Adam Barsby

Adam Barsby was born in Leicester in 1969. After graduating in illustration at The Kent Institute of Art and Design with a first class honours degree in 1992, he began his artistic career as a freelance illustrator. At the same time in worked in galleries in and around London. This is where he saw painting and fine art as a vehicle not only to finance himself but as a means to express his creativity.

Since turning fully professional in 1996, Adam has been awarded a number of accolades which include Best Up and Coming Artist of the year 2000, by the Fine Art Trade Guild, and no less than 3 nominations for Best Published Artist in the UK. In 2016 he won the national competition and a one year contract by the homewares company Wraptious, which now sees his designs on many interior furnishings.