Hermann Mejía (born 1973) is a Venezuelan–American painter and sculptor known for his work for Mad magazine.
He started collecting comics at age 13 and received his first artist's commission at 15, painting promotional graffiti for musical acts in Caracas.
After graduating, he started his career in fine arts with numerous exhibitions in his native Venezuela, both collective and solo.
Growing recognition as a vanguard artist landed him a commission to design a series of Venezuelan postage stamps commemorating Pope John Paul II in 1996.
[2] Mejía is a prolific artist with a long career of solo and collective exhibitions of both paintings and sculptures, mostly in South America but also in the U.S. His style and technique have been linked to many influences including Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, the surrealists, and street art.