About

Janet Woolley studied at Brighton College of Art and the Royal College of Art and has worked as a freelance Illustrator in the United Kingdom and the United States for over 30 years. She has been involved in higher education since 1986.

In 1996 she was made Visiting Professor of Illustration Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design, and is currently the MA Subject leader for Illustration at Camberwell College of Arts, UAL.

Her work has appeared in publications that include Rolling Stone Magazine, Time Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Sunday times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Penguin Books USA and UK, Radio Times and Time Magazine. Clients have included Bartle Bogle and Hegarty, Bloomberg, Fitch and Fitch, Ogilvy and Mather.

Exhibitions (group) include Royal Academy, 9/11 Memorial Exhibition: Prevailing Human Spirit at the United Nations Building New York; Museum of American Illustration; The Society of Illustrators New York; Urbanite Exhibition at Stackhouse Gallery NY; Association of Illustration at The Mall Galleries and London College of Communication.

Since the completion of a large mural Project for the Royal Institute of Science in which consisted of a great number of life sized portraits running the length of three walls for the people’s room and the red hallway, Janet Woolley has returned to narrative works including work on Alice In Wonderland for inky Parrot Press. 

Awards in the field of Illustration include:

Benson and Hedges Illustrator’s Gold - First Prize  |  Society of Illustrators, USA - Gold Medal (Editorial)  |  The White Award, University of Kansas - Silver Award  |  Society of Illustrators, USA - Silver Medal (Advertising)  |  Society of Newspaper Design (Newspaper)  |  Silver Award, D&AD Silver Award for Most Outstanding Illustration in Advertising  |  Creative Circle Award for Best Advertising Illustration, International Advertising Festival, Lions ‘95  |  Cannes - Press and Poster Bronze Award  |  ADIT Awards - Award of Distinction - Creativity 31  |  Association of Illustrators Gold award for promotional work.