About

YVONNE KROESE

Born holding a pencil, my practice spans illustration, set and wall design, animation and large-scale spatial interventions. Alongside my studio practice, I lecture at several art academies in the Netherlands.

 

Awards & Nominations

2006 – Design Awards Nomination Political cartoons for NRC Newspaper – Worstkeesscenario  with designer Reinoud van hasselt

2014 – Red Dot Award Animation Volta

2015 – Silver Award, Deauville Green Awards Animation FIOD TCI (Dutch Tax Authority anti-fraud campaign) With director Patty Stenger

2019 – Mercurs Nomination – Cover of the Year Volkskrant Magazine

2020 – Golden Calf Award, Best Short Film Netherlands Film Festival – See Me

2021 – Shortcutz Annual Awards Nomination – See Me
2021 – Best Dutch Short Film, Kaboom Animation Festival – See Me
2021 – Dutch Creativity Awards (Bronze) – Krammersluizen Watchtower with Wallstories Large-scale environmental and architectural works integrating narrative, material and graphic precision.

 

Wallstories  

2014 – Mitros Housing Association Design of 24 printed acoustic walls (Head Office)

2015 – Netherlands Food & Consumer Product Safety Authority  Design printed acoustic walls (Head Office)

2016 – Tokyo  Large-scale video projections international corporate event (commissioned by MCI)

2016 – NTR / VPRO / BNN  Restaurant acoustic wall design & photography

2017 – NTR Colour concept and painted wall design for offices and stairwell; 10 x 9 metre water-cut aluminium feature wall for entrance hall

2021 – Krammersluizen Watchtower, Zeeland Design of 124 water-cut metal panels

2022 – Amsterdam Design of an additional pedestrian bridge across the Singel (Full portfolio available at wallstories.org)

2026– Audience Award  Kaboom Animation festival with the animation ” Beaf Tomato”

Grants & Funding   

2018 – Research Grant, Netherlands Film Fund – See Me with director Patty Stenger
2019 – Production Grant, Netherlands Film Fund & Creative Industries Fund ‘ See Me’ with director Patty Stenger
2021 –  Research Grant, Netherlands Film Fund, AFK, Culture Fund Rotterdam for ‘Beef Tomato’ with director Patty Stenger
2022 – Production Grant, Netherlands Film Fund, AFK & Cultuurfonds Rotterdam’Beef Tomtato’ with director Patty Stenger
2024 – Production Grant, Netherlands Film Fund ‘Birds of a Feather’ with director Patty Stenger

2026 – Research Grant for ‘Don’t Kill Bob’ with director Patty Stenger

 

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