Muhammed Sajid's reflective series of portraits from Kerala has been longlisted in the World Illustration Awards 2026.
Muhammed's illustrations are shaped by a deep interest in the stories people carry, and this sensitivity has earned his self-initiated series Folks from Kerala a place on the longlist for the World Illustration Awards 2026, in the Exploration category.
Inspired by the people, professions and everyday rhythms of the Indian state where he was born and raised, Muhammed moves beyond conventional portraiture, weaving personal histories and cultural details into a broader piece.
Svetlana Molodchenko has been recognized with a Communication Arts Illustration 2026 Award of Excellence for her Williams Sonoma commission, Dream Store Pattern.
For this project, she created a fully vector, continuous pattern capturing multi-level rooms, staircases, and shelves filled with the brand’s real catalogue products, layering detail to evoke the charm of a whimsical, immersive store.
The artwork now adorns packaging, kitchenware, and tabletop items, translating her meticulous compositions into everyday experiences.
The award highlights Svetlana’s inventive approach, celebrating how her illustrative precision brings narrative to a commercial canvas.
Phosphor's Lynn Hatzius has been shortlisted for the AOI's World Illustration Awards 2025. Lynn submitted a series of collages she created for an A Level textbook, published by Liber for use at Swedish high schools.
This year celebrates 10 years of the World Illustration Awards, and we are delighted to share that the first venue to host the WIA2025 Touring Exhibition, will be the Coningsby Gallery in London from Monday, 3rd November –Saturday, 8th November 2025.
The awards are an inspiring survey of the breadth and diversity of current global illustration practice chosen from over 4,500 submissions received from 85 countries.
The exhibition showcases 44 Award-Winning and Highly Commended projects selected by an independent global jury across ten industry-relevant categories such as Design, Children’s Publishing or Editorial.
This vibrant, colourful, thought-provoking exhibition of professional and new talent work from all around the globe will delight and inform audiences of all ages.
The Society of Artists’ Agents (SAA) has sponsored the New Talent entry category for many years and Society member agencies have mentored the winning illustrators.
We are delighted to announce that this year’s World Illustration/SAA Award for New Talent winner is FangFang Han for her animation ’The Tube', FangFang Han's prize will be six month’s trial representation including mentoring and career development by one of the SAA’s member agents.
Lucy Davey came highly commended at the recent World Illustration Awards, for this beautiful packaging project for Waitrose. Lucy illustrated the Christmas Winter Village Chocolate Box, depicting a magically festive scene full of fun details to spot.
It was a joy to see Lucy’s work brought to life on this inventive packaging, and to see it recognised in the WIA Awards. Well done Lucy!
We were very proud to see our Claire Harrup and her stunning artwork for ‘Britain’s Landmarks and Legends’ take home the winning prize for the Adult Non-Fiction category at the V&A Illustration Awards. A beautiful book commissioned by the lovely team at Harper Collins for National Trust.
We are thrilled to announce that Sveta has won the World Illustration Award 2024 in the Advertising category!
Her extraordinary artwork for the British Library’s winter 2023 exhibition, 'Fantasy: Realms of the Imagination', captured the magic of fantasy literature from Tolkien to Neil Gaiman.
Filled with mythical creatures and legendary figures, her intricate design transported viewers into a world rich with wonder, mystery, and storytelling. Congratulations, Sveta, on this well-deserved recognition for such an epic creation!
The Association of Illustrators, in partnership with the Directory of Illustration have just announced the World Illustration Awards 2024 longlisted projects chosen by the judges from over 5,000 entries that were submitted. 500 projects have been selected across all 10 categories - VIEW THE LONGLIST
