Piero Macgowan is a Mexican-born Illustrator, Fine Artist and College Professor based in Baltimore, USA.

He works full-time as a Senior Concept Artist at Firaxis Games, a video game company located in Hunt Valley, Maryland, and obtained his B.F.A. in Illustration with Honors from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

He has since been invited to be a professor in the Illustration department, where he currently teaches, and enjoys creating his personal work at home, where he uses both digital and traditional tools to make his art.