Roozeboos, or Anne Roos Kleiss as you might know her in daily life, tries to look at the world with a childlike curiosity. Something that is reflected in her artist name, which was her nickname as a kid. Her work is playful, energetic and filled with tons of little details to get lost in. When Roozeboos is not sitting behind her desk you can find her on a corner of the street with her sketchbook, capturing the world around her. She mostly uses traditional materials like paint and crayons, but she also enjoys working with risograph or screen printing. Making art around the themes of inclusivity, food, community, nature and small tokens of happiness is her biggest passion.
In 2017 she graduated from a Bachelor in Illustration at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and in February 2020 she finished an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art.
She has worked with companies such as Blossom Books,
Child's Play UK, Villa Zebra, Pearle, Uitgeverij Loopvis and Oerol.
For children's book inquiries in North America you can contact her agent Christy from the CAT Agency via christy@catagencyinc.com
Picture by Kirsten van Niekerk
Exhibitions
The Illustrator's Exhibtion
Bologna Children's Book Fair, Bologna, 2020
MA Children's Book Illustration Degree Show
Candid Arts Trust, London, 2020
Illustration and print fair
Market square, Cambridge, 2019
AOI World Illustration Awards
Somerset House, London, 2019
De Toekomstkalender
Villa Zebra, Rotterdam, 2019
Solo Expo Tijdduizelen
Duizel in het Park, Rotterdam, 2018
Oerol
Terschelling, 2018
Dag van het Kasteel
Landgoed Dorrepaal, Leidschendam, 2018
The Window Show
Haarlemmerdijk, Amsterdam, 2018
Cross Comix
Schouwburg Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 2017
Graduation Show
Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam ,2017
Unloop: Through The Wall
MONO, Rotterdam, 2017
BoekieBoekie Start Award
Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Bologna, 2017
Take A Stand
Aleidisstraat Atelier, Rotterdam, 2016
Oerol
Terschelling 2016
Peep Show
Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, 2015
Teaching and workshops
Leading weekly drawing workshops
Refugee Centre Rijswijk, Stichting de Vrolijkheid
2020 - ongoing
Guest lecturer
Willem de Kooning, Illustration department
2020
Leading illustrative objects workshops
Make Monday, Rotterdam
2018
Lecturer on Children's illustration
Thomas More Hogeschool, Rotterdam
2017
Education
Master Children's Book Illustration
Cambridge School of Art, Cambridge
2018 - 2020
Bachelor Illustration
Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam
2013 - 2017
Preporatory course Art & Design
ArtEZ, Arnhem 2012 - 2013
Internships
Illustration- and design internship
Gretas Schwester, Berlin 2016
Nominations and awards
Winner
From Seed to Table competition 2020
Picture Hooks
Finalist
Golden Pinwheel Young Illustrators Competition 2021
Higly Commended
MacMillan Prize for IIllustration 2021
Shortlisted
AOI World Illustration Awards 2020
Category: Alternative Publishing
Second Prize
Templar Illustration and Design Awards 2020
Category: Fiction
Runner-up
Design a Book Jacket Competition 2020
Stratford Literary Festival
Selected for the Illustrators Exhibition 2020
Bologna Children's Book Fair
Highly Commended
AOI World Illustration Awards 2019
Category: Experimental
Boekie Boekie Start Award 2017
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