Rotterdam Art Prints (RAP) is a Rotterdam-based community of printmakers. We sell affordable limited edition prints and products from Rotterdam.
By joining forces with other printmakers we hope to share knowledge with eachother and the fun of printmaking with the world.
Are you interested in joining RAP? Please contact us.
Meet the makers!
Since a very young age, Conform Cox (Cox Janssens) has been driven by exploring, learning and creating. To become a Homo Universales was in her head a good choice for a job. She never lost this eagerness to be a know-it-all: it made her work in different creative fields and established her creative studio Conform Cox in 2016. Cox has worked as an illustrator, animator, graphic designer, podcast maker, researcher, textile designer for different clients and makes detailed prints in her free time, using analogue techniques.
www.conformcox.com
During the day, she is an editor/journalist. But in the evenings and on weekends she transforms into Lino Nyno. She draws, carves, inks and prints her designs by hand. She loves bright and contrasting colours and is inspired by nature, animals and landscapes.
Graphic design duo Sophie Balch & Tijn de Kok aka ST–DUO make colourful graphic risograph prints. Mostly sketches and experiments this creative outlet feeds into their design practice. Analogue printing techniques and authentic details are a distinguishable aesthetic of ST–DUO’s work.
www.st-duo.com
Arjan Elenbaas is a drawing- and screenprint-artist. Specialised in making colourful multilayered screenprints. Inspired by cities, nature and daily life in general.
www.arjanelenbaas.nl
Graphic designer and printmaker Fenna Schaap creates colourful graphic risograph- and screenprints. With her playful working method she embraces the analog process, resulting in works that are both traditional and experimental.
www.fennaschaap.nl
Roderick van Hasselt is a screenprinter & Rotterdam (marine) pilot. His screenprints are photograph based and Roderick likes to experiment with colour profiles creating a rich colour experience with a minimal palette. Main subjects are patterns from nature and maritime images.
www.roderickvanhasselt.myportfolio.com
Laura Aranda studied fine arts having an interest in graphic design. During her studies she developed a passion for screenprinting. Her work searches for the balance between color and shapes, sometimes with repetition and other times with straighforward shapes. Currently working also under the name Studio Amargo.
www.studioamargo.com
Noa Defesche is a graphic designer based in Rotterdam and Amsterdam with a strong interest in print, typography, and signage, often combining these with architectural forms like grids and façades. Her work, largely created using risograph printing, transforms her photographic archive into collages and illustrations that feature street typography and repeated shapes.