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    Rebecca Hendin is a London-based American freelance illustrator, cartoonist, artist, and animator. She often works as an in house as an illustrator and

    animator at the BBC. Her political cartoons are syndicated by Universal Uclick, America's leading newspaper syndicate, via GoComics. She was previously an in-house illustrator and designer at BuzzFeed, and wrote and cartooned a weekly editorial at Daily Kos.

     

    Rebecca was the artist behind Amnesty International's 2017 Write for Rights Campaign, following 2016's artist Ai Wei Wei. Her artwork was earlier publicly seen from 2013-2014 over London's Charing Cross Road on a 29 metre building wrap covering Foyles Bookshop. Her cartoon work is part of the Newseum's collection in Washington, D.C. She/her work have been featured on TV and radio programmes on BBC and Sky.


    Freelance clients include: BBC (BBC News, BBC Three, Newsbeat, BBC Ideas, BBC Culture, BBC Radio 4), Google, Washington Post, The Guardian, Amnesty International, Donmar Warehouse, Gimlet Media, Foyles Bookshop,

    New Statesman, Giphy, Dance Umbrella, VICE, Politico, The Nib, Le Temps,

    Human Rights Watch, Index On Censorship, Imperial War Museum, L'Obs,

    Chatham House, Fuel Theatre, Cambridge University, Editora Aleph, BuzzFeed, Neal Street  Productions, Cooperatives UK,  Island Records, Estee Lauder,  STRIKE  Magazine, WPP, Bloomsbury Lanes, AU Magazine, Best Western Magazine, Eurostar, musicians (Molotov Jukebox, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Lower Than Atlantis, The Lines) and more.

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    She has an MA in Communication Design and a BA in Graphic Design from Central Saint Martins. She previously studied at California College of the Arts, in San Francisco.

     

    Member: Professional Cartoonists' Organisation, British Cartoonists' Association, National Union of Journalists, Association of Illustrators.

     

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    AWARDS

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    2019 - Society of Illustrators Awards

    Selected: Editorial category

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    2018 - World Illustration Awards

    Shortlisted: Research category

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    2018 - Creativepool Awards

    Winner: Newcomer of the Year

    Bronze: Illustration of the Year

    7 projects shortlisted

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    2017 - World Illustration Awards

    Shortlisted: Editorial category

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    2017 - American Illustration Awards

    2 projects selected

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    2016 - World Illustration Awards

    Shortlisted: Research Communication Category

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    2015 - 3x3 Illustration Pro Show

    Merit award for editorial cartoons

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    2015 - World Illustration Awards

    Winner: New Talent in Editorial Illustration

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    2015 - Society of Illustrators Los Angeles

    Bronze Award: Advertising category

    Shortlisted: Student category

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    2014 - Association of Illustrators Awards

    Shortlisted: Public Realm category

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    2014 - Serco Prize for Illustration

    (Serco/London Transport Museum)

    Selected for animated music video

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    2013 - 3x3 Magazine Annual Awards

    Merit Award

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    2013 - Association of Illustrators Awards

    Shortlisted: Design category

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