About Me

My name is Willemijn F. S. Rog (Willemijn Frederieke Shaoke), born in 1996. In 2018 I started my own business making art as an entrepreneur. I discovered new skills in filmmaking, painting, and illustrating during my study Teacher of Fine Arts & Design at Art Academy Minerva.

Since then, I have been working as a visual artist in Groningen, The Netherlands.

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2024: οΌ₯ｓｃａｐｉｓｍ, solo-exhibition May 11 – June 6, Galerie Noord (Groningen)

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2022 – 2024: Illustrator, live drawing children with a Developmental language disorder. (Het Houten Huis, Kentalis, The Research Centre Art & Society Groningen, Groningen)

2023: Workshop teacher, workshops ‘Behind The Scenes’ to teach students different film techniques. (Kunstacademie Friesland, Leeuwarden)

2022 – 2023: Illustrator, live drawing meetings, and portraying the team of the Hanze Ontwerpfabriek. (Hanze University, Groningen)

2022: Workshop teacher, drawing workshops at the Summer School. (Fier, Leeuwarden)

2022 – 2023: Artist-in-residence at Stichting de Vrolijkheid, to create my graphic novel ‘Verre Oorden, Lange Vluchten’, and observe the life of refugees. (Asylum Seekers’ Centre, Drachten)

2022: Illustrator, live drawing caregivers of the organization Dignis ’t BlauwbΓΆrgje (a nursing home). (The Research Centre Art & Society, Groningen)

2021 – 2022: Visual artist in ‘DeMensplek’, an art collective, founded as a vision statement for elderly care. (The Research Centre Art & Society, Groningen)

2021 – 2022: Illustrator, The Flexibility Project. (Hanze University, Groningen)

2020 – 2021: Illustrator, Digital Education Innovation project. (Hanze University, Groningen)

2018 – 2021: Assistant film, freelance editor at SIJE.film. (Biotoop, Groningen)

2017 – 2018: The Altermodern Project, a curated exhibition about cultural differences as a graduation project. (Exhibition at Art Academy Minerva, Groningen)

2017 – 2018: Project Levende Geschiedenis (Living History), a project about people with dementia. (Het Odensehuis, Art Academy Minerva, Groningen)

2017: Illustrator, Staff Office Computing & Information Services, to support digitalization in education. (Hanze University, Groningen)

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2018: Klaas Dijkstra Academy prize, by the Klaas Dijkstra fund.

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2018 – 2020: Premaster, Master Art History, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen.

2014 – 2018: Teacher of Fine Arts and Design, Art Academy Minerva, Groningen.