Femme ter Haar (1996) is a Dutch illustrator and artist working between Norway and the Netherlands. She works on a wide range of projects such as comics, picture books and editorial illustration. With her atmospheric and playful drawings, she captures big feelings as well as small moments. In 2021, she was one of the winners of the Fiep Westendorp Stimuleringsprijs.
Femme is currently working on her first graphic novel ‘De Lege Ruimte’: a story about loss, loneliness and what it means to be human. 


Past clients include:

the New York Times, de Volkskrant, Flow Magazine, de VPRO Gids, de Bijenkorf, Stroom Den Haag, het Oranje Fonds, Uitgeverij Lannoo and KRO-NCRV.

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Publications

2023 ‘Neighbours’ in collaboration with Pamflett Bergen
2023 ‘een ei voor kip kaat’, Uitgeverij Lannoo
2022Het Begint met een Droom’, Uitgeverij Gottmer
2022 Kakkerlakje: ‘In de trein’, uitgeverij Loopvis
2022 ‘Vrijwillige zorg in het gezin’, het Oranje fonds
2021I//ustratoren
2020’, Hard//Hoofd
2020 ‘Verbonden Verhalen: getekende levensportretten uit Overvecht’, het Huis van Betekenis 
2020 ‘Vensters’, self-published
2019 Viewing of ‘Uitzicht’
on 2doc.nl & NPO Start+


Education

2014-2018 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (hons)
2018 Internship, het Huis van Betekenis Utrecht
2017 Exchange to HSLU, Luzern
2013 Pre-course in Art & Design, Academie Minerva, Groningen

Nominations & Prizes

2021 Winner of the Fiep Westendorp Stimuleringsprijs
2019 BoekieBoekie StArt Award, Final five  
2018 Selected for the K.F. Hein art participation project
2018 Short-list HKU Award
2018 Nominated for the Gemeenteprijs Utrecht


see full CV here ︎︎︎







Picture: Annemarie Terhell





 

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