Photo by Renée Abaroa
Biography
Niall Grant is an English Illustrator specialising in Art Nouveau & Golden Age storybook illustration. His work is a unique blend of those styles, with a visual focus on elegant, flowing shapes and intricate detail.
By producing artwork with this classic and timeless look, Grant is one of today’s go-to illustrators for special editions of popular books in Fantasy and Mythology genres.
Selected Clients
MUSIC
Jake Bugg (Universal Music UK)
Rush (Mercury Records)
Hozier (Island Records, Columbia Records)
Seven Lions (Ophelia Records)
Mayhem (Season Of Mist Records)
Sylvaine (Season Of Mist Records)
Genghis Tron (Relapse Records)
The Contortionist (Unchained Management)
Rolo Tomassi (MNRK Heavy)
A.A. Williams (Bella Union)
Tetrafusion (SONY RED)
Holy Fawn (Triple Crown Records)
Elder (Stickman Records)
PUBLISHING
Penguin Random House
HarperCollins
Hachette Livre
Orbit Books
Del Rey Books
Illumicrate
Orion Books
Gollancz
Owlcrate
Fairyloot
The Bookish Box
Little White Lies Magazine
Another Escape Magazine
Books
2024 “Tales From The Kingdoms” 5 book series by Sarah Pinborough (Gollancz & Orion Publishing Group)
5 Full jacket illustrations
2024 “A Dark and Drowning Tide” by Allison Saft (Daphne Press Special Edition)
Full jacket illustration
2024 “Lady of Darkness” 5 book series by Melissa K. Roehrich (Mystic Box Special Edition)
5 Full jacket illustrations & design
2024 “Of Shadows, Stars and Sabers” anthology edited by Jendia Gammon & Gareth L Powell
Full jacket illustration, typography & design
2024 “Babylonia” by Costanza Casati (Page & Wick Special Edition)
Full jacket illustration, typography & design
2024 “Clytemnestra” by Costanza Casati (Page & Wick Special Edition)
Full jacket illustration, typography & design
2024 “The Honey Witch” by Sydney J. Shields (FairyLoot Special Edition)
Cover illustration & endpapers
2024 “The Phoenix Keeper” by S.A. MacLean (Orbit Books / Little, Brown and Company / Hachette)
Full Cover, 6 illustrations
2024 “The Longest Autumn” by Amy Avery (Owlcrate Special Edition)
Full Cover illustration & design
2024 “The Serpent & The Wings of Night” by Carissa Broadbent (Owlcrate Special Edition)
Hardcover illustration & design
2023 “To Kill a Shadow” by Katherine Quinn (Owlcrate Special Edition)
Hardcover illustration & design
2023 “Three Kings” by Freydis Moon (Rainbow Crate Special Edition)
Hardcover illustration & design
2023 “The Companion” by E.E. Ottoman (Rainbow Crate Special Edition)
Hardcover illustration & design
2023 “Lies We Sing to the Sea” by Sarah Underwood (Illumicrate Special Edition)
Dual endpaper illustrations
2023 “Silver Nitrate” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Illumicrate Special Edition)
Hardcover illustration & design
2022 "Language" Special Edition Lyric Book by The Contortionist
Layout & design, hard cover illustration, 12 internal illustrations, 10 motifs, endpapers
2022 "The Drowned Woods" by Emily Lloyd-Jones (Illumicrate Special Edition)
Hardcover design, reversible sleeve illustration
2022 "Artbook 事務局 - ANIMAL アニマル 2022 年度版'
2 illustrations, interview
2022 "The Bronze Serpent" by Amy Dyer
Full Cover illustration, typography & design, 5 internal illustrations
2021 "The Silver Bough" by Amy Dyer
Full Cover illustration, typography & design, 5 internal illustrations
2019 "The Golden Thread" by Amy Dyer
Full Cover illustration, typography & design, 4 internal illustrations
Exhibitions
2023 - The Endless Tale, Sapporo Tenjinyama Gallery, Hokkaido, JP
2022 - Salut, Gallery Nucleus, Portland, US
2022 - Animals 2022, Artbook Secretariat Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2019 - Void, Anteros Gallery, Norwich, UK
2017 - Botanica, Light Grey Art Lab, Minneapolis, US
2016 - The Other Art Fair, London, UK
2016 - That Which We Do Not Understand, Tatty Devine, London, UK
2016 - Illustrative Festival, Direktorenhaus, Berlin, Germany
2016 - Norwich Print Fair, Norwich, UK
2014 - Secret 7”, Mother, Shoreditch, London, UK
2013 - I&VC, P3, Baker Street, London, UK
2013 - See Fest, 7119 w. Sunset Blvd, LA, US
2013 - DRUMM #2, Queen Of Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, UK
2012 - Bad Teeth, Rich Mix, Shoreditch, London, UK
2011 - Halfway, Gallery West, Harrow, London, UK
2009 - Exchange, Design Centre Gallery, Nagoya, JP
Featured in
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Australia
Lwlies, UK
Amelia's Magazine, UK
Ohh Deer, UK
Curious Fiend, China
Behance, US (Featured Series)
Light Grey Art Lab, US
Nucleus Portland, US
Join Paper Planes, India
Creative Debuts, UK
Soapbox Press, UK
Eat Sleep Draw, US
Get Inspired, Netherlands
Design Juices, UK
Eiruvsq, France
Spindle Magazine, UK