The AOI in partnership with The Directory of Illustration is delighted to announce the WIA2019 shortlist!

The already very successful and popular 2018 edition of the World Illustration Awards can be viewed at Chapel Gallery in Ormskirk until Saturday 27 April. This will be the last..

The Association of Illustrators (The AOI), in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, is delighted to announce the return of the World Illustration Awards exhibition to Somerset House this summer.

The Society of Artists Agents (SAA) have teamed up with the World Illustration Awards 2019 to offer a fantastic new, cross-category award for the first time. This new Award will..

Ella Nitters won the WIA2018 New Talent Research Category. Here she tells us about the complex project to simulate a microsurgical intervention. About the Project This illustration was done as..

Not sure if you should enter the World Illustration Awards? Perhaps you wonder if your work is good enough, or you’re just not sure what to enter. We asked previous..

Ana Jaks, who won the New Talent Site Specific Category Award at the World Illustration Awards 2018 is in the new issue of Computer Arts magazine! The article features Ana’s..

First impressions are everything, and the way an artist compiles their work is no exception. With more than 40 years in the industry, the team at Workbook has seen what has and hasn’t worked.

Carol Adlam won the Professional Research category at the World Illustration Awards 2018. Here, she tells us about her work as an illustrator, the impact of winning, and some exciting new commissions!

We asked WIA2019 supporters creativehub’s Marketing Manager Zach Chudley gives his insights into how illustrators can benefit from promoting selling their work online.  Can you tell us a bit about..

Shih-Hsien Hsu won the World Illustration Awards 2018 New Talent Books Category sponsored by NoBrow. We caught up with him to ask about how winning the award has impacted his practice, and his future plans.

We’re delighted to introduce our new World Illustration Awards 2019 in partnership with Directory of Illustration sponsors WORKBOOK

We interviewed Esther Goh, about the impact on her illustration career of winning the WIA2018 Professional Editorial Category sponsored by Eye Magazine.

Enter your best work by 31 January 2019 to be in with a chance to win some fantastic prizes!

  The Association of Illustrators (AOI) in partnership with USA-based Directory of Illustration, announces that the World Illustration Awards 2019 are now open for entries. Following WIA’s most successful year..

Interview with Carol Adlam, 2018 Professional Research Category winner!

This exhibition features a selection from the 2018 shortlist of 200 works, plus spotlights on the 16 category and overall winners.

At once global and personal, visitors can expect to be inspired by this diverse, engaging exhibition of the best illustration made this year from across the world.

Sarah Habershon is Art Director of G2 at the Guardian. She commissioned Tommy Parkers’ World Illustration Awards shortlisted entry “The Disability Diaries”. Here we take the opportunity to talk to her about her career in commissioning illustration, and the challenges of editorial illustration times.

Jim Butler won the WIA2018 Professional Books Category for his limited-edition artist’s book ‘Blackrock Sequence’.

In case you didn’t know, the AOI is in Seoul Illustration Fair this week! In anticipation to the fantastic breadth of talent on show, we rounded up 10 exciting Korean Illustrators who you can’t miss at the fair this year.

This year’s New Talent Design Category winner is Katja Grosskinsky with her project: Magister Ludi

Andreea Dobrin Dinu is this year’s Advertising New Talent Category winner for her illustrations for Art Safari 2017, Romania’s largest art fair.

This year’s professional Books Category sponsored by NoBrow Professional winner is Soo Kyung Cho for her book Me & Me.

Come down to Somerset House in London between 7 and 20 June to marvel at the wonderfully varied display of the shortlisted 200 works. There is a great variety of..

World Illustration Awards announced at buzzing private view

Paul Thurlby is this year’s Site Specific Professional Category winner for his illustrations commissioned by John Lewis for their ‘National Treasures’ themed window and store displays, capturing the theme of Britain’s national treasures, from ice creams by the seaside, to afternoon tea.

Two free Walker Books Family Workshops will take place at Somerset House on the 9th June 2018.

Esther Goh is the WIA2018 winner of the Editorial Professional category, sponsored by Eye magazine, for her project Emojiworld.

Selected from over 3,300 entries, the shortlist and category winners represent the very best of illustration today.

Shih-Hsien Hsu is the New Talent Books category winner for his project ‘Nordic Happiness’.