artist/illustrator
living in Elgin, Illinois.
Welcome to my portfolio!
The use of graphics shapes the way people make meaning out of information and data. Thoughtful consideration of location, audience, and accessibility makes illustration useful in building the imagination for complex narratives or big-picture concepts.
About the Artist
Adrian Mesino's primary disciplines are watercolor painting and digital illustration.
His series ‘The Book of Flowers’ is a living collection of illustrations based on his relationship with the natural world, technology, and the artificial.
Mesino has exhibited these works throughout the Chicagoland area and across multiple internet platforms.
The Preface Newsletter - a quarterly program and resource guide sent to over 30,000 households in McHenry (2024)
The Preface Newsletter Contains libraries upcoming programs and newest resource directly to our patrons mailboxes. The most recent and previous editions are available to download as a PDF on the library's website.
The Elgin Group - Initiative for diversity, equity, and inclusion in performance art (2022 - 2023)
The Elgin Group is a loose collective of artist peers who are focused on producing independent performance art in the city of Elgin. To help develop Elgin’s unique artistic voice, TEG investigates the boundaries that prevent young and unestablished artists from reaching success in performance art. Visit Instagram and Facebook.
“We must not neglect to sympathetically understand why and how images are important to the average non-deconstructing viewer, who looks to bond emotionally with an image meaningful to [them]”
- Jaleen Grove, Illustration, Post-Illustration, and Those Who Draw (2007)