Jason Daniel Polan (July 17, 1982 – January 27, 2020) was an American artist born in Ann Arbor, Michigan[1] who lived and worked in New York City.
Polan's illustrations have been published in The New Yorker,[2] The New York Times,[3] Metropolis Magazine,[4] and Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern,[5] among others.
Other projects launched by Polan included; the Every Piece Of Art in The Museum Of Modern Art Book,[6] a comic book for Jack Spade,[7] the Millard Fillmore $13 Bill (printed by Fritz Swanson at the Manchester Press),[8] and the "Every Person in New York" project.
He graduated from University of Michigan, in 2004, with dual degrees in anthropology and art and design.
In Ann Arbor, he painted the "Ant Alley" mural on Maynard Street.