James Victore

James Victore is the creative thought leader guiding people to find clarity and purpose in their life and work.

Described as “part Darth Vader, part Yoda,” Victore is renowned for his provocative style as a graphic designer, art educator and dynamic, in-demand speaker on creativity. He lectures and teaches regularly around the globe, inspiring people to illuminate their individual gifts in order to achieve personal greatness and make a living doing what they love.

Raised in upstate New York, Victore moved to New York City when he was 19 years old. By age 23, after dropping out of two different colleges, he became an apprentice to noted designer Paul Bacon. It was with Bacon that Victore found his voice as a designer and began to take charge of his own education and career.

As well as founding his own design studio, Victore spent many years teaching at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He now lives, loves, and works in small town Texas, continuing to pursue new ways to help and inspire others to free themselves creatively and live boldly through their own Voice.

Victore’s book, “Feck Perfuction: Dangerous Ideas on the Business of Life” (Chronicle) will change your life.

Victore's work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (twice!), the GGG Gallery in Osaka, Japan, and are in the permanent collections of the Palais du Louvre in Paris, the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the Design Museum in Zurich, and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

His design clients include Adobe, MailChimp, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Time and Esquire Magazines, Moet & Chandon, The School of Visual Arts, Wired Magazine, The New York Times, Yohji Yamamoto and The City of New York. He has spoken for Starbucks, Shopify, Behance, Creative Live, Yeti, MailChimp, Adobe, Google and IBM.

Victore has received numerous awards, including an Emmy for television animation, Gold and Silver medals at the New York Art Director’s Club, medals from the International design biennales of Mexico, the Czech Republic, Chaumont, France, and Warsaw, Poland.