Illustrator | Visual Communicator.
Paul Blow is a UK-based 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.
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
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)
Shortlisted V&A Advertising and Commercial, (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)