Kam Mak was born in Hong Kong . His family moved to the United States in 1971 and settled in New York City. His interest in painting was awakened through involvement with city Art Workshop, an organization which enable inner-city youths to explore the arts. Mr Mak continued to pursue his interest in painting while attending the School of Visual Arts, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1984 through a four year full scholarship.

Mr. Mak‘s works has been exhibited at the Society of Illustrators annual Exhibition and The Original Show (dedicated to the best of children picture books). His paintings have appeared in numerous publishers. Mr. Mak’s most current book title My Chinatown One Year in Poems is about a little boy growing up in Chinatown. It has received starred review from Kirkus.  My Chinatown is Parent’s Choice 2002 Recommended Award Winner by the parents’ Choice Foundation from .The Dragon Prince, published by HarperCollins have won him the Oppenheim Platinum Medal for the best children’s picture book of 1997, and the National Parenting Publication Gold Metal for the best children picture book of 1997. Mr. Mak was awarded this year with a Gold medal for the cover art to The Kite Rider and silver medals for the cover art to My Chinatown from the Society of Illustrators 45th Annual Exhibition. He also won the Stevan Dohanos Award from the Society of The Illustrators this year (awarded to an artist in recognition of his or her artistic excellence). Mr. Mak is an assistant professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology and is presently working on series of paintings inspired by imageries of animals as food in Chinatown. He lives in Brooklyn with his family.

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