Shaun Tan was born in Australia in 1974. Since his childhood, he was a big fan of the Twilight Zone and Ray Bradbury. He studied at the University of Western Australia in Fine Arts, English Literature and History.
His book The Arrival won the New South Wales Premier’s Literary Award, the Children’s Book Council of Australia Award picture Book of the Year, and the Western Australian Premier’s Book Award.
He mixes techniques of graphite pencils and collage, and mostly works in black and white. His style is very specific, and his favourite themes are loss, alienation and childhood.
I’m going to let the images speak for themselves.
