Dion MBD is an Indonesian illustrator/designer who is currently splitting time between Melbourne and Bandung. Dion’s body of work is the mixture of the souls of the different places he has lived in: the relaxing Indonesia, the structured Singapore, the majestic Florida, and the lively New York.
When not in his studio, Dion is teaching and developing his illustration school, Ilustrasee or at the parks finding straight bars to do calisthenics.
Contact him at dionmbd@gmail.com.
For literary projects, Dion is represented by
Chad Beckerman of CAT Agency
(chad@catagencyinc.com)
Select Clients
Scholastic | Penguin Random House | Harpercollins | Macmillan | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Levine Querido | Simon and Schuster | Holiday House | Capstone | TOR | Quarto | The New York Times | NPR | National Geographic Indonesia | Scientific American | Medium | Baltimore Magazine | Culture Trip | The Marshall Project | St. Louis Public Radio | Plansponsor | ProPublica | Planadviser | Chief Investment Officer | Psyop | The Mill
Awards & Accolades
2023 | American Society of Magazine Editors’ National Magazine Awards - Best Digital Illustration
2023 | Junior Library Guild’s Gold Standard - Illustrator for Tenacious
2023 | Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Choice Award - Illustrator for Tenacious
2023 | Notable Books for a Global Society Award - Illustrator for Tenacious
2023 | Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Award - Illustrator for Tenacious
2023 | Ini Juga Ilustrasi Exhibition and Award - Organizer
2023 | Society of Illustrators 65 - Book Single Image Exhibit
2022 | Society of Illustrators Original Art Show - Exhibitor, Illustrator for Where We Come From
2020 | Society of Illustrators MoCCA Fest - Silver medal
2020 | World Illustration Awards - New Talent Alternative Publishing Award
2020 | American Illustration 39 - Archive Collection
2019 | Society of Illustrators - Advertising and Book Exhibit
2019 | Adobe Awards - Top Talent (Illustration and Print Category)
2019 | ADDY - Sales and Marketing Book Design Gold Award
2019 | Japan Illustrator’s Association - Silver Award
2019 | Cheltenham Awards - Winner
2019 | The Howard Koslow Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration - Awardee
2019 | HOW International Design Award - Merit Award
2019 | Society of Illustrators Student Exhibition - Exhibitor
2019 | Creative Quarterly 55 & 56 - Winner
2019 | Creative Quarterly 55 & 56 - Runner-up
2018 | Zankel Scholarship - Runner-up
2018 | Society of Illustrators Student Exhibition - Exhibitor
2018 | Creative Quarterly 51 - Runner-up
2018 | Florida Watercolor Society Scholarship - Awardee
2018 | Kecil Bersahabat - Solo Exhibition
2017 | Society of Illustrators Student Exhibition - Exhibitor
2017 | The Quick Brown Fox Drop Cap Exhibition - Exhibitor