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Tuesday, 8 August 2006 | Levent OZLER
IMAGES 30 Winners: The Best of British Contemporary Illustration 2006
4 - 12 August 2006
Studio 95, The Old Truman Brewery, 95A Brick Lane, London E1 6QL
Open: daily, 12 - 8pm including Saturdays and Sundays
Admission free
The Association of Illustrators (AOI) proudly announces the winners of Images 30 - the best of British contemporary illustration, the leading jury-selected illustration competition in the UK.
This year's gold award winners in six classifications are: Gary Embury for Advertising, Matthew Richardson for Books, Orly Orbach for Design & New Media, Paul Blow for Editorial, Serge Seidlitz for Self-Promotion, and Susan Webber for New Talent. Sweden based illustrator Kenneth Andersson is awarded the Critic's Award, this year selected by Mark Reddy, Head of Art, Bartle Bogle Hegarty.
"I was impressed by the very skilfully executed entries and the degree of professionalism I saw. The quality of the entered work was exceptional and made the selection process very hard indeed" John Rushworth, Partner of Pentagram Design Ltd.
The award winners have been selected by a panel of internationally acclaimed judges. This year's panel consists of highly regarded commissioners of illustration, well-known illustrators and cultural commentators, including John Rushworth, Partner of Pentagram Design Ltd, Roanne Bell, freelance design writer and editor, Patrick Coyne, Editor and Designer for Communication Arts Magazine and high profile illustrators Paul Davis, Steven Appleby and Sara Fanelli.
Leo De Freitas, illustration historian, lecturer and writer, will present this years awards at the awards night on 3 August 2006 at Studio 95, The Old Truman Brewery. The evening is kindly sponsored by Adnams and ends to the funky hip hop sounds by DJ Matt Smooth.
Launched in 1976, this year's awards mark 30 years of AOI activity to promote the best of contemporary British illustration. For 30 years Images has been endorsing illustration and has provided a showcase for the fantastic talent and award winning contemporary illustration produced in the UK.
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Kenneth Andersson is an illustrator based in Sweden, where he lives with his family on an island outside Stockholm. He works with art directors on print media, advertising agencies and book publishers.
Kenneth has also written and illustrated several children's books, some of them in co-operation with other writers. His client list includes amongst others The Guardian, The Sunday Times Magazine, Newsweek, Daily News Magazine, Blender Magazine, Random House, Shots Magazine, BBC Radio Times. Kenneth Andersson likes to play around with lines, bold or thin, straight or whacky, pen and brush, and likes to mix them up in the computer.
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Paul Blow was born in Falkirk, Scotland in 1969. In 1992, he graduated from Maidstone College of Art and began working as a professional illustrator. He continued his studies at Brighton University and in 1994 graduated with an MA in Illustration. Paul works for both UK and US clients and exhibits his paintings and digital prints regularly in London, New York and Dorset. Aside from his gallery shows and illustration work, Paul also devotes a portion of his time lecturing and teaching at the Arts Institute at Bournemouth.
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Gary Embury has been an illustrator for the last 20 years, during which time he has worked for a wide variety of advertising, editorial and publishing clients, including The Saturday Times supplement, Radio Times, The Economist, New Scientist, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Aardman Animation, Penguin Books, Barclays Bank, British Telecom, and the NSPCC. He has also exhibited his work in solo and group shows in London and Paris. He is a senior Lecturer in Illustration at The Arts Institute at Bournemouth.
Orly Orbach, having studied illustration at Brighton University and Communication Art and Design at the Royal College of Art, became an artist-in-residence at Barnet College. Her interest in theatre and performance has led to numerous collaborations with musicians and composers, actors and live-artists. Past commissions include: 'Ghost Watch' - an installation for the Hayward Gallery, 'Adapting to Light' - a film made in collaboration with the composer Lena Langer, and 'Nomadics'- a collaborative multi-sensory installation at the Trinity Buoy Wharf. Orly also contributes illustrations to publications such as Ambit and Le Gun and facilitates workshops. Currently, she is working as a creative consultant for Creative-Partnerships.
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Matthew Richardson studied Graphic Design at Middlesex Polytechnic followed by postgraduate study in illustration at Central St Martins. He has worked for varied clients over the years including the London Sinfonietta, Carling, Channel 4 Television, Penguin Books, The British Council, The Guardian, Quartet Books, The Sunday Times, New Scientist, BT, Decca and EMI. Matthew also pursues and exhibits his own work, which utilises a diverse range of processes such as print, photography, drawing, the moving image, assemblage and various digital media. In 2004 he gained an MA in Fine Art at UWIC, Cardiff. Matthew currently teaches part-time on the BA Illustration course at Herefordshire College of Art and Design.
Serge Seidlitz, born in Kenya in 1977, grew up travelling between the UK and Asia, where his exposure to modern Chinese art, Mad magazine and a constant diet of MTV, fuelled his desire to become an illustrator. He spent some time at art school in London, and then as a designer at The Cartoon Network. Serge currently lives and works in London and has an ever-evolving list of clients including MTV, VH1, Honda, Volvic, Orange, JWT, John Brown Citrus Publishing, The Guardian, the NME and Scarlett.
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Susan Webber studied at the University of the West of England, Bristol, graduating in 2005 with a BA in illustration. She loved every minute and subject, creating 3D objects, pop-ups, studying word and image, image and observation, as 'artist in residence' to her final study of children's book illustration. Susan won a "highly commended" in the Macmillan prize 2005 for 'Who killed Cock Robin?' In order for her paintings to have detail she gathers as much information as possible to build a believable other world. Over the years, Susan has painted stage scenery, pet portraits, designed and decorated wooden toys and many other weird and wonderful things.
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