Portrait by Lorna Allan
John Bond
is an illustrator, author and artist who lives and works in Worthing on the south coast, UK.
Hailing from a small farm in the Cotswolds, John studied a degree in Illustration at Kingston University, London. He went on to spend 7 years working for an award winning creative agency, designing and directing a multitude of projects for broadcast, digital, and interactive.
He now works independently from his studio at Colonnade House, balancing commercial jobs with self-initiated projects and running his online shop. John’s work has been exhibited in galleries worldwide and he has spoken at industry events such as Pictoplasma, Glug and Pecha Kucha.
His debut picture book, Mini Rabbit Not Lost was published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in September 2018 and was nominated for best picture book in the 2019 Waterstones Book Prize.
John has also illustrated the award-winning series of books with author, Peter Bently. Dogs In Disguise (Sep ’21) Cats In Chaos (Jul ’22) and Hamster Heroes (Jul ’23).
Clients include
APM / BBC / BlueQ / British Gas / Cats Protection / Channel 4 / CMYK Games / Disney / HarperCollins / H&M / Kettle Chips / Kings College London / Lagom / Little Dudes / Mr Men & Little Miss / MTV / Nosy Crow / NHS / Ohh Deer / Open University / Paperchase / RoomFifty / Starbucks / Tate / Winsor & Newton
Featured press
Dogs in Disguise – read by Rowan Atkinson for Bedtime Stories
Mini Rabbit Not Lost selected as new ‘Power of Reading’ book for CLPE
Dogs In Disguise – WINNER of the Shropshire Bookfest Award
Pictoplasma: The future of character design.
Mini Rabbit Not Lost – nominated in the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize
Book review of Mini Rabbit Not Lost.
Debut US solo show at Vertical Gallery, Chicago.
Listen to me talk about my process, ideas, inspiration and upbringing in this podcast for KnowIdeas.
Listen to my Pecha Kucha talk.
Blog interview for monthly stationery subscription ‘Papergang’.
Picture interview for Kollektiv Gallery.
Feature on my solo exhibition ‘Best in Show’ at Unlimited Gallery, Brighton.