Getting Cheeky with Christoph Niemann

Revisiting the Iconic Illustrator's Work

There’s an undeniable sense of life and motion in the work of iconic illustrator Christoph Niemann. Bright colors, bold shapes, and a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor populate the visual worlds he has created since 1997. The German illustrator blends works on papers with three-dimensional objects like bananas or hair combs to fill his canvases with a sense of space and tangibility. He’s in high demand, too: His work can be found on the covers of a number of publications including the New Yorker, WIRED, and the New York Times.