Josh Cochran grew up in Taiwan and California. Upon graduating from Art Center College of Design with honors in 2005, he began working as an illustrator.
Cochran's clients include New York Magazine, TIME, Wired, MTV, Facebook, Sony Music, Nike, Pepsi, AOL, and Volkswagen. In 2013, his imagery for Ben Kweller's "Go Fly A Kite" received a Grammy nomination for Best Limited Edition Packaging. He also has a number of side projects and sometimes exhibits his silkscreens and drawings in galleries.
He teaches at the School of Visual Arts and occasionally fills in as an art director for The New York Times Op-Ed page. Cochran is currently working on his first children's book, "New York, Inside And Out" (2014).