Geoff Grandfield studied illustration at Maidstone College of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. Since graduating with an MA (RCA) he has been a freelance illustrator and has combined his practice with education, leading the BA Illustration course at Middlesex University before his current post as Course Director of BA (Hons) Illustration and Animation at Kingston University in London.

Commissioned extensively by major clients in publishing, design and advertising, his practice explores the power of visual communication and narrative through single and sequential forms, often exploring the iconography of ‘film noir’ cinematography.

Editorial illustration for The Guardian, The New York Times and a year making a daily picture for The Times developed an economy of expression completing work in less than 3 hours.

His work for fiction book jackets (novels by Walter Mosley and George Pelecanos) extended into internal series for the Folio Society, boxed sets of novels by Graham Greene (1996 and 1998) and Raymond Chandler (2000, 2006, 2007). The Folio have also commissioned series and cloth bindings for non-fiction titles (2008, 2011).

Exhibition Narrative has been explored in the 2011 commission for The Jewel House, The Tower of London Historic Royal Palace. A permanent exhibition of
triptych lightboxes and wall friezes for ‘Royal Symbols of Power’ section and 8 etched and enamelled  exterior panels summarising 800 years of the Tower and the Crown.

Non commissioned work has explored the notion of free will set in the Cold War period in the graphic narrative ‘The White Corridor’.

Awards include:
2009: AOI Images 33 Annual, book section Gold Award
2005: AOI Images 29 Annual, cover
2003: The Independent on Sunday, listed in ‘the top ten Illustrators in Britain’
2002: AOI Images 26 Annual, book section Gold Award
2001: D&AD Yellow Pencil Silver Award, best illustration series. Art Directors Club of Europe Awards, nomination. National Art Library Illustration Award, commended winner
2000: AOI Images 25 Annual, book section Gold Award and editorial section Silver  Award
1998: D&AD Yellow Pencil Silver Award, best illustration series. Nomination for Art Directors Club of Europe awards
1997: V&A Museum National Art Library Illustration Award, overall winner. AOI Images 22 Annual, book section Gold Award. Waterstones Book Award, best book illustration