Biography

Joe Wilson is an Illustrator based in the UK specialising in highly detailed, hand-drawn illustrations and print. Working with a combination of pencil, ink and digital colour, Joe’s work takes form as a hybrid of the traditional and contemporary.

Using skills learned in the print room of Leeds metropolitan university, Joe wilson’s work has developed into a style reminiscent of woodcut printing, etching and screen printing. Known for his focus on detail and drawing, alongside a preference for muted colour palettes, Joe’s unique style and considered draftsmanship attract a wide variety of international clients, with work ranging from full media advertising campaigns to limited run screen prints.

In recent years Joe’s work has been commissioned by global clients such as, Johnnie Walker, Adidas, Ted Baker, Tommy Hilfiger, Virgin Mobile, Coors, Film4, The Savoy Hotel, Absolut Vodka, Bombay Sapphire, Citibank, Kiehl’s, Mr Porter, Boeing, Crabtree & Evelyn, BMW, EMI, Vanity Fair, GQ, The Washington Post, Nature Magazine and FHM Magazine.

His work adorns products all over the world in various forms including, beer cans, spirit bottles, murals, clothing, and luxury skin cream. Best known for his ongoing work with 21st Amendment Brewery and his consistently popular cover artwork for David Mitchell’s Award Winning novel, ‘The thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet’ Joe Wilson also collaboratively created the first cocktail menu to be sent into space.

A selection of limited edition screen prints from Joe’s 2014 show at the Coningsby gallery ‘Fireworks for Dead Men’ are available in the Gallery shop.