TOURING EXHIBITION
We are looking for national and international venue partners to host the digital on-demand WIA2024 and WIA2025 Touring Exhibitions.
Download the touring exhibition information pack below for further details or simply get in touch with us.
ABOUT THE Exhibition
The World Illustration Awards are presented annually by the Association of Illustrators in partnership with the USA-based Directory of Illustration to support, promote and celebrate contemporary illustration being made today across the globe.
We work with national and international venue partners to host the World Illustration Awards Touring Exhibition.
Download the touring exhibition information pack, or contact [email protected] for further details.
What does the WIA2024 Tour consist of?
This inspiring, thought-provoking exhibition showcases all Award-Winning and Highly-Commended projects across ten industry-relevant categories and includes material that tells the story of the ideas, processes and artists behind the work.
We are looking for venue partners to host the WIA2024 and WIA2025 Touring Exhibitions, a fascinating, inspiring survey of the breadth and diversity of current global illustration practice chosen from over 5,000 submissions received from 82 countries.
What are the WIA2024 Tour dates?
- University of Lancashire– UCLan – 9th Dec 2024 – 23rd Jan 2025
- London Book Fair – 11 – 13th March 2025
Amazing to look at – extremely inspiring and displays a wide range of skills and emotion.
WIA Tour Visitor
Really, really interesting!! One of the best exhibitions I have seen here
WIA Tour Visitor
Thought provoking! Congratulations to all the entrants and the winners.
WIA Tour Visitor
Very inspiring exhibition that reassures that there is a future for illustration as a profession
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latest WIA
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WIA2023
Exhibition
The WIA2023 Touring exhibition was on display at three UK venues this spring – the University of Hertfordshire, The University of Plymouth and The London Book Fair.
From March to April 2024 the WIA2023 Touring Exhibition was on display at The University of Plymouth
Wia2022
Exhibition
The WIA2022 Touring exhibition was on display in Shenzhen, Nanchang, Ningbo, and Fuzhou in China (pictured), in partnership with the Shenzhen Illustration Association, as well as in Roe Valley in Northern Ireland.
Wia2021
Exhibition
The WIA2021 Exhibition was displayed at the Old Big School Gallery, Tonbridge, UK, (pictured), and went on to go on to tour China in partnership with the Shenzhen Illustration Association: Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Zhuha.
Wia2020
Exhibition
The WIA2020 Exhibition was displayed in Shenzhen and Shanghai, China in partnership with the Shenzhen Illustration Association.
About THE
AWARDS
The World Illustration Awards is a global celebration of illustration.
The Association of Illustrators has run a juried illustration competition since 1976. The latest incarnation, the World Illustration Awards in partnership with the Directory of Illustration, has been going strong and growing since 2015.
WIA focuses on supporting and celebrating creativity internationally, by connecting illustrators with their peers and the global illustration industry.
The Awards are split into two groups: New Talent and Professional. All work, commissioned or self-initiated, is accepted across the ten categories as long as it has been created within the past year before the Call for Entries closes.
If you have any questions get in touch with the awards team
[email protected]
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