RYAN HESHKA
RYAN HESHKA was born in Manitoba, Canada in 1970.
He lives and works in Vancouver, Canada. He has a degree in Interior Design and worked in that field for many years, also doing animations, until shifting into art and illustration as his main activity.
The influences on his work include a lifelong love of comics (favorite artists like Jack Kirby, Bill Everett and Basil Wolverton), pulp magazines (Frank R. Paul), children’s books (Dr. Seuss), monster movies and B movies (like the films of Ray Harryhausen, King Kong, Dracula, etc), old advertisements and posters. All these sources are combined in his artistic style. Interested in drawing ever since childhood, Heshka utilized small models (little cities made with postcards) and Super 8 film to create his own world.
Heshka’s work is featured in the leading illustration annuals, including American Illustration, Society of Illustrators, Communication Arts, 3 x 3, and Applied Arts. His clients include Vanity Fair, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Playboy, Esquire, Forbes, Topps and Dreamworks SKG.
He has shown in galleries in North America and Europe, and his work has been published many times in BLAB!, and in books on the New Underground movement, including The Upset.
In 2017 the catalogue FATALES has been published by Cernunnos: it is a comprehensive monograph of the artist works.
