Richard Borge

Richard Borge is a Brooklyn-based illustrator and animator. In addition to his award-winning illustration and motion design projects, Borge is also the creator of Bad Hombre Toy Co., a fictitious toy company that uses art and satire to address our current political climate.

The youngest of six children, Borge was born in Madagascar, where his parents had set up medical clinics in the 1960s. Borge subsequently moved to Fargo, North Dakota, and spent lots of his childhood in North Dakota and on the lakes of Minnesota.

Subsequent to receiving his BA from Concordia College and an MFA from the University of Arizona, Borge took up a tenure-track teaching position in North Carolina.

Richard eventually moved to New York City to become a full-time illustrator. He also balances teaching duties at Pratt Institute, the School of Visual Arts, and the MFA Illustration program at the Fashion Institute of Technology.