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Hena Ali

Hena Ali is a PhD student at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London. She received her MSc in Mass Communication and Bachelors in Graphic Design from the Institute of Art and Design, University of the Punjab, Pakistan, and was an assistant professor at Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan, [...]

Stephanie Black

Stephanie is interested in illustration that unfolds over time, and that asks the viewer to do some of the work in making sense of it. This might be in the contributory relationship between words and pictures, work in series or sequence, or illustration extended into three-dimensional forms and spaces to explore. Stephanie has worked and [...]

Steve Braund

Award Leader MA Illustration: Authorial Practice University College Falmouth http://www.falmouth.ac.uk/ Steve originally worked in London as a freelance illustrator where he developed a strong interest in narrative and sequential illustration. Represented in both the UK and USA, his client list includes Sunday Times, Radio Times, TV Times, Financial times, Puffin Books, Corgi, Heinemann, Macmillan, Scholastic, [...]

Dr Sheena Calvert

Dr. Sheena Calvert has over 20 years experience in graphic design and typography; art and critical theory, gained in both in the UK and The US. She has taught at various universities and art schools, including Rutgers University, The London College of Communication, Central St. Martins, The University of Westminster, and Norwich School of Art. [...]

John Clementson

John Clementson is Subject Leader in Illustration at the University of Wolverhampton. John has been a freelance illustrator since 1983 and has worked in education since 1985. “I produce work in a range of print and collaged materials for a broad client base occasionally using letterforms to add colour, ambiguity and illumination. i have a [...]

Leon Coward

Leon is a 20-year-old Australian-born published artist and writer, and performing musician and composer. He entered university at the age of 12, later graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Leon is currently completing a Music honours degree in sensory perception of combined visuals and music in film. At 16, he founded the influential e-newsletter, [...]

Rachel Gannon & Chloé Regan

Rachel Gannon and Chloé Regan work both individually and collaboratively with INK Illustration, a collective they co-founded with Fumie Kamijo in 2007. The group make innovative work in response to a broad range of commissions as well as self-initiated projects. They explore illustration and drawing through both their practical and academic studies. INK currently have [...]

Jonathan Gibbs

Jonathan Gibbs was born in 1953. He studied at Lowestoft School of Art, the Central School of Art and Design and the Slade School of Fine Art. Following the Cheltenham Painting Fellowship in 1978 he lectured in various UK colleges and universities until 1990, principally Cheltenham, Bath and Middlesex. Since that time he has lectured [...]

Aaron Hill

Aaron Hill is a tutor in Creative Writing and Art & Design at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He is a practicing visual artist, exhibiting locally and internationally. Aaron has produced two illustrated books, Automaton (2006), shortlisted for the Crichton Award, and Damon (2011), both written by multi-award winning author Gary Crew. Aaron [...]

Adrian Holme

Adrian Holme lectures in visual theory and art history on BA Illustration courses at Camberwell College of Art and Design, UAL, and Maidstone, University for the Creative Arts (UCA). With a background in both art and biology, his research interests include the investigation of the division between art and science that opened up during the [...]