The SAA are very pleased to be supporting the World Illustration Awards by sponsoring The SAA Agents Award for New Talent.

WIA2025 Touring Exhibition at The Coningsby Gallery

 

WIA2025 Touring Exhibition at The Coningsby Gallery (Awards, Events, Exhibitions, illustrator, WIA Awards)

 

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.

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.

Find out more information about all things WIA on their website worldillustrationawards.com.

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. 

Cardin’s Friends: an evening where fashion met art in the heart of Paris.

Cardin’s Friends: an evening where fashion met art in the heart of Paris. (Events, illustrator, Lipstick of London)

 

 

Pierre Cardin April Afterwork was a celebration of creativity hosted at the maison’s flagship store in Paris. The evening explored the intersection of fashion and art, with live illustration by our artist Jessie Kanelos Weiner adding an intimate, expressive layer to the experience.

Sveta Dorosheva is a category winner in the World Illustration Awards 2024!

Sveta Dorosheva is a category winner in the World Illustration Awards 2024! (Awards, Events, illustrator, WIA Awards)

 

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.

 

Sveta Dorosheva is a category winner in the World Illustration Awards 2024! (Awards, Events, illustrator, WIA Awards)

 

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!

 

Sveta Dorosheva is a category winner in the World Illustration Awards 2024! (Awards, Events, illustrator, WIA Awards)

 

Read more on this project here and on The AOI website.

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