairy Tales and Adventure Stories'

SVA Chelsea Gallery, NYC

2015                                                     'Equus and Such' Mehu Gallery, NYC

2014                                                       'Prints and Drawings Salon' Mehu Gallery, NYC

Selected press: Booooooom, Communication Arts, It’s Nice That, Designboom,

The Illustration Embassy, Prodibi, WePresent, Hi-Fructose, Uppercase Magazine and others.