Jacqueline Tam is an illustrator who grew up in Hong Kong and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Since earning her MFA from the School of Visual Arts in 2016, she has worked across editorial illustration, picture books, and education—previously teaching at Pratt Institute. Her illustrations have been recognized by American Illustration, 3x3 Magazine, and The Society of Illustrators, where she was awarded a Silver Medal. Her latest illustrated book, Powerful Like a Dragon, was published in Spring 2025 by Roaring Brook Press.

If you are interested in commissioning work, please email hello@jacquelinetam.com

For book related inquiries, please reach out to Tracy Marchini at BookEnds. (tmarchini@bookendsliterary.com)

Selected Clients
The Atavist Magazine, The California Sunday Magazine, Institutional Investor, The New York Times, The New Yorker, Politico, Propublica, Pop Up Magazine, Texas Monthly, Think!Chinatown, The Washington Post Magazine, Roaring Book Press and Penguin Random House

Recognition
Society of Illustrators 67, Silver Medal
American Illustration 42, 41
Society of Illustrators 65, 63, 61, 60
3x3 International Illustration No. 14, 16
Society of Illustrators West 55 Annual 2016
Coyne Foundation Scholarship Award, 2016

Exhibitions
The Red Envelope Show, Harman Projects, New York, NY, 2024
The Red Envelope Show, My Plastic Heart, New York, NY, 2023
Lantern Residency, Think!Chinatown, New York, NY, 2023
Illustrators 63, The Society of Illustrators, New York, NY, 2023
The Red Envelope Show, Hashimoto Contemporary, NY, 2022
Art of Storytelling, Chinatown Arts Week, New York, NY, 2020
Illustrators 61, The Society of Illustrators, New York, NY, 2019
Illustrators 60, The Society of Illustrators, New York, NY 2018
Dreamlogic, Helikon Gallery, Denver, CO, 2017
SOI West 55, The Society of Illustrators, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
Returning to a New Home, Doka Square, New York, NY 2016
Salon Art Mora, Art Mora Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, 2016
The Thesis Show, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY, 2016
The Book Show, SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York, NY, 2015
Book Seminar Show, SVA Gramercy Gallery, New York, NY, 2015