Junichi Tsuneoka

Adjunct Instructor

JTsuneoka@Cornish.edu

Junichi was born and raised in Japan where he earned his BFA in English Literature at Waseda University in Tokyo. By the end of the 20th century, he settled in the US. He then studied graphic design at Cornish College of the Arts and was hired by the internationally notorious Seattle-based design company, Modern Dog, as a designer/illustrator right after graduation. After working at Modern Dog for several years and receiving accolades from PRINT magazine, Step Inside magazine and many other design publications, he founded his own design/illustration studio, Studio Stubborn Sideburn. He works with clients nationally producing editorial illustrations, graphic novel covers, concert posters and more, as well as showing his work in various galleries. One of his music posters is in the permanent archives of the Experience Music Project in Seattle. Junichi also teaches graphic design at the School of Visual Concepts.