Illustrators' Work In The Frame For UK Show
4 August 2011
Heather Horsley.- Roadside Cafes
Thomas Phillips- Building Intelligence.
Art work by Rachel Slack.
Artworks by six University of Derby graduates have been selected to showcase the best of British illustration.
Images 35 is the latest annual celebration of artists' work, co-ordinated by the UK's Association of Illustrators. A panel of expert illustrators, publishers and art directors judge entries from all over the UK and a select number of these go into a book sold worldwide and a national touring exhibition.
The Images 35 book will be distributed to 4,000 international commissioners of illustrations and sold worldwide.
A selection of images from the book will also feature in the opening London exhibition, at London's Bankside Gallery from 25 August to 2 September. This will go on tour around the UK from 23 October, including a visit to the University's Markeaton Street site in Derby from 5 December until 5 February, 2012.
Graduates of the University's BA (Hons) in Visual Communication (Illustration) degree whose work is featured in Images 35 include:
- Rachel Slack, 21, of Kimberley, Nottinghamshire
- Lydia Garner, 27, of Milford, Derbyshire
- Heather Horsley, 40, of Burton-on-Trent
- Thomas Phillips, 23, Telford, Shropshire
- Catherine Sweetman, 47, of Maidstone, Kent.
Work by Marketa Lukasova, 30, a BA (Hons) in Visual Communication (Graphic Design) graduate of Derby, was also chosen.
Heather Horsley, who graduated in January 2011, and has a studio at the University's Banks' Mill Studios business incubation units in Derby, said: "My entry was called Roadside Cafes. The aim of it was to visually explore and comment upon the environment surrounding roadside cafes; observing and interpreting the relationship and connections between the place, the products and people who chose to use the cafes."
Richard Levesley, Programme Leader for the BA (Hons) Visual Communication degrees in both Illustration and Animation, added: "We are very proud of our students' success in this competition.
"Their achievement shows that they all have strong and individual ways of working. They are challenging their subject, moving with trends and developing innovative approaches to illustration; proving themselves to be strong competitors within the industry."
For more information about Images 35 see website: www.aoiimages.com
For further information please contact Press and PR Officer Sean Kirby on 01332 591891 or 07876 476103, or email s.kirby@derby.ac.uk.
