Hello, I'm Will
 - a World Illustration Award winning Illustrator, Muralist & Signwriter
Based in North London

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I create public artwork and paint signage, alongside illustration and arts education. I graduated from Sheffield Hallam University with a First-Class degree in Illustration in 2019, and since then I first ran my freelance business in Sheffield, before relocating to London in 2024. 

My work combines technical, observational imagery with a colourful nature, reflecting my passion for design and visual communication.

Some of my recent and impactful achievements include painting a colossal mural in Sheffield’s Orchard Square shopping centre, which won a World Illustrationu Award in the Professional Site Specific category in 2021, writing and running DesignLab with The V&A and Sheffield Museums, an arts education programme with local secondary schools to explore the design heritage of their city, completing an internship with The Sunday Times illustration department, and working with Oxford Street in London on an illustrative campaign for Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. 

I enjoy collaborating with and contributing to diverse and dynamic teams, organisations, and communities, and I am always eager to learn new skills and take on new challenges.

Do you have a creative project in mind? Lets start a conversation.


     
  

Photo credit - Joe Horner www.joe-horner.co.uk


For mural and signwriting commissions please note:

- I hold a Powered Access Licence issued by IPAF.
Meaning I am legally trained and qualified to operate cherry pickers and scissor lifts.

- I hold Public & Products Liability insurance and Professional Indemnity insurance cover with the a-n.
- I am confident working at height. I am happy to work from my own ladders for lower level jobs,
or scaffolding / hired in access equipment if necessary.

- I hold a Full UK Driving Licence and am happy to consider projects countrywide.

For arts education and workshop commissions please note:

- I have a valid DBS certificate
- I have insurance for the delivery of activities
- I hold a full UK Driving Licence and am happy to consider projects countrywide.

If you have any questions about commissions, collaborations
or any other enquires feel free to email me at will@willustration.co.uk 

To follow the projects I am currently working on please visit my Instagram: www.instagram.com/willustration_

    


PAST EVENTS / EXHIBITIONS / FAIRS:

Speaker at Creative Mornings, Sheffield, 2022
www.creativemornings.com/talks/will-rea-illustrator-muralist-signwriter-educator

D&AD New Blood Festival, London, 2019

Peddler Market Live Art, Sheffield, 2019
www.instagram.com/willustration_/peddler

Biophilia Exhibition, Moonko, Sheffield, 2018
www.instagram.com/willustration_/biophilia 

APG Works Summer Exhibition, Sheffield, 2017

www.apgworks.co.uk/willustration