In Memory of the Future

Illustrators Ireland, in partnership with Alliance Française Dublin, Ambassade de France en Irlande, dlr LexIcon, and IBBY, presents In Memory of the Future, an exhibition in celebration of renowned French illustrator Tomi Ungerer. As their first honorary member, Ungerer accepted his place in Illustrators Ireland with grace and enthusiasm. Over 50 artists will participate by sharing their interpretations […]

DLR Lexlcon Queen's Rd, Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland

Somewhere Else – Pop-Up Exhibition by Molly Maine with Lush

Somewhere Else is a one day pop-up illustration exhibition by AOI Member Molly Maine, in collaboration with Lush Cosmetics. Drawing upon her experiences from 20 years of travel to 50 countries, British illustrator Molly explores the connection between travel, solitude, and the feeling of awe through a series of bold and vibrant illustrations. The artist […]

Lush, Bluewater Shopping Centre Bluewater Pkwy, Dartford, Kent, United Kingdom

Visual Riddle: Stano’s Illustration Art

"Visual Riddle: Stano's Illustration Art" is now on exhibition at Yan Books bookstore from August 15th to September 15th, 2023. This exhibition showcases over 70 illustrations created by the illustrator Stano for the Chinese edition of the Harvard Business Review over the past five years. These illustrations, whether naive or delicate, depict business world through a humorous […]

Yan Books Bookstore Beijing, China

Boxes – People are more than tick boxes

It is with excitement that our AOI 2022 mentee Emclemmie / Emma Clements (see our full interview here!) shares her Pop-Up exhibition to celebrate the end of her degree with Open College of the Arts. Boxes explore the theme of identity and feeling that do not quite fit into any box. Through narrative artwork, the […]

Bloc Projects 2-4 & 16 Matilda Street, Sheffield, United Kingdom

Stop Panicking! Exhibition

A coming together of artists and animators Gabriella Marsh, Emily Downe, Martha Halliday, and Kathrin Steinbacher, Studio 10 found its genesis within the walls of the studio which all four artists share together. Although wide-ranging in subject matter and composition, the thread that weaves these artists together is a commitment to the documentation of the […]

Nunnery Gallery & Cafe 181 Bow Road, Bow, London, United Kingdom

Art Oasis: Extravaganza Under the Sun

Escape to an enchanting Art Oasis this summer! Immerse yourself in a vibrant gallery of creativity and be inspired by brilliant works from a select group of artists.   FREE ENTRY.

Creative Hub 301 301 Goldhawk Road, London, United Kingdom

Blisters: Time to Play

Print Club London’s iconic ‘Blisters’ exhibition is back! ‘Blisters: Time to Play’ will showcase over 50 emerging and established artists on the same platform, each with a brand new and exclusive edition of handmade screenprints responding to the theme of PLAY. All artworks are exclusively designed for the show and never seen before, signed by […]

MC Motors 28 Miller's Ave, London, United Kingdom

Pride Comic Arts Festival

Pride Comic Arts Festival is a one-day UK comic art festival dedicated to LGBTQIA+ creators. We aim to provide an accessible platform for the community and we do this by keeping the exhibitor table fees affordable and free for attendants. We also aim to ensure our talks given by industry experts are supported by sign […]

The Station Silver Street, Bristol

StreetDraw24 Falmouth

StreetDraw24 is a 24-hour drawing event for illustrators, artists, amateurs, and everyone in between followed by an everyone-can-take-part exhibition with work sold to raise funds for people facing homelessness in Cornwall. This will be its 6th proud year in Falmouth! To take part all you need to do is get outside in Falmouth and draw […]

Various Falmouth

LOOKOUT Illustration Fair 2023

The LOOKOUT Illustration Fair is a vibrant new event celebrating the diverse medium of illustration and its many forms. September 30th will see the launch of their first event at The Halls, Norwich; taking place across three unique back rooms. The event will showcase drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, paper modelling and more – with 40+ exhibitors […]

The Halls St Andrew's Plain, Norwich

Sam Taylor Presents: Drawing from the Heart

DRAWING FROM THE HEART is artist and illustrator Sam Taylor’s first solo show consisting of all original artworks. It pulls together years of drawing with ink and marker into an exhibition of weird creatures, intricate line work and bursts of colour. An exercise in tangibility, with a focus on analog methods, the artist presents his […]

AMP Gallery 1 Acorn Parade, London, United Kingdom

Irudika 2023: International Professional Illustration Fair

IRUDIKA is an international event, in which the work of the illustration sector in EUSKADI and at national level is shown together with that of the three guest countries, which in this seventh edition will be: Japan, Poland and Nigeria. This is an event held in Vitora-Gasteiz, organised by the Professional Association of Illustrators of […]

Artium Museoa Francia Kalea, 24, Gasteiz, Araba, Spain

Thought Bubble: The Yorkshire Comic Art Festival

Thought Bubble is the Yorkshire Comic Art Festival: A week long celebration of comics, illustration and more spread across the whole of Yorkshire, finishing in a huge two day comic convention in Harrogate. The festival week promotes the power of comics, as they can inspire, educate and bring people together like no other medium. So […]

Harrogate Convention Centre King's Rd, Harrogate, United Kingdom

The Illustrators

The biggest event worldwide for illustration and cartoon collectors, featuring over 350 artworks celebrating the best of British illustrators and cartoonists working between the 1830s and the present day. The Illustrators is accompanied by a 242-page catalogue with 314 images, new essays and biographies, presenting a selection of illustration from 1831-2023. The catalogue is available […]

Chris Beetles Gallery 8 & 10 Ryder Street, London

London Illustration Fair 2023

The London Illustration Fair is 10 years old this year. What a wild ride it has been! This November London’s biggest artist-led illustration event will be returning to London’s iconic Bargehouse, OXO Tower wharf, Southbank, with another jam-packed festival of illustration. Come help us celebrate with over four floors of prints, products, workshops and festivities. […]

Bargehouse OXO Tower Wharf, London, United Kingdom

Folklore Exhibition – Celebrating illustration in Brighton & Hove.

This captivating exhibition will transport you to a world of myth and legend, as artists from the well-renowned illustration hub of Brighton & Hove come together to share their interpretations of folklore. Featuring artists such as Peter Greenwood, Michael Driver, Sophy Hollington, Allan Sanders, Owen Gildersleeve, Edward Tuckwell, Laurie Avon, YUKFUN, Tom Clohosy Cole, Ryan Gillett […]

Phoenix Art Space 10–14 Waterloo Place, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

PRESS+PLAY Tabletop Print Fair

This December the PRESS+PLAY Festival of Print takes place over one weekend from Saturday 9 – Sunday 10 December, and will include a Tabletop Print Fair. Phoenix Art Space are now inviting applications from printmakers who would like to hire a table at their third annual Tabletop Print Fair and sell work to visiting public. […]

Phoenix Art Space 10–14 Waterloo Place, Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom

DIY Christmas Art Market

DIY Art Market champions a diverse community of artists and publishers, providing an affordable space for them to exhibit their work, engage with visitors, share experiences, opportunities, and sell their artwork. This event will showcase over 100 emerging, and established artists, all from a wide range of artistic backgrounds, providing visitors the opportunity to discover […]

Copeland Park & Bussey Building 133 Copeland Road, London

Fantasy: Realms of Imagination

Set out on a legendary quest through the impossible worlds of fantasy. From epic visions to intricately envisaged details, the British Library's latest exhibition celebrates some of the finest fantasy creators, reveals how their imagined lands, languages and creatures came into being, and delves into the traditions of a genre that has created some of […]

British Library 96 EUSTON ROAD, LONDON

The Time of Our Lives

The Time of Our Lives focuses on the pioneering drawing practices of women artists and their impact on feminist activism from the 1980s until today. The exhibition showcases the work of key artists, examining drawing’s versatility as a medium and the ways it has been used by women to raise consciousness around social and political […]

The Drawing Room Drawing Room/Tannery Arts Unit 1b New Tannery Way Bermondsey, London

Picture Stories: Robin Harris Retrospective Exhibition

The Stanley Picker Gallery is pleased to present Picture Stories, featuring the work of Illustrator, Painter, Author and Educator Robin Harris (1949 - 2022). The exhibition covers a small proportion of Robin’s output over five decades and includes: - Robin intings and illustrations inspired from his travels to America and Canada. - Illustrations from a […]

The Stanley Picker Gallery Kingston School of Art, Grange Road, Kingston, United Kingdom

Quentin Blake: Book Covers

Quentin Blake’s career illustrating books began over 60 years ago with his covers for paperback fiction. Since then he has created hundreds of designs for everything from literary classics to his own picture books. This exhibition features 60 of Blake’s book covers from the 1960s to the present: from mid-century Penguin paperbacks to finely-crafted special […]

Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Little Elborow Street, Rugby

DIY Art Market

DIY Art Market champions a diverse community of artists and publishers, providing an affordable space for them to exhibit their work, engage with visitors, share experiences, opportunities, and sell their artwork. This event will showcase over 100 emerging, and established artists, all from a wide range of artistic backgrounds, providing visitors the opportunity to discover […]

Copeland Park & Bussey Building 133 Copeland Road, London

David Hughes: “Why can’t you draw something nice…?”

Moyse's Hall are proud to present 'Why can't you draw something nice..?' David Hughes is an internationally acclaimed illustrator who has worked for Time magazine, the New Yorker, The Guardian, The Observer, Granada TV, BBC, Daily Express, Punch, the Folio Society, and many more. Moyse’s Hall are working with him to create a display that […]

Moyses Hall Museum Cornhill, Bury St Edmunds

Le Salève, montagne des Carougeois ?! – Exhibition

The Carouge Museum takes off and invites its public on an artistic and historical hike! Geographically Savoyard, but emotionally close to us, the Salève dominates our vision and our imagination. Would we dare to suggest that the “mountain of the Genevois” is ultimately Carouge? This question is the basis of this exhibition, noting that the […]

Carouge Museum Pl. de Sardaigne 2, Carouge, Switzerland

London´s Places by Akesi Martinez at Barbican Library Hall

'London´s places' by member Akesi Martinez is now exhibited at the Barbican Library Hall. The project is a one year exploration process of the city of London through urban sketching. On-site digital drawings where colours are the main characters. This work explores on site life drawings, capturing the mood of the surroundings and people's interactions […]

Barbican Library London

Blood, Milk & Tears: Exhibition by Claudine O’Sullivan

A collection of drawings, words, and prints exploring pregnancy and early motherhood by artist Claudine O’Sullivan.  Irish artist Claudine O’Sullivan has a decade of industry experience working with clients including Apple, The British Library, National Trust, Island Records, and Jameson Whiskey. In between commercial projects, Claudine hosts workshops and events for Derwent Pencils, the Royal Academy of Arts, Apple, Cass […]

London Irish Centre 50-52 Camden Square, London, United Kingdom

Plymouth Comic and Zine Fair 2024

Plymouth Comic and Zine Fair is a hotbed of illustrative talent showcasing some of the finest comic makers and zinesters in the south west and beyond. In 2024 we'll have over 40 illustrators and comic makers exhibiting their wares which include comics, zines, ceramics, prints, alongside stickers, pins, totes and T-shirts. The Hedgerow Hound will […]

Ocean Studios Factory Cooperage Royal William Yard, Plymouth

Drawing Lots

Artist Greg Stobbs moves between styles, disciplines and personalities to sustain a habit for drawing. An exhibition packed with Greg’s street art, sketches, murals and illustrations. The first in a series of exhibitions entitled “What does an artist do all day?” On 8 March there is a PV with a difference, with live drawing, and […]

Daphne Oram Gallery Level 0 Daphne Oram creative arts, Canterbury, United Kingdom

Zinezilla 3: MEGALAZINE

Zinezilla Illustration + Zine Fair returns for the third time to the waters of Bristol with its latest edition MEGALAZINE! Taking over new creative space KIT FORM in Jamaica St Studios, this event brings together new local zinesters and illustrators with established creators. Featuring over 30 artists from Bristol and beyond, there'll be something for […]

Kit Form (below Jamaica Street Studios) 39 Jamaica Street, Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Working Women

An exhibition focusing on the art of mother and daughter artists Sheila Robinson (1925-88) and Chloë Cheese (b.1952)

The Fry Art Gallery 19A Castle Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, United Kingdom

FUN: Exhibiting 8 Brighton-based artists

Lucky Frog Studio brings together the creative talents of Tim Alexander, Michael Driver, Holly Farndell, Lizzie Lomax, Jessica Meyrick, Connie Noble, Sean O’Brien and Leanne Rule. Escaping our day-to-day looming deadlines and demands, we let our imagination roam free and rediscover FUN in all its wonderful and silly forms, from illustrating playful characters and 3D […]

Family Store Records & Gallery 74 North Road, Brighton, United Kingdom

Fine Lines Illustration and Animation Festival

Everyone is invited to the first Fine Lines Festival - a celebration of Illustration and Animation.   Guest speakers such as Steve Smith, founder of Beakus Animation Studio, Domareen Fox, art director on Netflix's hit animated series Dead End Paranormal Park, Neeraja Raj, a writer-director working in animation and film, Denzell Dankwah, upcoming graphic novelist […]

Park Campus Cheltenham, United Kingdom

Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF)

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival (TCAF) exists to promote the breadth and diversity of comics and what is considered comics as a legitimate medium of literary and artistic worth. We seek to promote the creators of these works in their broad and diverse voices for the betterment of the medium of comics and to reach […]

Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Coco Lom X Parkside at Clerkenwell Design Week

Artist and AOI Member Coco Lom and Parkside Launch New Collaboration at Clerkenwell Design Week 2024. The new designs in the collection are inspired by the terrazzo-making process, which started with the artist’s research trip to Manchester, where Ethical Stone British Terrazzo is made. During Clerkenwell Design Week, Parkside will be hosting free workshops with […]

Clerkenwell Design Week 2024 44 Sekforde Street, London, United Kingdom

Art Workshop at Wild Anatomies Exhibition

As part of the exhibition Wild Anatomies, AOI Member Lynn Hatzius will we be hosting a workshop for children, age 6+ on Saturday 8th June. The workshop will explore symmetry and patterns in human and plant anatomy through simple paper cutting and printmaking techniques. The workshop takes part within the exhibition space, so the children […]

BHVU Gallery 228 Chingford Mount Road, London, United Kingdom

Printed Festival 2 : Print Harder

The Print Wagon and The Printhaus team up once again to bring you the return of PRINTED FESTIVAL, Wales' biggest festival all about print! “Always thinking of new ways to share and celebrate print with the community, we’ve put our heads together to create our biggest venture yet.” - Aidan, Print Wagon. Our aim is […]

The Twelve Exhibition in Budapest

Illustrator, visual artist and AOI member from Slovakia, Petra Stefankova, will exhibit her paintings in the invitational group exhibition Twelve at the David Art Gallery in Budapest. The exhibition starts on the June 8th, 2024, at 6PM and features 12 selected artists. The gallery is located in the city centre near the Parliament building. Find […]

David Art Gallery 1-2 / 1055 Budapest, Falk Miksa str. 6-8, Budapest, Hungary

UCLan Degree Show 2024

A showcase of University of Central Lancashire's graduating Illustration students

University of Central Lancarshire: Victoria Building 2nd Floor, Adelphi Street, Preston, United Kingdom

London Met University Summer Show 2024

Discover the graduating students from London Metropolitan School of Art, Design and Architecture

London Metropolitan University The Atrium Gallery, London Metropolitan University (Aldgate campus), 16 Goulston Street, London

Art Lab – Summer Edition

New exhibition showcasing an extraordinary collection of illustrations by Art Lab Agency artists

The Brick Lane Gallery 216 Brick Lane, London, Greater London, United Kingdom

New Designers 2024

London's Most Established Graduate Design Showcase is back to champion the future of design.

Business Design Centre 52 Upper Street, London, United Kingdom

Michael Rosen: The Illustrators

Michael Rosen: The Illustrators. A new exhibition exploring Michael Rosen’s books and the the work of the illustrators who collaborated with him on them.

Heath Robinson Museum Pinner Memorial Park, West End Lane

Small Press Day 2024 Festival

Gosh! will showcase over 40 guests featuring the country's most wonderful and talented artists.

Gosh Comics 1 Berwick Street, London, United Kingdom

Total Boardom – Exhibition

Exhibition features a diverse group of artists, crafting artwork on a variety of boards, roughly to the theme of ‘boredom’.

Espacio Gallery 159 Bethnal Green Road Espacio Gallery 159 Bethnal Green Road London E2 7DG, London

LUSTR Illustration Festival

A festival of contemporary original illustration in Prague and the largest illustration exhibition in the Czech Republic.

Bubenské nábř. 306, 170 00, Prague, Czech Republic

Murmurs MA Degree Show

Explore and celebrate the works of graduating MA Illustration and MA Graphic Design students at Cambridge School of Art.

Ruskin Gallery Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Thought Bubble Comic Convention

Part of the annual Thought Bubble Yorkshire Comic Art Festival, a week long celebration of comics and illustration.

Harrogate Convention Centre King's Rd, Harrogate, United Kingdom

Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious

Journey into the imaginative world of an artist who carved fairy tales out of difficult times, and breathed life into the inanimate.

Dulwich Picture Gallery Gallery Road, London

Peter Till – A One Man Show

Featuring original artworks, this show will be raising funds for Shepherds Hill Allotments.

Original Gallery, Hornsey Library Haringey Park, London

Pictoplasma Berlin Conference

The world’s leading conference of contemporary character design in illustration, animation, graphic and urban arts returns this May.

Silent Green Gerichtstraße 35, Berlin, Germany
From our Members

Inside Feelings

Bristol-based illustrators explore themes of hidden internal worlds, introspection and navigating owning a human brain.

Centrespace Gallery 6 Leonard Lane, Bristol, United Kingdom

University for the West of England Degree Show 2025

The end-of-year celebration showcasing the final work of 2024-25 graduating students at the University for the West of England is taking place from 7 June – 11 June 2025.

University for the West of England Bower Ashton - City Campus Kennel Lodge Rd, Bristol, United Kingdom

LUSTR Illustration Festival 2025

A festival of contemporary original illustration in Prague and the largest illustration exhibition in the Czech Republic.

Holešovická tržnice Prague, Czech Republic

Sara Midda: A Retrospective

This highly anticipated show marks the return of celebrated illustrator and visual diarist Sara Midda, showcasing over 300 original works.

Chris Beetles Gallery 8 & 10 Ryder Street, London

From our Members

Major Arcana

Major Arcana unites 22 Bristol-based illustrators in a visionary reinterpretation of the Tarot’s most iconic cards.

Centrespace Gallery 6 Leonard Lane, Bristol, United Kingdom

DIY Christmas Art Market

A unique showcase of over 100 emerging and established artists, all from a wide range of artistic backgrounds

Copeland Park & Bussey Building 133 Copeland Road, London

Illustrating Golden | Exhibition

Immerse yourself in the incredible visual style and language of the film ARCO through an exhibition featuring East and Southeast Asian illustrators.

Hackney Picture House 270 Mare Street, London, United Kingdom

Pictoplasma Berlin Conference

The world’s leading conference of contemporary character design in illustration, animation, graphic and urban arts returns this May.

Silent Green Gerichtstraße 35, Berlin, Germany