Anson Liaw is an illustrator based in Toronto, Canada. Upon graduating from the Ontario College of Art from the Communication & Design Department Design Advertising Program, his versatile illustrations have been an integral part of many projects ranging from magazines, book publications, corporate, packaging and advertising communications.
His illustrations take on critical views; both light and heavy about life in the world around us and that deals with social, political, cultural issues and lifestyle subject matter.
He enjoys combining various everyday life objects, scenes and situations from life, memory and imagination and then combines and fuses them together to manufacture new and unexpected yet familiar meaning that ignites a spark to drive discussion and encourages people to be engaged to see, appreciate and learn something new every day about the world around them.
He has garnered recognition and awards for his illustration work from American Illustration, Society of Illustrators West (SILA), Applied Arts Magazine, 3x3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, 3x3 Pro Show Illustration Awards Annual, The Creative Quarterly, Luerzer’s ARCHIVE “200 Best Illustrators” Worldwide Special Editions, Hiii Illustration International Illustration Competition, Circle Foundation for the Arts and COW International Design Festival ILLUSTRATION exhibition & event.
Some of his clients have included Time Magazine, McDonald’s, Fedex, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Boston Globe, Nestle, Los Angeles Times, The Dallas Morning News, The Harvard Business Review, Loblaws Branding Ltd., Second Cup Coffee Company, Mercatto restaurant, Simon & Schuster New York, The National Ballet of Canada and Frangelico Liqueur, to name a few.
Anson shares his love and passion for the communication and design arts by teaching at OCAD University and Virtute Innovation and Art Education Inc. (VIA Secondary School) in Canada.
