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Mark Ulriksen is a San Francisco-based artist and illustrator whose immediately identifiable portraits and whimsical take on life have led to projects for a host of major clients. He specializes in figurative work that blends both humor and darkness with psychological insight. After initially working for 13 years as a graphic designer and magazine art director Mark went through a relatively early mid-life crisis and gave up a world of monthly deadlines for a world of weekly ones by pursuing a new career as a freelance illustrator and artist.   His editorial work  began in the mid-nineties and since then his paintings have appeared in most of America's leading magazines and newspapers. Ulriksen is best known for his work for The New Yorker, where he has been a regular contributor since 1993, with over 30 covers to his credit. 

Mark's varied interests are often the subjects of his acrylic paintings, be they politics or dogs, people or sports. He has created murals for United Airlines and the Chicago Bears that grace the walls of the United Club at Soldiers Field, covered the 2008 Masters for Golf Digest and his dog prints adorn the halls of Kaiser hospitals throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.  He is the regular illustrator for The San Francisco Jazz Festival, a children's book illustrator and the recipient of numerous awards, including Gold and Silver medals from the NY Society of Illustrators. His 2006 New Yorker cover parody of the film "Brokeback Mountain" was named the years top magazine news cover by the Magazine Publishers of America. Ulriksen's work is in the permanent collection of The Smithsonian and the Library of Congress. 

Mark now balances his time between illustration assignments, children's books, gallery work and private commissions for family portraits and dog portraits.