Bio:

Simon Spilsbury is primarily an exponent of line. He draws all the time. When he is not drawing he is teaching drawing at Bath Spa University UK. His commissioners have described his line as spontaneous, energetic, quirky, inherently humorous, adaptable and elegant. One enthusiastic Art Director said Spilsburys drawings always jump off the page and bite me on the ass.

Over the past 16 years his work has graced many advertising campaigns, TV programmes/idents and column inches across the globe, including Nike, Virgin, Cobra Beer, The London Election, Martell, Waterstones, Luerzers Archive, The Sunday Times, The Guardian to name a few. He had a two-year column [2007/08] in The Independent with the comedian Dom Joly and regularly writes for The Sunday Times.

His work has won numerous awards, including D&AD Silver, Campaign Poster Silver, Communication Arts, Print Magazine and American Illustration and appeared in Luerzers 200 Best Illustrators.

Spilsbury has recently set up new image-making studio Artbombers with Richard Chant and has just picked up Gold at The British Illustration Awards 2009 for their work on Paramount Comedy Channel.