About me
Hi there! I'm Roozeboos, or Anne Roos Kleiss as you might know me in daily life. I am an illustrator from the Netherlands who likes to look for the poetry in the world around her. My work can be described as playful, detailed, full of color and carefully balancing between sentiment and humor. I am inspired by little unexpected moments of kindness, observational drawings, nature and my own childhood memories. This last source of inspiration is reflected in the name I use to sign my drawings, 'Roozeboos' (pronounced: rose-a-bose), the way my family called me when I was still a little creature.
In 2017 I graduated from a Bachelor in Illustration at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and in February 2020 I finished an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. I love coffee, digging for second hand treasures, wrapping presents and singing in the shower.
I have worked with companies such as Loopvis, Villa Zebra, Pearle, Duizel in het Park and Oerol. In Spring 2021 my first author-illustrated picture book will be out with Child's Play as well as a non-fiction book I'm illustrating with Blossom Books.
Picture by Goed Folk
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
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
Education
Master Children's Book Illustration
Cambridge School of Art, Cambridge
2018 - now
Bachelor Illustration
Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam
2013 - 2017
Preporatory course Art & Design
ArtEZ, Arnhem 2012 - 2013
Gymnasium
Stedelijk Gymnasium Arnhem, Arnhem
2007 - 2013
Internships
Illustration- and design internship
Gretas Schwester, Berlin 2016
Nominations and awards
Shortlisted
AOI World Illustration Awards 2020
Category: Alternative Publishing
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
Pre-selection ILLUSTRARTE 2018
Boekie Boekie Start Award 2017
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