2026 Paper Bird Illustration Exhibition & Award Catalogue

The 2026 Paper Bird Illustration Exhibition Catalogue collects the illustrations of the shortlisted artists participating in the 2026 Paper Bird Illustration Exhibition & Award. The 2026 cover will feature the Winner of the 2026 Thames & Hudson Illustration Award.

The Catalogue is available for pre-order now. There will be a limited number of additional Catalogues printed for sale, both online and in-person, during the exhibition. We highly recommend pre-ordering your copy of the Catalogue. All pre-orders will be shipped or available for pick-up after Friday 8 May 2026. 

The Catalogue will measure 188 x 195mm and will be approximately 176 pages, soft cover. The Catalogue will be printed locally in Perth. The price of the Catalogue reflects the limited print run.

The 2026 Catalogue features Aditi Anand, Emanuela Balint-Negut, Karen Blair, Maria Bort, Fee Brandt, Vannysha Chang, Shuyan Chen, Pin-Hsuan Chen, Kun-Sen Chiang, Emma Christina Simpson, Ece Ciftci, Petronela Dostalova, James Foley, Aoife Greenham, Nina Hultsch, Chloe Jasmine Harris, Ween Fung Kang, Katarzyna Księżopolska, Olga Kutuzova, Gabriela Larios, Xinyi Li, Przemek Liput, Janette Lucas, Gabriella Marsh, Laura Merz, Stephen Michael King, Diána Nagy, Amelia Palmer, Dave Petzold, Min Pin, Emma Quay, Lauranne Quentric, Lyndsay Roberts Rayne, Estee Sarsfield, Lauren Saunders, Ula Schwenn, Stina Semrau, Peiyin Shih (Pen name: Noir Noir Shih), Jacqui Smith, Danny Snell, Michael Speechley, Leinz Tao, Emma Tripolone, Evgenia Twigg, Gabrielle Wang, Meng Yan and Lo Yu Hua. 

Please note the images provided here are for illustrative purposes only. The actual design of the catalogue may vary.