About me

Hello! 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 color and carefully balancing between sentiment and humor. I am inspired by little unexpected moments of kindness, folklore, 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 finished a Bachelor in Illustration at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam and I'm currently doing 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.

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I have worked with companies such as Villa Zebra, Pearle,

Duizel in het Park, Oerol, Coffee Company, RISK Theater, 

Vers Beton, KINO, Paul Koekie, Cross Comix and The Darling.

 Picture by Goed Folk 

Exhibitions

Illustration and print fair
Market square, Cambridge, 2019
 

AOI World Illustration Awards
Somerset House, London, 2019

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De Toekomstkalender
Villa Zebra, Rotterdam, 2019

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Tijdduizelen
Duizel in het Park, Rotterdam, 2018 

Oerol
Terschelling, 2018

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Dag van het Kasteel
Landgoed Dorrepaal, Leidschendam, 2018

The Window Show

Haarlemmerdijk, Amsterdam, 2018

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Cross Comix

Schouwburg Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 2017

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Graduation Show

Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam ,2017

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Unloop: Through The Wall

MONO, Rotterdam, 2017

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BoekieBoekie Start Award

Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Bologna, 2017

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Take A Stand

Aleidisstraat Atelier, Rotterdam, 2016

Oerol
Terschelling 2016

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Peep Show

Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam, 2015

Education

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Master Children's Book Illustration
Cambridge School of Art, Cambridge

2018 - now

Bachelor Illustration

Willem de Kooning Academie, Rotterdam

2013 - 2017

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Preporatory course Art & Design

ArtEZ, Arnhem 2012 - 2013

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Gymnasium

Stedelijk Gymnasium Arnhem, Arnhem

2007 - 2013

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Internships

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Illustration- and design internship
Gretas Schwester, Berlin 2016

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Nominations and awards

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Highly Commended
AOI World Illustration Awards 2019

Category: Experimental

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Pre-selection ILLUSTRARTE 2018

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Boekie Boekie Start Award 2017
Top 20

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