Bio

Tom Hovey is a Welsh Illustrator based in Bristol.

Tom’s multi-disciplinary approach has seen him apply his unique style across a broad spectrum of genres including TV graphics, food illustration, editorial, book illustration, storyboarding, animation, apparel design and murals.

Tom is best known for his acclaimed food illustration work. He has produced the illustrated graphics for BBC One's The Great British Bake Off since it's inception in 2010. His signature style has been a key element to the show's success, winning multiple awards and becoming the most watched TV series in the UK in 2015.  

Selected Interviews Publications & Press

BBC One Online / Cass Art  / Digital Arts / Bristol Life Magazine /  Shaun in the City / Crumbs Mag /  Adventures in Design Podcast / It's Nice that - Nicer Tuesday  / DACS /  It's Nice That / Wales Online /  Bristol 24-7 1, 2 / Essential Cyclist / BBC Radio Bristol / The Mirror / Bristol Post - GBBO /  Bristol Post - Shaun in the City / Digital Arts 1, 2 / 

Talks

Nicer Tuesday - It's Nice That - 2014

Delicious Illustrations - Apple Store Covent Garden - 2016

Ears and Eyes - The Beacon, Hastings - 2016 

Selected Clients

The Great British Bake Off / BBC / Channel 4 / CBS / ABC / Hodder Books / Glastonbury Festival / Comic Relief  /  Visit England / The Grand Appeal /  National Television Awards / Ebury - Penguin Random House  / Future Publishing / Ruder Finn / Sea Shepherd / Red Bull 

Selected Exhibitions and Shows

2016 

Secret 7 - London 

2015  

Shaun in the City - Aardman, The Grand Appeal, Bristol

 Hartlepool Festival of Illustration - Hartlepool

 2014

Leeds Tattoo Expo - Leeds

2013  

Not For Rental - London

Lazerian Gerald Exhibition - New York Design Week, London Design Week

2012 

Secret 7 - London

Hellohead - London

2011

The Dead Sea Mob - A Shot Across The Bows - at 55DSL, London

VnA Magazine 16 Launch - Pictures on Walls, London

Sea Shepherd - HMS Belfast Charity Fundraiser, London

2010

The Big Residency - Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff

 2009

Pollocks Studio 33 at Carnaby - London

2008

Roots & Culture at M&C Saatchi - Daydream Network - London

Pollocks - Blank Canvas, London

The Nightmare Before Christmas - Little Art Book, SIN, London

2007

Litmusphere - New Artists, Melbourne

Illustrate! - Designers Block, London