Emily Tull

One of our brilliant artists Emily Tull who works mainly in needle and thread, has just produced a self portrait which we are delighted to say  has been shortlisted for the @selfportraitprize

You can view the virtual exhibition of the winner and all the shortlisted entries here:

https://ruthborchard.org.uk/self-portrait-prize-2023/

ARENA – ARTIST SPOTLIGHT ON MATTHEW LAND

We caught up with Matthew just after the recent publication of 'The Wall Between Us', featuring his stunning cover illustration and asked him about his process.

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Carole Bouvier: On a Spring Day, Winner of the SAA Agents Award for New Talent

The SAA run a new talent award every year in association with the AOI’s World Illustration Awards. Carole Bouvier was our winner in 2022 for her piece titled: On a Spring Day.

Carole’s entry really stood out and we were all very impressed with her strong compositions, use of colour and her visual storytelling – On a Spring Day is a fresh approach at picture book illustration.  Carole’s imagery has personality and she shows a sensitivity to the subject matter. We believe her work has a broad commercial appeal that could be applied to all manner of creative solutions. She’s a worthy winner!

The prize is 6 months mentoring with one of our member agents who is selected very carefully to fit with the winner. Carole chose The Artworks and started the mentorship earlier this year so we’ll check back on her soon to find out how it all went.

Bill Sanderson Wins at Michael Marks Awards

Phosphor's Bill Sanderson won a Michael Marks Award for illustrations he created in his signature scraperboard style for 'Twelve Days', a pamphlet collection of poems sent at Christmas.

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Artist Partners/Emily Tull

Artist Partners has always proudly represented artists of the highest calibre,  but not only the traditional artists, but also others that work in less traditional mediums in stitching and embroidery.

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Christopher Nielsen Receives Honour Award for Picture Book Of The Year

Phosphor's Christopher Nielsen has received an Honour Award at The Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year Awards for Just One Bee, written by Margrete Lamond and Anthony Bertini.

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Ben Tallon on the WIA2022 Longlist

Submitted in the Design Product & Packaging category, Ben Tallon's work for Lynx & Axe makes it through the first round of the prestigious awards.

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NATALIA ZARATIEGUI / WORLD ILLUSTRATION AWARD

Huge congratulations to Natalia Zaratiegui for being longlisted in the Commercial Publishing category of the World Illustration Awards 2022.The Man Who Knew Too Much and Other Storiesby G. K. Chesterton, features cover and inside illustrations by Natalia, using a limited colour palette to create a series of strong contrast images, beautifully capturing the spirit of the book.

Natalia Zaratiegui is represented by Meiklejohn

Jhon Boy Wins First Prize

Phosphor's Jhon Boy recently won first prize at the Versiona Thyssen XIII, an open international competition for young creators. Artists are encouraged to make their own version of one of the paintings of the collection in the Thyssen Museum. Jhon Boy's piece recreated Charles Willson Peale's portrait of The Stewart Children in his signature style.

The 13th edition of #VersionaThyssen featured Alexey Kondakov, SakoAsko and Chamosan as guest artists and jury members. The awards ceremony was held in the museum's garden in June and featured a performance by Dani.

The Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum is an art museum in Madrid, Spain. It is known as part of the "Golden Triangle of Art", which also includes the Prado and the Reina Sofía national galleries. Find out more about the competition and enter next time here.

Take a peek at Jhon Boy's portfolio for more of his work and contact Trina at Phosphor to commission him.

Handsome Futures x Grace Park

Handsome Future is an initiative that we set up in late 2012 which aims to help one emerging artist develop their portfolio. This year we are delighted to introduce Grace Park, an illustration graduate from the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, California, and winner of the 2021 SAA Agents’ Award for New Talent.

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