Illustrator | Visual Communicator. 

Paul Blow is an award winning illustrator working for a wide variety of clients including The Guardian, The Economist, New Scientist, The New York Times, Penguin Books and the Folio Society. His bold conceptual illustrations mix contemporary themes with touches of humour and a healthy sense of the absurd.

In 2024 Paul was awarded a V&A Illustration Award for his illustrations for The Chesterfields – ‘New Modern Homes’ album.

Client list: BBC Bloomsbury BMB Agency Boston Globe British Airways Byron Der Spiegel DoorDash Economist ESPN Folio Society FT GQ Greenpeace Guardian Harvard Hodder & Stoughton Hollywood Reporter Howies International Rescue Committee Jackass MTV Lancet Little Brown Lufthansa Menabrea Mondo Tees New Scientist NIKE Noble Rot Nobrow NPR New York Times Observer Penguin Pentagram Politico Random House Rolling Stone Saatchi & Saatchi Simon & Schuster Stanford TCO London Transport for London Time Magazine Variety VH1 Wall Street Journal Washington Post Wellcome Trust WeTransfer Wired.

Awards

2024

Winner V&A Advertising and Commercial, (UK)
Award of Excellence Communication Arts, (USA)
Award of Excellence Communication Arts, (USA)
Award of Excellence Communication Arts, (USA)
Selected – American Illustration AI43, (USA)
Selected – American Illustration AI43, (USA)
Shortlisted V&A Adult Non Fiction, (UK)

2023

Award of Excellence Communication Arts, (USA)
Award of Excellence Communication Arts, (USA)
Selected – American Illustration AI42, (USA)

2022

Award of Excellence Communication Arts, (USA)
Award of Excellence Communication Arts, (USA)
Selected – American Illustration AI41, (USA)

2021

Award of Excellence Communication Arts, (USA)
Selected – American Illustration AI40, (USA)

2020

Award of Excellence Communication Arts, (USA)
Chosen – American Illustration AI39, (USA)
Chosen – American Illustration AI39, (USA)

2019

Award of Excellence Communication Arts, (USA)
Selected – American Illustration AI38, (USA)
Selected – American Illustration AI38, (USA)

2018 

Shortlisted World Illustration Awards, (UK) 
Award of Excellence Communication Arts, (USA)
Selected – American Illustration AI37, (USA)
Selected – American Illustration AI37, (USA)

2017

Gold Medal Award, Society of Illustrators of New York, (USA)
Award of Excellence Communication Arts, (USA)
Selected – American Illustration AI36, (USA)

2016

Chosen – American Illustration AI35, (USA)
Selected – Society of Illustrators of New York, (USA)

2015 

Shortlisted – World Illustration Awards, (UK) 
Selected – American Illustration AI34, (USA)

2014

Selected – Society of Illustrators of New York, (USA)
Selected – Society of Illustrators of New York, (USA)
Chosen – American Illustration AI33, (USA)

2013

Selected – American Illustration AI32, (USA)
Selected – American Illustration AI32, (USA)

2012

Selected – American Illustration AI31, (USA)
Chosen – American Illustration AI31, (USA)

2011

Selected – Images 35 The Best of British Illustration Editorial, (UK) 

2010

Selected – Images 34 The Best of British Illustration Editorial, (UK) 

2009

Selected – Images 33 The Best of British Illustration Editorial, (UK) 
Chosen – American Illustration AI28, (USA)
Chosen – American Illustration AI28, (USA)
Shortlisted V&A Editorial Illustration, (UK)

2008

Selected – Images 32 The Best of British Illustration Editorial, (UK) 
Shortlisted V&A Editorial Illustration, (UK)

2007

Selected – Images 31 The Best of British Illustration Editorial, (UK) 
Silver Award V&A Editorial Illustration, (UK)

2006

Gold Award, Images 30 The Best of British Illustration Editorial, (UK)

2005

Bronze Award, Images 29 The Best of British Illustration Editorial, (UK)

2004

Selected – Images 28 The Best of British Illustration Editorial, (UK) 

2002

Selected – Images 26 The Best of British Illustration Editorial, (UK) 
Silver Award Transport for London Poster, (UK)

2001

Selected – Images 25 The Best of British Illustration Editorial, (UK) 

2000

Selected – American Illustration AI21, (USA)