Noma Bar (born in 1973) is a graphic designer, illustrator and artist. His work has appeared in many media publications including: Time Out London, BBC, Random House, The Observer, The Economist and Wallpaper*. Bar has illustrated over one hundred magazine covers, published over 550 illustrations and released three books of his work: Guess Who - The Many Faces of Noma Bar, Negative Space and Bittersweet a 680 page 5 volume monograph produced in a Limited Edition of 1000 published by Thames & Hudson.

Bar's work has become well known throughout the world, winning many industry awards; more recently a prestigious Gold Clio for his animation & direction work for the NewYork Presbyterian Hospital, a campaign to highlight new frontiers in cancer treatments.

He has also won a Yellow Pencil award at the D&AD Professional Awards and his London Design Festival exhibition 'Cut It Out', was selected as one of the highlights of the festival. The project was nominated in the graphics category for the Design Museum, Designs Of the Year.

Economist - The Guardian - Washington Post - UCLA - Drax - IBM - LYFT - Coca Cola - Havas Health - Pfizer - Penguin Random House - Blueprint - Zeit Wissen - Rolls Royce - Alvogen - Die Zeit - Swiss - Post - Apple - Tommee Tippee - Kelly Partners - Novartis - Netflix - NYU Stern - Blueprint- Nicolas- Bafta - Barcalys - BLP - Elle Mag - Esquire - Faber - GQ - Apple - KLM - Macmillan - SNCF - Vodafone - Selfridges - Havas Village - BBH - HP - Rathbones - Sartorius - WWF - Stand up to Cancer - D Mag - Foscarini - Brighthouse - Scotia Wealth - JVM - Rolls Royce - Trinity College - Alvogen - Novartis - link9 - Home Office - FCB - Swarovsfi - H&M - McCann Health New York - Forcepoint - WSJ

Solo exhibitions
• 2010: Bitter/Sweet, KK Outlet, London.
• 2011: Cut It Out, Outline Editions gallery, London, part of London Design Festival 2011. Following the London Design Festival, 'Cut It Out' travelled to the BALTIC Centre, Gateshead, for the 2011 Design Event Festival.
• 2013: Cut the Conflict, Rook & Raven Gallery, London.
• 2014: Look Out, Noma Bar, L'Imprimerie gallery, Paris. Artwork and sculpture.
• 2017: Bittersweet, Gallerie d'Italia, Vicenza.

Group exhibitions
• 2009: Paper City: Urban Utopias, Royal Academy of Arts, London.
• 2009: Tart Cards, KK Outlet, London.
• 2009: Just What I Never Wanted, KK Outlet, London.
• 2010: What's Up With Illustration II, Mauger Modern Art, London.
• 2010: More is a Bore, Ship of Fools gallery, The Hague.
• 2011: Object Abuse, KK Outlet, London.
• 2012: Cut Out The Light, Scin Gallery, London.
• 2012: Deck the Walls, Lomography Gallery, London.
• 2013: Moleskine Sketch Relay, V&A museum, London, part of London Design Festival 2013.
• 2013: Un homme juste est quand même un homme mort, Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
• 2015: The Art of Ping Pong, Fivefootsix charity auction for BBC Children in Need.
• 2015: Group exhibition, Berga Urban Museum, Vicenza.
• 2016: A Smile in the Mind, Foyles Gallery, London, part of London Design Festival 2016.
• 2016: Where do ideas come from?, Assembly House, Newcastle upon Tyne, part of Northern Design Festival 2016.

• 2010: Wood Pencil, D&AD Professional Awards, Illustration/Book Design category, for his book Negative Space.
• 2010: Gold, Epica Awards, Press Campaign category, for his IBM poster campaign.
• 2011: Silver, Clio Award, Design category; Silver & Bronze, London International Awards; Gold & Silver, Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity; Bronze, New York Festivals International Advertising Awards; for his IBM poster campaign.
• 2011: Wood Pencil, D&AD Professional Awards, Illustration category, for Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy (EMMA) Trust campaign.
• 2011: Bronze & Merit, Clio Award; Merit, One Show award; Bronze, New York Festivals International Advertising Awards; for his Der Spiegel magazine and poster campaign.
• 2012: Nominated, Design Museum's Designs of the Year 2012, Graphics Category, for his Cut It Out exhibition.
• 2012: Gold & Silver, Creative Circle, for his V&A Museum of Childhood poster and ITV Injustice poster respectively.
• 2012: Winner, British Book Design & Production Awards, Brand/Series Identity category; Yellow Pencil, D&AD Professional Awards, Book Design: Book Front Covers category, for his Don DeLillo book covers.
• 2013: Best Cover Design, Society of Publication Designers award, for his De Volkskrant cover.
• 2013: Best Cover list, New York Times, for his Fear of Flying book cover.
• 2013: Included in AdAge Creative 50, a list of influential industry figures.
• 2014: Award of Excellence, Society for News Design, for his Financial Times Weekend Magazine cover.
• 2014-2017: 'Life-enhancer of the Year', Wallpaper* Design Awards 2014; 2 Wood Pencils, D&AD Professional Awards 2015; Gold Bar, YCN (You Can Now) Award 2015; 3 Gold & 1 Silver, European Product Design Award 2017; Silver, Parent's Choice Award 2017; Gold, Tillywig Brain Child Award 2017; for his illustration for Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese.
• 2015: Selected Winner, American Illustration Awards, for his illustration for Reader's Digest.
• 2016: Silver Medal & Award of Excellence, Society for News Design, for his David Ortiz Boston Globe cover.
• 2016: 2 Gold, Clio Awards; Best Design, Association of Independent Commercial Producers AICP Awards, entered into MoMA permanent collection; Winner, Brand Film Festival, Healthcare category; Second Prize Award, New York Festivals International Advertising Awards, Film Craft category; for his work on NewYork–Presbyterian's Unmasking a Killer animation short.
• 2017: Gold Prize, Brand Impact Awards, for his Alvogen Iceland ad campaign.
• 2017: Award of Excellence, Society for News Design, for his Guardian Brexit cover.
• 2018: Winner, The Academy of British Cover Design, Sci-Fi/Fantasy category, for his book cover for The Handmaid's Tale.

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