Matt Rota for GOLD and more news!

In 2024, Matt Rota jumped on a plane from NYC to Mumbai in order to capture the essence of the city's architecture in "Timeless Mumbai", a 208-page accordion book of essays and illustrations, for our client and author Khilen Shah.

Matt's intricate ink and watercolour illustrations reveal the city's soul, from Colonial to Art Deco architecture.

We're proud to announce that Matt was selected to receive a gold medal award at the Society of Illustrators annual competition! The award ceremony will be held at The Society at128 East 63rd Street, New York, on April 10, sometime between 5:30 and 9:30 pm. The illustrations will be on show at the 68th Annual Exhibition till May 2.

Timeless Mumbai, the book, will also be on view at the Bologna book fair April 13 -16. Reprints of the book will soon be ready for purchase! Reserve your copy!

Henrike Lendowski's work for Sierra magazine was selected for inclusion in the Society of Illustrators's n. 68 book and exhibition. The artwork will be on view till May 2, at The Society of Illustrators in NY.

The illustration was created for an article about Hurricane Helene, written by Sarah and Elliot Gottlieb and published by Sierra in 2025.

Ben Pearce continues his work on the Art series for the NY Times with an illustration about "How to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Collecting Art".

Mary Haasdyk Vooys came back to work at full speed, her recent projects include a series of beautiful illustrations for Harvard Business Review about "How to Deal with an Insecure Leader".

Melcher Oosterman created the cover art for The Wall Street Journal, to accompany a story called: "A New Lost Generation: Why Gen Z Is Unprepared for the Workplace", about how young employees are struggling to find their way in the workplace. Being Gen Z himself, Melcher based his illustrations on how some of his friends are experiencing their new roles in the professional world and couldn't help but to inject his usual dose of humour and details to the image.

Susie Ang illustrated "The End of Human Rights" for The Atlantic

“If there is an office called ‘Human Rights,’ it seems its employees have closed their eyes and ears.”

Glenda Sburelin illustrated the Princess Bride tarot deck, for Insight Editions.

The Princess Bride is one of the most beloved stories of all time, a tale of love and adventure, pirates and plot twists, revenge and R.O.U.S.s. The beautifully packaged deck includes 78 illustrations of all the characters from the film and a 128 pages guide book written by Erin Kwong. It can be pre-ordered from the publisher.

Darya Shnykina illustrated "L.A. Affairs: Our night together reminded me of what I’d been missing this entire time". For the Los Angeles Times

Xinyue Chen illustrated an article about healthcare costs, for The NY Times.

Dominic Bugatto illustrated the article "From Moscow to Fréjus: The Secrets of the Russian Ghost Fleet", for Revue XXI

I hope you enjoyed this newsletter, please have a look at our website to find more artists and do not hesitate to get in touch if we can help with your next project!

Enjoy the rest of the week!

All my best,

Maria