2025 Award for Excellence in Environmental Science Advocacy – UK
Global Excellence Awards
Illustration Artist of the Year 2025/26
Illustration Artist of the Year 2024/25
London and South East Prestige Awards
“Oh my goodness, I just love your work!!! At first it seems simple, open and inviting…and then you get pulled in and see more and more depth. You capture complex concepts in a sketch and a word, and I ‘get it’. Respect! Your little peeps are so engaging, in fact endearing, so it makes me want to be there with them.
I love it all.
I love every single element of it.
It makes me smile each time I look at it 🙂”
Jan Cafearo, Nature Connection Guide
“This e-book is one of the final pieces of the jigsaw and the creative Vicky Bowskill helped us to doodle this through her artistic and scientific insights, with such care, deep understanding and genuine partnership.”
Geeta Ludhra, PLANET4B, Dadima’s CIC
“It was all lovely and we have a great final product! The communication was great and Vicky really worked well with us as a research group.”
Harry Siviter, BeeBEC
“This is super nice. I love especially the ease of flow, richness of information, and desire it generates within to keep reading. Your work is so energising!”
Alex Franklin, PLANET4B, Coventry University
“A shout-out to the wonderful work, inclusive practices, and responsive nature of engaging with Vicky. You have made such a contribution to the ‘Mitti’ Matters Project, a unique and powerful way to communicate complex ideas.”
Rick Holliman, The Open University
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“Vicky is a brilliant and insightful artist with a unique talent for transforming complex data into accessible, engaging art. Through her work, she empowers viewers, making it possible for people to connect with topics that might otherwise feel daunting or overwhelming. For my PhD research, I commissioned three artworks from Vicky on the topics of Fractals, Phytoncides and Awe. She approached each piece with deep commitment, thoroughly researching each subject to convey it in a fun and thoughtful way without sacrificing context or depth. I highly recommend Vicky to anyone looking to communicate complex ideas in an approachable and visually compelling format.”
Trixie Harrison, Shine Out
“A big thank you to the talented Vicky Bowskill, the creator of this comic book! She has done an excellent job making all the information visually accessible for everyone!”
“Working with Vicky was a pleasure from start to finish. We commissioned several thumbnail images as well as a hero image for our magazine content, and we were impressed by her professionalism, her clear communication style and the way she engaged with feedback. She was able to quickly understand our vision, and her artistic and creative skills brought it to life beautifully.”
Elsa Loissel and Stuart King, eLife
“It felt super easy working with Vicky as she came to us with ideas so that we didn’t start with a blank page. She listened and embraced our ideas sensitively, creating a culturally meaningful logo for our community social enterprise. We were so impressed at her professionalism, speed and clarity of communication. Vicky made an effort to learn about what Dadima’s CIC do and worked with us to co-create this logo. We have already booked Vicky again for our annual storytelling nature event and can’t wait to see what she doodles for us as a Dadima’s community. Vicky is creative, a great listener, incredibly professional and talented. She delivers on time and nothing is too much effort. We 100% recommend her work if you are looking for a creative and different way of communicating your message. Thank you Vicky from all of Dadima’s walking community.”
Geeta and Subash Ludhra, Dadima’s CIC
“It was a pleasure to work with Vicky on her feature about floodplain meadows for Inkcap Journal. Her writing was beautiful: thoughtful and meditative, with a good eye for a nice turn of phrase. She was responsive to edits, allowing us to run the piece quickly, and always pleasant to correspond with. I would recommend her to any editor.”
Sophie Yeo, Inkcap Journal
“Brilliant, brilliant piece from @Vicky_Bowskill @inkcapjournal on haymaking – its importance & how it’s affected by climate change. Personal & very moving. A diversity which is ‘the product of ecology, culture and time.’”
Nicola Chester, Nature Writer
“It was fantastic and an absolute pleasure to work with Vicky. Not only is she well organized but also has the passion for illustration. When we began the plans for this illustration, Vicky highlighted that she had never seen a macadamia tree or flower before. However after sharing with her the pictures and answering some of the questions she had and what I wanted, the end result was a great piece. I must say I believe this is the first high resolution macadamia illustration I have seen this far. I am very pleased with the work she has done and believe this will be of great value to the macadamia industry and my thesis. I can therefore recommend Vicky for your work. PS you won’t be disappointed!”
Emmanuel Junior Zuza, PhD Researcher, The Open University
“It was an absolute pleasure to work with Vicky. She was extremely organised and efficient, providing us with costings, a quote, and licence information very swiftly. She undertook the graphical recording shortly after the event, thereby allowing us to disseminate the illustration rapidly after, and build on the momentum from the event. The graphical recording itself was beautiful – really impactful – and accurately summarising the key themes of the event. It received 11,000 impressions in LinkedIn within a couple of days, and this is testimony to Vicky’s amazing illustration skills. We were ‘happy happy’ with the graphical recording and the whole process. I can’t recommend Vicky enough!”
Emma Ferranti, Trees and Design Action Group
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