Jose Miguel “Jomike” Tejido (b.1982) acquired his Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture from the University of Santo Tomas in 2005. Tejido has had solo exhibitions from various galleries around the metro since 2007, and has participated in group exhibitions since 2005. Tejido won awards from major institutions such as the Shell National Students Art Competition (Finalist, 2001-2002), Maningning Miclat Painting Competition (Finalist, 2006), NCCA (Travel Grant to Tokyo, Japan Recipient), AAP Semi-Annual Abstract Art Competition (Finalist, 2007), and the latest from Philippine Art Awards (2020, Shortlisted, Sculpture Category).
As an illustrator with two decades of experience, Jomike Tejido has over 100 children’s books illustrated in Manila and the USA. He specializes in being an author-illustrator of book series production to take books to the next level and make toys out of their characters. Foreign publications include a Little & Brown Co., Scholastic, Highlights Magazine, Oxford University Press, McGraw-Hill, Capstone, Walter Foster Jr. and The Hachette Book Group and National Geographic to name a few.
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