Jon Lomberg
W. M. Keck Observatory is proud to sponsor Jonʻs “Cosmic Honu”
Jon Lomberg is an artist inspired by science, a long time collaborator of Carl Sagan\, and the designer of the Galaxy Garden in Honaunau. His images range from fine art and museum displays to computer graphics for the media. He is an Emmy Award winning television art director (“COSMOS”), a muralist for the Smithsonian Institutionʻs National Air and Space Museum (“Portrait of the Milky Way”), and an award winning science reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He designed the astronomical animation for the Warner Brothers film “CONTACT”, based on Carl Saganʻs novel.
In 1998, on the occasion of his 50th birthday …
... Jon Lomberg was singularly honored by the International Astronautical Union, who officially designated an asteroid near Mars, previously called 6446 1990QL, as Asteroid Lomberg, in recognition of his many achievements in the field of science communication.
Mr. Lomberg is also a lecturer and stargazing guide, who has frequently presented programs for some of the worlds leading resorts and cruise lines. The artistʻs engaging style stimulates the imagination of his audience, and makes hard concepts easy to understand. You will laugh as you learn!
The artist has the unique distinction of having created artwork carried aboard 5 different NASA spacecraft. With work now on Mars and far beyond Pluto, Jon Lomberg can claim the title of Earthʻs most far-flung and enduring artist. His work will last over a thousand millions years.
Jon Lomberg has lived in Kona, Hawaii with his family since 1987. He is currently working with the Gemini Observatory in Hawaii, creating images that depict and explain the fantastic discoveries of modern astronomy. He is also the creator of the Galaxy Garden in Kona, the worldʻs first walk-through scale model of the Milky Way Galaxy.
