With just over two weeks to go before the winners are announced, the judges of the 2017 V&A Illustration Awards have whittled down the entries from nearly a thousand to just three in each category. On the 16th of May we’ll find out the winners of the awards for:
Book Illustration, Editorial Illustration, Book Cover Design and 2017 Student Illustrator of the year. The winner of each category receives £3,000. An overall winner will also be selected to win an additional £5,000 and the 2017 Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year Prize.
The winning works will all be on display here in the V&A (Room 85 National Art Library) until August 2017. In the meantime, how do you think our judges will decide?
BOOK ILLUSTRATION CATEGORY
EDITORIAL ILLUSTRATION
BOOK COVER DESIGN
2017 STUDENT ILLUSTRATOR OF THE YEAR (Shortlist)
Lucy Waldman (UCA Farnham; BA Illustration): Favela Life
Beatriz Lostalé Seijo (Anglia Ruskin, MA Book Illustration): The Odyssey
Emily Evans (RCA; MA Visual Communication): Blood Antiquities
Thomas Hedger (UAL Central Saint Martins; BA Graphic Design) Petrol Stations
Tom Spooner (RCA, Visual Communication): Towards an Infinite Place
Huge congratulations to all the shortlisted artists and we wish them the very best of luck on the 16th of May.
