Images 36 exhibition and tour
A free exhibition at Somerset House, London
3 – 28 October 2012
Somerset House hosts Images 36: Best of British Illustration exhibition, organised annually by the Association of Illustrators (AOI).
Image by Anuska Allepuz
Kick-starting Somerset House’s blockbuster autumn and winter season, Images 36: Best of British Illustration presents the winning work of over 50 artists from the length and breadth of the UK, who entered the AOI’s flagship competition, Images.
The gold, silver and bronze award winners from each of the eight competition categories (Advertising, Books, Children’s Books, Design, New Media, Editorial, Self-Promotion and New Talent) will be showcased in Somerset House’s Terrace Rooms.
The exhibition features exciting new talent and established names such as Rod Hunt (Where’s Stig?), Chris Haughton (Booktrust best new illustrator), Lizzie Mary Cullen (Design Week’s 50 Hot people), Stephen Collins (Jonathan Cape/ Observer Graphic Short Story Prize, 2010), Steve May (shortlisted for British Animation Award, 2008) and Olaf Hajek (AA Directors Club, Europe Gold Award, 2003).
Work by the following artists has been selected for the London exhibition.
| Catherine Aguilar Anuska Allepuz Gail Armstrong David Bromley Jonathan Burton Katherine Care Rosalind Richards Miles Cole Stephen Collins Neal Cresswell Barry Croucher Lizzie Mary Cullen David Dean Liam Derbyshire Phil Disley Ian Dodds Christiane Engel Melvyn Evans Artemis Evlogimenou Lauren Gentry Andrew Gibson Adam Graff Peter MacEri Griffin Brian Grimwood |
Peter Grundy Emma Haines Olaf Hajek Lizzie Harper Lara Harwood Chris Haughton Tony Healey Miss Led Lenka Hrehova Rod Hunt Ruth Hydes Yasmeen Ismail Richard Johnson Satoshi Kambayashi Neal Layton Toby Leigh Kristyna Litten Judy Lumley Joe Lyward Daniel Mackie Michaela Margetts Steve May Glen McBeth Jonathan McHugh |
Kanitta Meechubot Julia Midgley Jimin Nam Shane Noonan Cat O'Neil Juliette Pearce Simon Pemberton Andy Potts Daniel Pudles Ulla Puggaard Elliott Quince Peter RA Gemma Robinson Nicola L Robinson Harriet Russell Steve Simpson Andy Smith Kelly Stewart Ailish Sullivan Ekaterina Trukhan Jill Tytherleigh Juliana Wang Stephen Waterhouse Louise Weir Ian Whadcock |
The award winners are selected by a specially chosen jury who represent all aspects of the industry including agents, publishers and artists. Internationally acclaimed artists such as Noma Bar and David Foldvari are amongst this year’s judges alongside Art Directors from Guardian G2, Granta Publications, Hodder & Stoughton and Random House, as well as Creative Directors from leading design and digital agencies.
To coincide with the exhibition, an accompanying book Images 36: Best of British Illustration 2012 will also be launched. The book brings together the shortlisted 350 artworks and profiles from 240 illustrators, including those featured in the exhibition, as well as an editorial section with a series of specially commissioned essays by cultural commentators.
After Somerset House, the Images 36 exhibition begins a national tour continuing into 2013.
Venues confirmed so far include Blackpool & Fylde College, Swansea Metropolitan University, Middlesex University and University for the Creative Arts, Maidstone.
Images is the flagship programme for the promotion of contemporary British illustration produced by the AOI since 1976. It is the only independent, jury-selected illustration competition in the UK.
Images 36: Best of British Illustration
Opening hours: 2 – 28 October 2012, daily from 10.00 to 18.00
Address: Terrace Rooms, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 1LA
Tel: +44 (0)20 7845 4600
www.somersethouse.org.uk/visual-arts/images-36-best-of-british-illustration
Admission: Free
Transport: Nearest Underground Stations are: Temple, Covent Garden, Charing Cross and Embankment
Tour
Images 36 tour details will be announced shortly.
AOI secures sponsorship for Images 36 Exhibition: Press release.
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