Rajiv Fernandez (the real Lil’ Icon)
Besides chocolate, Rajiv Fernandez craves attention. And more so, drawing attention to the issues that surround us today. In 2017, he founded Lil’ Icon as a children’s brand, which morphed into an activism platform, and now an artist moniker (because he has attachment issues). But one to embrace change, he is proud to illustrate under his diverse name which has always dared him to be different. His signature style uses bold colors and iconographic imagery.
Rajiv is the author of Baby to Brooklyn and Baby to Big, contributor to Posters for Change and The Alphabet that Changed the World. His work has been featured in The Washington Post, WSJ, Refinery29, Buzzfeed and the MoMA Store among others. In 2021, he co-founded Historicons, a social impact venture aimed to educate and empower kids in their identity through play. Trained as an architect and hailing from Iowa, his endeavors have taken him all over the world from the Bluffs to Buenos Aires, Bangalore and to Brooklyn, where he calls home. When not drawing you can find him painting the lines on a tennis court or doing sketches on the comedy stage.
Full portfolio available here.
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