House of Illustration is the UK’s only public gallery and education space dedicated solely to illustration and graphic arts. Our dynamic programme of exhibitions brings together works from public and little-seen private collections from across the world. We explore illustration in all its forms from advertising to animation, picture books to political cartoons and fashion illustration to architecture. We are currently seeking touring partners for a series of exciting new exhibitions for the period 2017 to 2021. Our exhibitions are available at a range of sizes and price points, and include mounted and framed original artwork or reproductions, interpretive exhibition graphics, marketing resources and support from our curatorial team. If you are interested in finding out more about our available exhibitions, please contact: Katie Nairne, Exhibitions and Touring Officer katie.nairne@houseofillustration.org.uk 020 3696 2027

Gerald Scarfe (b.1936) is the UK’s most prominent political cartoonist, known for his acerbic and uncompromising satire. His work has appeared in print in The Sunday Times for 45 years, however his unmistakable characters and worlds are given new life on stage and screen. This exhibition at House of Illustration will be the first in the UK to explore Scarfe’s extensive work in animation and theatre and costume design. It will feature preliminary sketches, storyboards, costume and set designs, photographs, ephemera, costumes, set pieces and animation cels.

A contemporary of Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden, Enid Marx is well-known for her textile designs and book illustrations. In 2018, her work will be celebrated at House of Illustration in the first Enid Marx retrospective for nearly 40 years.

Never before seen in public, Quentin Blake’s beautiful black and white illustrations for Cyrano de Bergerac’s Voyages to the Moon and the Sun will be part of a touring exhibition for House of Illustration, available to hire from September 2018. Cyrano de Bergerac’s classic work, first published in Paris in the 17th century, served as inspiration for many famous fantasy adventure stories such as Gulliver’s Travels. Its hero travels the solar system meeting strange characters and discussing new ideas. The illustrated edition was originally published by The Folio Society in 1991, and is now being re-editioned to coincide with the opening of the exhibition at House of Illustration.

Acclaimed book illustrator Laura Carlin explores her journey from paper to ceramics – from her first drawing to realising an idea in clay. This series of commissioned works demonstrates the storytelling potential of ceramics, through murals, figurines and vessels.

Best known for her work as official war artist during the Falklands War, Linda Kitson is an intrepid draughtsperson working in the tradition of the artist as reporter. Her large-scale drawings have documented sites of conflict and the little-seen workings of organisations including The BBC and The Times. Quentin Blake has known Linda Kitson for fifty years, since she was first a student at the Royal College of Art. This exhibition, curated by Blake, shows original drawings from a range of Kitson’s projects leading up to her recent, innovative ventures creating images with iPad applications.

Quentin Blake has had a number of extended collaborations with writers, but the longest of all has been with John Yeoman. House of Illustration’s 50 Years of Children’s Books exhibition will be the first to celebrate this partnership. Their first book was A Drink of Water in 1960, which launched Quentin Blake’s career in children’s book illustration. The original drawings for this, and 11 other books selected by the pair, will feature in the exhibition, which will consist of over 100 works overall. They include stories for all ages from classic fables to newly imagined tales.

Fashion and textile designer, entrepreneur and picture book illustrator – Jacqueline Ayer had a fascinating life. Ayer worked for Vogue in New York and Paris in the 1950s, featured in a Man Ray film, started a textile and garment company in Bangkok (funded by Nelson Rockerfeller), and wrote and illustrated vibrant children's books based on her life in Thailand. The exhibition will feature an exciting mix of social history, original artwork on paper, textile and garment samples, photographs and Jacqueline’s own words from her autobiography.

For the first time since the 1970s, Quentin Blake’s playful drawings of women avoiding or embracing Cupid’s arrow will be exhibited at House of Illustration. From humorous to poignant, these sketches reflect on the nature of love and relationships with Quentin Blake’s inimitable, expressive line.

Sir Quentin Blake (b.1932) is the UK’s most esteemed graphic artist, best known as the author and illustrator of more than 300 books. This exhibition offers a view of Blake’s equally prolific, but previously unseen practice as a figurative artist that has run parallel to his work in graphic arts and literature since the 1950s.

House of Illustration has been touring exhibitions since 2008. Host venues have included the National Museum of Wales, the Laing Art Gallery (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) and Manchester Art Gallery. More than 600,000 people have seen our exhibitions on tour in the UK.