General Inquiries

Adam JK
studio@adamjk.com

Partnerships & Speaking

Victoria Bachan
victoria.bachan@whalar.com

Mailbox

P.O. Box 15204
Honolulu, HI 96815

Adam J. Kurtz (Adam JK) is a Honolulu-based artist whose illustrative work is rooted in honesty, humor, and a little bit of darkness. His books and journals including Things Are What You Make of Them have sold over a million copies in twenty languages worldwide.

Obsessed with aphorisms and ephemera, Kurtz's work seeks to craft new reminders from familiar sources, offering his brand of "back-handed optimism" as a token of encouragement and camaraderie for other creative, emotional, and deeply human people.

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ADAMJK® is an independent brand that has released a wide range of artist edition objects and publications since 2009.

Animated photograph of Adam with copies of his book, Pick Me Up. Adam looks to camera and the image appears to wiggle creating a three-dimensional effect.
Positive press blurbs for Adam J. Kurtz from Vice, Bustle, and BuzzFeed.

Interviews and press

📰 The Great Discontent, FLUX, Tumblr, NPR, ADWEEK, Artsy, Bustle, VICE, Forbes, NYLON, PAPER, CNBC, Ms. Magazine, BookPage, and several podcasts…

🏅 Webby Award Nominee, PRINT New Visual Artist, Brooklyn Mag 30 Under 30

Creative clients include

🎨 Abrams Books, Adobe, American Express, Brooklyn Public Library, Chronicle Books, Dr. Martens, Fishs Eddy, Facebook, GIPHY, HP, Instagram, L'Oreal, Mailchimp, Michelle Branch, Microsoft, New Yorker, New York Magazine, The New York Times, Penguin Random House, PepsiCo, Sharpie, T-Mobile, Urban Outfitters, Vans, Warner Music

Speaking history

🗣️ 99U Conference, Adobe MAX, AGDA Australia Tour, Creative Works, DesignThinkers, Etsy, Facebook, Google, HOW Live, HubSpot, ICA/Boston, Mailchimp, MICA, Minted, MoMA, NGV Melbourne, OCADU, OFFF, Pratt, RISD, SFMOMA, Shopify, Twitter, Wix, YouTube, and many other creative teams, schools, and spaces… Booking Info