Elsa Klever was born in Berlin.Throughout her studies of Illustration at HAW Hamburg and HSLU Luzern she developed her own visual language and style. Since then Elsa has worked for various magazines and corporations and has illustrated several children's books. In 2015 she won the Austrian Children's Book Award. In 2021 her book "189" was nominated for the German Youth Literature Award / Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis. She is living in Hamburg and working as a freelance illustrator.
Clients/References - A selection
Magazines & EditorialDIE ZEITDER SPIEGELSPIEGEL WissenDein SPIEGELSüddeutsche ZeitungFrankfurter Allg. SonntagszeitungDB mobil MagazinGreenpeace MagazinNidoBrigitteBrigitte womanGEOminiGEOlinoElternEmotionHaspa MagazinRadio Times MagazineDiskurs MagazinMagic Moments Collector's EditionWerde MagazinMaterial girl MagazinePäng! MagazinPapperlapapp MagazinKinder Magazin360° Journal
Companies & moreGooglearteAIDA CruisesGoethe InstitutBahlsen GmbHPersilWeledaSonnentorTRACK GmbHBuchMarktFC Footstar BerlinLabyrinth Kindermuseum BerlinGiardino GroupTN Hotel Media ConsultingStadt GlücksburgSchwangerinmeinerstadt.deKiglu OnlineshopMelodica Acoustic FestivalAhoi! Filmfestival Hamburg
PublishersCarlsenNordSüdGestaltenGU Gräfe und UnzerCoppenrathThienemannAladinBeltz & GelbergTulipanGerstenbergNilpferd im G&G VerlagBibliothek der Provinz Gudberg NergerChristoph Merian VerlagEdition PeixOQO
Musicians & Record LablesMighty OaksMoka Efti OrchestraChefbaus (Samy Deluxe & Chefket)Chefket Farhot | Jakarta RecordsEcke Prenz10 Meter FeldwegIn my bloodDakz&Mentelibre | C.O.G.RecordsEmma Air
Awards/Honors
2021 | Nomination | Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis / German Youth Literature Award
2019 | Shortlist | World Illustration Awards, London
2018 | Honorable Mention | Global Illustration Award, Frankfurt
2018 | Shortlist | World Illustration Awards, London
2017 | Selected for the Sharjah Exhibition for Children's Book Illustrations, Children’s Reading Festival, United Arab Emirates
2016 | Selected to be one of 30 illustrators who represent Germany - guest of honour at the Bologna Children's Bookfair 2016
2015 | Österreichischer Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis 2015 / Austrian Children's Book Award 2015
2015 | Selected for the Sharjah Exhibition for Children's Book Illustrations, Children’s Reading Festival, United Arab Emirates
2013 | Winner at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2013 | Karl H. Ditze Award for the best project 2013 for LUKS Magazine #1 (developed in teamwork)
2012 | Selected for the Illustrators Exhibition at the Bologna children's bookfair | Bologna and afterwards at the Itabashi Art Museum | Tokyo
2008 | Scholarship for students with exceptional achievements
Book Publications
Lecker!2021 · Tulipan
Tier hier2021 · Tulipan
Ich bin Tiere2020 · Tulipan
Der kleinste Mops des Turnvereins trägt das Trikot mit Nummer 1 2020 · Thienemann
1892020 · Aladin
Wenn kleine Tiger träumen2020 · CarlsenWem gehört der lange Rüssel2019 · Carlsen
Der Fuchs hat seine lieben Nöte beim Halleluja auf der Flöte2018 · Thienemann
Taxifahrt mit Victor2018 · Tulipan
Grimm2017 · Gestalten Verlag
Meine Omi, die Wörter und ich2017 · Tulipan
Maus im Haus2016 · Nilpferd im G&G Verlag
El abuelo de Zulaimar2015 · OQO
Eva im Haus der Geschichten2014 · Nilpferd in Residenz
Fische im Wohnzimmer2014 · Bibliothek der Provinz
Little Big Books (Feature)2012 · Gestalten Verlag
Exhibitons - A Selection
2019 | World Illustration Awards 2019 exhibition | Somerset House | London
2017 | One of those nights | Ó!Galeria | Porto
2017 | World Illustration Awards 2017 exhibition | Somerset House | London
2017 | Illustrators Exhibition | Children’s Reading Festival | Sharjah, UAE
2016 | Look! | 30 Illustrators for Bologna | Bologna children's bookfair | Bologna, Hamburg, Mexiko
2015 | Wortbildwechsel | Schloss Raabs | Raabs, Austria
2015 | Unvollende | Island | Hamburg
2015 | Illustrators Exhibition | Children’s Reading Festival | Sharjah, UAE
2014 | Sturmfrei | Fabrik der Künste | Hamburg
2014 | Promenadenmischung | Frappant | Hamburg
2014 | Wunderkammer | kulturreich Galerie | Hamburg
2013 | To a land unknown | Mundo Azul | Berlin
2013 | Illustrators Exhibition | Children’s Reading Festival | Sharjah, UAE
2013 | Mädchen & Füchse | Island | Hamburg
2012 | Illustrators Exhibitionat the Bologna children's bookfair | Bologna and afterwards at the Itabashi Art Museum | Tokyo
2010 - 2012 | Frische Tinte | Kindermuseum | Berlin
2010 | Die Welt hat einen Knall | Erfrischungsraum | Lucerne
2010 | Große Viecher, kleine Bilder | Ponybar | Hamburg
2009 | MEHR | Cap San Diego | Hamburg
2009 | Kirsten Boie | Staatsbibliothek | Hamburg
2008 | Lyrik für Kinder | Katholische Akademie | Hamburg
