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Ralph Lazar
Ralph Lazar (born 1967) is an artist, illustrator and a New York Times Bestselling author.
Ralph Lazar was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1967, and has degrees in law & economics from the University of Cape Town and The London School of Economics. After university he worked at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse.
He is married to the artist Lisa Swerling, has two children, and lives in London.
Ralph Lazar’s art contemporaneously documents global politics, with a focus on the US. Lazar creates pieces in real-time, as the news unfolds. His work has been showcased at Art Basel Miami, The LA Art Show, Art Palm Springs and Art Market San Francisco amongst others. In January and February 2020, his artwork appeared on 1,700 LinkNYC digital screens across New York City.
Recurring themes through his work are current affairs, race relations, Civil Rights, US Presidential history, the US Supreme Court and the US Constitution.
Partnering with his wife Lisa Swerling, he is also known for his illustrative works Happiness Is, Harold's Planet, Vimrod, The Brainwaves, and Total Mayhem.
Happiness Is was first published by Chronicle Books of San Francisco. Rights have been sold in 20 languages. Harold's Planet and Vimrod have been published by Penguin Books, HarperCollins and Andrews McMeel and sell as greetings cards in the millions. The Brainwaves are cartoon characters that populate Dorling Kindersley's children's reference titles, published in 22 languages.
Total Mayhem is a series of illustrated books for children, published by Scholastic in 2021. An additional series, More Total Mayhem, continued the series and is available on Amazon. In May 2025 rights were optioned to Warner Bros. Discovery for production as an animated TV series.
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Ralph Lazar
Ralph Lazar (born 1967) is an artist, illustrator and a New York Times Bestselling author.
Ralph Lazar was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1967, and has degrees in law & economics from the University of Cape Town and The London School of Economics. After university he worked at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse.
He is married to the artist Lisa Swerling, has two children, and lives in London.
Ralph Lazar’s art contemporaneously documents global politics, with a focus on the US. Lazar creates pieces in real-time, as the news unfolds. His work has been showcased at Art Basel Miami, The LA Art Show, Art Palm Springs and Art Market San Francisco amongst others. In January and February 2020, his artwork appeared on 1,700 LinkNYC digital screens across New York City.
Recurring themes through his work are current affairs, race relations, Civil Rights, US Presidential history, the US Supreme Court and the US Constitution.
Partnering with his wife Lisa Swerling, he is also known for his illustrative works Happiness Is, Harold's Planet, Vimrod, The Brainwaves, and Total Mayhem.
Happiness Is was first published by Chronicle Books of San Francisco. Rights have been sold in 20 languages. Harold's Planet and Vimrod have been published by Penguin Books, HarperCollins and Andrews McMeel and sell as greetings cards in the millions. The Brainwaves are cartoon characters that populate Dorling Kindersley's children's reference titles, published in 22 languages.
Total Mayhem is a series of illustrated books for children, published by Scholastic in 2021. An additional series, More Total Mayhem, continued the series and is available on Amazon. In May 2025 rights were optioned to Warner Bros. Discovery for production as an animated TV series.