The AOI are pleased to be joined by Member Jiyeun Kang at Seoul Illustration Fair this month. Come and meet us at the World Illustration Awards booth where we can answer (in English and Korean) any of your questions about your career in Illustration.

In less than a month’s time we’ll be heading to Dublin for another inspiring year of Offset, one of the most regarded design conferences in Europe, and certainly one of our favourites. In this article we’ll feature the amazing Illustrators who will grace the Irish stage with their fantastic work.

The annual residency at House of Illustration is the UK’s only residency for illustrators and graphic artists. Burdock, a recent graduate of the Royal College of Art, describes her drawings..

  By John O’Reilly Image by Lucy Dodds   Alongside last-minute installation terror, the end-of-year giddiness, the swollen liver, the annual Graduate shows generates a rich vein of new work..

Here’s a recap of our top 9 most celebrated articles of the year! Merry Christmas

The 2023 AOI Mentorship scheme is now fully underway. Meet this year’s mentees!

The AOI’s 2024 mentorship scheme is open for applications! We are delighted to introduce our wonderful mentors who are generously sharing their time and expertise with our community.

We interview WIA2023 Overall Professional Winners Orit and Anat on their Site Specific Project ‘What Is More, Yellow or an Elephant?’

In this piece we’re celebrating the AOI’s 50th Anniversary, and what the organisation has done to improve working conditions for members (and all illustrators) from our beginnings in 1973.

The AOI’s history is a long and rich one, with countless volunteers supporting what was initially very limited staff numbers. We asked a few of those who really helped the AOI along the way for their thoughts on the organisation and their input.