SteveSimpson@icloud.com ph. +353 87 265 9641
Steve Simpson is an Irish artist and designer working across illustration, toys and games, public art, typography and painting. With over 30 years of experience, he has developed a distinctive visual language built from hand-drawn imagery, ornament, symbols and narrative detail, used across books, packaging, posters, products, public spaces and large-scale fabricated structures.
Originally from Manchester, Steve moved to Ireland in 1990 and is now based in rural County Galway, where landscape, history and folklore increasingly inform his work.
His clients have included Djeco, Hasbro, Ravensburger, Bloomsbury, Simon & Schuster New York, Scholastic New York, Guinness, Bushmills, Modelo, Disney Pixar, MINI BMW, Wall Street Journal, Wired, New Scientist and the National Gallery of Ireland.
He has received multiple national and international awards for illustration and design, spoken at conferences including OFFSET, OFFF and ICON, and exhibited at the National Gallery of Ireland, IMMA and VISUAL Carlow.
Selected Clients
Adobe, Disney Pixar, MINI BMW, Modelo, RFU, IRFU, Vodafone, Heinz, Lay’s, Djeco, Hasbro, KLUTZ, Goliath, Ravensburger, Guinness, Heineken, Bushmills, Absolut, Three Mobile, 7up, Kellogg’s, Rowntree’s, Hertz, Jameson, Aer Lingus, Bloomsbury, Simon & Schuster New York, Scholastic New York, American Airlines, Variety, Wall Street Journal, New Scientist, Wired, National Gallery of Ireland, Serif Affinity
Selected Exhibitions
National Gallery of Ireland
IMMA
VISUAL Carlow
Hen’s Teeth Dublin
Somerset House London
Gallery Nucleus USA
La Galerie Sakura Paris
IMMA
VISUAL Carlow
Hen’s Teeth Dublin
Somerset House London
Gallery Nucleus USA
La Galerie Sakura Paris
Selected Talks & Awards
OFFSET
OFFF
ICON
Gold Awards – AOI, ICAD, IDI, Illustrators Guild of Ireland
OFFF
ICON
Gold Awards – AOI, ICAD, IDI, Illustrators Guild of Ireland
