kbizz illustrators and authors portfolio, spring 2018

kbizz

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agency representing illustrators and authors

Portfolio Floor Rieder NoĂŤlle Smit Loes Riphagen Eva Gans Sieb Posthuma

Introduction In 2006, Kajsa Blomberg founded kbizz creative talents. By establishing the company kbizz everything fell into place: her law degree with ­specialisation Intellectual Property Rights, her international marketing career at Universal Music and her genuine passion and love for art and illustrations.

With her original and innovative ideas, she constantly finds opportunities to develop ­talent in a positive and commercial way. It’s not just about ideas but about actually ­realising and implementing them.

In a relatively short period of time kbizz developed into an established and well-known agency with a large network in publishing, media and entertainment. kbizz represents well-known, award-winning and bestselling illustrators and authors in the field of children’s books, many of them with international success.

But there is more than that: editorial illustrations for newspapers, magazines, ­bookcovers, wall illustrations, fashion illustrations, pattern designs for clothing and ­textiles, product design and theatre design. The creative talents presented in this ­portfolio are available for commissions in any of the above fields.

Looking forward to start working with you and explore opportunities!

With love from The Netherlands,

Kajsa Blomberg PS This portfolio is just a brief overview of the works made by the illustrators to give you an idea.

More information on the artist websites and Instagram accounts.

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© Renee Bounin

Floor Rieder

an unique and humorous style with much detail Floor Rieder is an illustrator and designer, mostly known for her children’s books. In 2014, she won the Golden Pencil prize for her children’s book debut Het raadsel van Alles wat Leeft (The Mystery of Life), by Jan Paul Schutten. The book was awarded many prizes and is translated into more than seven languages. A second book Het Wonder van Jou (The ­Miracle of You) about the human body and created in the same style as Het Raadsel, was published in 2015. The third book in the series will ­follow in November 2018. In 2016 she wrote and illustrated the picture book for the Dutch Children’s Book Week 2016.

© Peter van der Heijden

Alice in Wonderland wrapping paper, cards and paper bags

Floor also illustrated a new edition of Alice’s adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. She used an old ­technique, painting on glass. The book won prizes such as Most Beautiful Book Cover 2014 and was placed on the I­­BBY-Honour List. Floor’s version of Alice is also published in ­Germany and Russia and will be ­published in China.

Illustration Alice in Wonderland

Floor Rieder makes editorial illustrations for news­ papers, magazines, city maps and also designs for products. She designed and illustrated a theatre set and loves to design textiles.

Illustration Alice in Wonderland

Award winning books Het raadsel van Alles wat Leeft (The Mystery of Life) and Alice in Wonderland

Luxury playing cards set in Alice in Wonderland style

Haarlem map

Floor Rieder

Editorial drawing for Dutch newspaper

Patterns used for stationary and products

German version Het raadsel van alles wat leeft

The Nightwatch by Floor in a promofilm, commissioned by Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Collection of curiosities from Het Raadsel

Noëlle Smit

colourful and humorous illustrations with a nostalgic feel Noëlle studied at the University of the Arts Utrecht, and graduated in 1999. Since then she has been working as a freelance illustrator and has illustrated dozens of children’s books, which have been translated in over ten other languages. In 2017 her own picture book, the wordless picture story To the Market was published and will appear in France as well.

© Jean-Pierre Jans

A Little Golden Book

She illustrated Rico is niet bang (Rico, the brave sock monkey) which was the first Dutch Little Golden Book, also published in the United States, in the 60-year history of the Golden Books. The picture book Fiet wants to Run by Bibi Dumon Tak and Noëlle, won the Picture Book of the Year Award in 2011.

Noëlle worked with the Concertgebouw on two cdbooks and the posters for their children’s ­concerts.

Apart from her work as an illustrator for c ­ hildren’s books Noëlle also designs sets and ­costumes for ­theatre productions.

Pimento Publishers

Illustration from Meneer Hummeling zoekt een vrouw

Illustration from Naar de markt (To the market)

Querido

Hoogland & Van Klaveren

NoĂŤlle Smit

Illustration from Hoe Ida zich een hoedje schrok

Rubinstein Publishing

Rubinstein Publishing

Illustration from Hoe Ida zich een hoedje schrok

Illustration from Haren vol banaan

Loes Riphagen

cheerful illustrations and extraordinary cutting technique With her cheerful and original illustrations, Loes ­Riphagen stands out to the audience, press and juries.

In 2007, she graduated at Willem de Kooning ­Academy in Rotterdam. She made her debut as author and ­illustrator of children’s books with Bedroom Beasties, a picture book that was nominated for the Kinderboekenwinkelprijs 2010.

© Monique van Kessel

Since then, her work has been awarded several times.

The book Superheldjes (Little superheroes) was nominated for the European Design Awards 2012 and was one of the main titles of the Children’s Book Week 2011. Vlieg op dikke bromvlieg (Fly away noisy fly) was ­nominated the European Design Awards 2014. In 2013, Loes was asked by promotion organisation CPNB to make the picture book for the Children’s Book Week.

In 2016, she made Bij de neus genomen (A trunk for a nose), in which Loes retells the Rudyard Kipling-story How the Elephant got his Trunk in her own way. This is more than just a book, Loes has created an interactive work of art.

Illustration from A trunk for a nose

Her work has been published many countries, ­including France, Russia, Germany, USA, Latvia, ­Finland, ­Denmark, China, South Korea, Portugal, Japan, Spain and Slovenia.

Illustration from A trunk for a nose

The Creepiest Creature, Querido

French version of A trunk for a nose (Didier Jeunesse)

Illustration from The Creepiest Creature

Loes Riphagen

Kat en Vis (A cat and a fish) with Alain Clark, Moon Publishing

Craft your own animal characters, De Fontein Publishers

Illustration from Hugo the Snail, Bayard Press

Pattern designs for fabrics

Free work

GC000

Gallery Cards © Bekking & Blitz The Netherlands www.bekkingblitz.com

Eva Gans

© Eva Gans www.evagans.nl

with a single line she tells a story, inspired by the everyday.

‘I like to present the world from my perspective. With only a few lines, I expose the small traits that make us human. Every minute detail is vital to the image as a whole.’

© Kajsa Blomberg

It is almost impossible to suppress a smile at the sight of Gans’ work. With one line she tells a story or an anecdote, inspired by her playful perspective on the mundane. Her work is described as follows: Gans’ work has an impressive light-heartedness to it. With a ­single, ­deliberate stroke of a pen she captures the world around her with a remarkable eye for detail. Colour, object, posture; she is able to find the essence of that which she draws, thus reaches the audience directly.

Her vitality and cheerfulness jump off the page in both an uplifting and moving experience for the viewer.

Eva is an autodidact. After a year at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam she developed her own style and decided to pursue a career in illustration. Eva draws commissioned pieces for individuals and businesses like logos, ­illustrations, wall-paintings and greeting cards.

From a series of music illustrations

Eva Gans

Greeting cards Bekking & Blitz Publishers

Exhibition Paris by Night

Macaron box Hotel L’Europe Amsterdam

cd-cover

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Sieb Posthuma

award-winning illustrator with an impressive legacy Sieb Posthuma (1960-2014) has left a comprehensive oeuvre that extends to many disciplines, including ­designs of stamps, costumes and stage settings for theatre. Also, he wrote and illustrated numerous ­children’s books. His style is ­characterized by the ­exuberant use of colour, graphic elements and humour.

© Dorien van der Meer

Sieb’s work is published in many countries, including USA, Brazil, China, Germany, Japan, France, Spain, Italy, Finland and Portugal. There have been various ­expositions about his work: in London, the Rijks­museum Amsterdam, at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, in the Literatuurmuseum in The Hague, in the Original Art Annual Exhibition in New York. In 2017 Teylers ­Museum in Haarlem held an exhibition with a selection of his ­illustrations, for both children and adults. In 2018, illustrations from the book Alexander’s thread were ­included in the exhibition Artist in Books in the Hyundai Museum of Kids, Books and Art in Seoul.

One of Sieb’s most famous creations is Rintje (Rusty), based on his own fox terrier. Besides various picture books, Sieb wrote and illustrated a story about Rintje every week for the Dutch newspaper NRC, for more than a decade. In 2017 an animated television series of 26 episodes on Rintje, produced by Lemming Film followed and a new series is in development. The tvseries was also shown in Belgium and Finland.

Where is

RUSTY?

SIEB POSTHUMA Waar is Rintje (where is Rusty), Gecko Press

Chinese version Het Grote Rintje Voorleesboek

Rintje in Amsterdam, London and New York

Illustration from A pond full of ink, Querido

Rintje, Lemming Film/A Private View

Een vijver vol inkt (A pond full of ink), Querido

Sieb Posthuma

In 2008 Sieb designed the stage setting and costumes for Coppelia, in request of the Dutch National Ballet. His ­designs received unanimous favourable ­reviews by the press: The designs by ­Posthuma are a milestone in the history of ballet (NRC 2008). In december 2016 Coppelia was brought to stage again in Amsterdam.

A unique 2-D ­animation film based on the designs of Sieb in combination with live ballet is ­currently ­being produced by Submarine Amsterdam.

Set design and costumes for Coppelia, Dutch National Ballet

Illustration for a theatre production

Alexander’s thread, Leopold Publishing

Illustration from Alexander’s thread

Illustration Sieb Posthuma Cover illustration Sieb Posthuma from Work

Design Floor Rieder

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Contact: Kajsa Blomberg Van Wassenaerlaan 20 | 3742AH Baarn | The Netherlands www.kbizz.nl | kajsa @ kbizz.nl | m +31 (0)6 2240 3955 Instagram: blombergkajsa