The SAA are very pleased to be supporting the World Illustration Awards by sponsoring The SAA Agents Award for New Talent.
Exhibitions 
Bright’s Kushiaania was commissioned by Historic Royal Palaces to create a mural for the Kensington Palace exhibition ‘Last Princesses of Punjab’. Celebrating Sophia Duleep Singh and the women who shaped her, the exhibition opened on the 26 March 2026.
To see more from Kushiaania, click here: https://thebrightagency.com/uk/design-and-advertising/artists/kushiaania
Gary Blythe long established career as a painter, and illustrator, most of his career spent illustrating books in various styles over the years for both children’s and adults.
Also award winning picture book artist for the book “The Whales Song” by Dyan Sheldon winning the coveted Kate Greenaway medal.
Gary, has no end to his fantastic talents, and his beautifully crafted pencil work displays his amazing imagination, and his own quirky characters and his own personal sense of humour.
Gary’s work will be on display at the Oxo Gallery from the 9th - 19th April 2026
For more of his fantastic and unique work please go to the website: Gary Blythe | Illustrator & Artist | Artist Partners
Everyone seems to be talking about AI - well - not me, I think its good to take it down a notch to appreciate slow art - by definition - things that are created by hand - and who better than our own Emily Tull the incredibly talented stitch artist - Emily was a finalist at the Sky Portrait Awards and has been extremely busy producing her unique stitch artwork for exhibitions and shows all over the UK. Emily is very much in touch with her art - and she is also an avid bird watcher and nature lover.
Living in Ramsgate she also has nature on her doorstep.
Here are just a few of her beautiful birds she has produced for a forthcoming show …. Slowing things down and making us take note of what is around us !
For more of Emily’s beautiful work - please go to the artist Partners website Emily Tull | Artist | Artist Partners
Geoff Hunt is one of the Artist Partners long standing artists and one of the leading artists of his generation and respected worldwide as a RSMA artist, and who will be showing more of his stunning artwork at the Wapping Group of Artist’s annual exhibition.
Geoff Hunt who is one of the worlds finest painters of 18th and 19th century ships, and also world famous for producing the amazing artworks for the Patrick O’Brian Books specifically for the series Aubrey Maturin Novels -
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.
Carole's slick vector style is usually associated with corporate work such as brochures and branding, but more recently she has lent her style to children's publishing and was selected to be on the team of illustrators work on this fantastic title published last November by Usborne Publishing.
Carole Verbyst is represented by NB Illustration
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Manocki was contacted by Spotify to create eleven portraits and one general composition for the exhibition ‘The Gold Standard’.
This epic illustrated fantasy map featuring over 140 characters from The Bard’s plays is finally unveiled at the recently refurbished Folger Shakespeare Library in Washing DC.
Phosphor's Lynn Hatzius is taking part in an exhibition this June in London. Wild Anatomies will explore connections between the human body and the world of plants through seven artists working across the disciplines of painting, drawing, ceramics, textiles, print and collage.
Mike was delighted to be invited again for the second stage to supply illustrations for a new exhibition at the INNOVATION PLATFORM.