Illustration
In illustration, we make pictures by hand. This gives each of our works a special aesthetic quality. The traces of our activity create a tangible counterpart for the viewers of our works. This gives our pictures a human dimension. We can depict the entire range of our emotions and attitudes. Our virtuosity, strength, anger, dedication, vulnerability and also our failures become legible. This distinguishes the illustration from the stochastic ejections of artificial intelligence.

By emphasizing authorship and through their strong symbolic aesthetics, illustrations succeed in playfully overcoming many of the current social dichotomies. They can easily eliminate the differences between feminine and masculine, general and individual, and between high and popular culture. Illustration thus becomes not only a means of aesthetic visualization, but also a cultural bridge that is able to depict the diversity of human experience and the complexity and contradictions of our society.

Bio
André Rösler completed his studies in visual communication at Pforzheim University in 1997. He works as an illustrator, designer, painter and animated film director. He has published several children’s and design books. His books have been published as foreign licenses in Brazil, China, Denmark and Korea. His work has won numerous awards and been shown at exhibitions worldwide. He has been Professor of Illustration at the Faculty of Design at Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences since 2010.

www.der-roesler.de

Publications (Selection)

Rösler André: It´s still up in the air, 110for10 Publishers, München 2015
Koch Karin, Rösler André: Wär ich Pirat…, Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 2012
Koch Karin, Rösler André: Am liebsten eine Katze, Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 2010
Koch Karin, Rösler André: Mia mit dem Hut, Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 2007
Koch Karin, Rösler André: Emil wird sieben, Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 2005
Koch Karin, Rösler André: Kannst du Brüllen, Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 2003
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Publications Anthologies (Selection)

Schweizer Stefanie (Hrsg.): Lyrik Comics, Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim Basel 2019
Illustrators Annual 2017, Bologna Childrensbookfair, Bolognafiere & Corrine Edizioni, Bologna 2017
Francesca Bonazzoli, Michele Robecchini (Hrsg.): DA VINCI BEI DEN SIMPSONS. Wie aus Kunst Kult wird, Prestel Verlag, München 2014
In R. Ruddigkeit (Hrsg.): Freistil Black, BEST OF GERMAN COMMERCIAL ILLUSTRATION, Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz 2009.
In J. Wiedemann (Hrsg.): Illustration Now, Taschen, Köln 2009.
In Walter Lürzer (Hrsg.) 200 Best Illustrators worldwide, Lürzers Archiv, Salzburg 2007
American Illustration AI28, New York 2009
R. Daab und L.Harmsen (Hrsg.): FRESH BOX – CUTTING EDGE ILLUSTRATIONS, Daab Publisher, Köln 2011
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Awards (Selection)

Bologna Children´s Book Fair, Landscapes and portraits of BCBF Illustrators Exhibition, 2023
Bologna Children´s Book Fair, Award for Excellence selected Bologna Illustrators Exhibition, 2020
Bologna Children´s Book Fair, Award for Excellence selected Bologna Illustrators Exhibition, 2017
AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION selected for the Illustrators Annual AI 35, 2017
Children´s Book Award 2013 by the State Nordrhein-Westfalen, 2013
AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION AI 28 / Annual, 2009
GOLDEN AWARD OF MONTREUX / Categorie Print und Artdirection, 2008
ART DIRECTORS CLUB Switzerland / Auszeichnung Bronze, Illustration, 2008
ART DIRECTORS CLUB Switzerland / Auszeichnung Bronze, Publishing, 2008
ART DIRECTORS CLUB DEUTSCHLAND / Silver, Illustration, 2005
ART DIRECTORS CLUB DEUTSCHLAND / Silver, Printcommunication, 2005
ART DIRECTORS CLUB DEUTSCHLAND / Silver, Kategorie Literature, 2005
ART DIRECTORS CLUB DEUTSCHLAND /Bronze, Dialogmarketing, 2005
CLIO DESIGN AWARD / Bronze, 2005
CREATIVE REVIEW, THE BEST IN VISUAL COMMUNICATION / Award, 2005
D&AD AWARD / 2x Shortlist, 2005
IF COMMUNICATION DESIGN AWARD / Award, 2005
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