Jorge Mascarenhas was born in Boston, Massachussets. Since the age of seven he was selling his famed elementary school comic called "Ferinhas (Little Beasts)." He grew up in three different places (Brazil, Mexico and US) and majored in illustration at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. His major artistic influences are Nordic, Post-Impressionists and Japanese artists. 

Awards and Honors:  Society of Illustrators NY, Communication Arts, Lürzer's Archive 200 Best Illlustrators, 3x3 Magazine, Spectrum Fantastic Art, American Illustration, Creative Quarterly (Silver Medal) and Illustration West.

Selected Publications: Communication Arts Fresh, Taschen Illustration Now, HOW Design "Seen"

Clients (partial list): The New Yorker, The New York Times, Random House Mondadori, Lürzer's Archive, Runner's World, Family Circle, Asset International, BLAB!World, Six Red Marbles, Dell Magazines, Stanford University, Villa Montefiori Winery, Popload Gig, UC Berkeley, 1105 Media, D Magazine, Becker Mayer, Llewellyn Worldwide Books, National Labor Federation and others.