Boris Pelcer (b. 1985, Sarajevo, Bosnia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a visual artist, illustrator, designer and art director based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. His passion for understanding the deeply human desire for creative expression has driven him to explore a wide range of disciplines over his nearly 20 year professional career, including graphic design, typography, lettering, illustration, fine art, fashion, and art direction. Currently, he divides his time between working full time as an Art Manager in the fashion industry, taking on various freelance commercial projects, and continuing to explore his personal voice through his own artwork: borispelcer.com.

Throughout his life, art has served as a tool for self discovery, a way to delve into the depths of who he is. At its core, the human experience is shaped by the unseen: emotions, thoughts, consciousness, identity, soul, values, morality, imagination, the fleeting dance of time, the invisible threads that connect us all, and the deeply personal pull of meaning and purpose. Through his personal work, he seeks to unravel these complexities, transforming the intangible into something tangible, hoping that, in the act of creation, he will find threads of deeper understanding about himself and the world around him. When he is not creating, he enjoys a peaceful life with his family.

Commercial Clients: HBO, Amazon, Warner Brothers, Mondo, Boom! Studios, The New Yorker, Time, Variety, The New York Times, Bottleneck Gallery, Entertainment Weekly, The Atlantic, Newsweek, Bloomberg, Village Voice, The New Republic, Texas Monthly, Guitar World, Backchannel, Little White Lies, Nike, Kohl’s, Arsonal Design, Converse, Pitchfork.

MFA: Art. University of Idaho: College of Art & Architecture. Moscow, ID, USA. 2010-2013
BFA: Illustration. Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Milwaukee, WI, USA. 2003-2007

Resume: Linkedin. • Socials dedicated to Personal Studio Artwork: Instagram, Threads, Facebook, Behance, X, BlueSky, Cara, ArtStation, DeviantArt, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest.

AWARDS & HONORS
Society of Illustrators 48, 56, 57.
American Illustration 34.

PUBLICATIONS
Image FX, Digital Arts, Adobe Create Magazine, Computer Arts, Society of Illustrators, CMYK Magazine, Artflow Magazine, Slice Magazine, HEY! Magazine, Sendpoints Books BranD Magazine, Choi’s Magazine Typography Source Book.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017: Reverie, Nucleus Portland Gallery, Portland, OR, USA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020: Wilderness, Antler Gallery, Portland, OR, USA
2018: 7th Annual Supersonic Invitational, Spoke Art Gallery, New York City, NY, USA
2017: Lightning Bolts & Little Sparks, WOW x WOW Gallery, Inverness, Scotland
2016: Suggestivism: Resonance, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

Contact: Send all inquiries to: mail@work.borispelcer.com or fill out the form below.