Half-French, half-Italian, Yan Nascimbene shared his childhood between these two countries. After working as a photographer's assistant in a Paris fashion studio, Nascimbene studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York and at the University of California at Davis. There he met Joan Parazette, an art student as well.


Yan's work has been widely exhibited in the United States, France, Japan, England, Switzerland and Italy. He is the recipient of many awards, including a gold and two silver medals from the Society of Illustrators in New York and the Bologna International Graphic Award which he won three times.