Charles Santoso

Profile

Charles Santoso (Chao) loves drawing little things in his little journal and dreaming about funny, wondrous stories. He is the creator of Happy Hippo and has illustrated many books, including I Will Read to You by Gideon Sterer, Dear Unicorn by Josh Funk, Finding Muchness by Kobi Yamada, the New York Times bestseller Odder, and Wishtree books by Katherine Applegate, Mighty Muddy Us, and Ida, Always by Caron Levis, which was mentioned in the New York Times as “an example of children’s books at their best”. He worked at Animal Logic as a concept artist/art director and was involved in various animated feature film and tv commercial projects. Charles Santoso’s work has been exhibited in Sydney and also internationally in North America and France. He moves around between different countries to live and work but calls Sydney, Australia home.