Wilma Van Rooijen

Hi there, doing a SALE on my artwork due to lack of space in my atelier/studio - contact me if you want to talk about pricing :)

*please note : all work shown are originals.
I do not make prints.*

Born, and raised in the Netherlands ( Holland, Les Pays-Bas) I was fortunate, whilst I was a student in Fashion Design at the Art school in Utrecht, to have been selected for an exchange/master-program with a known art-school in Paris in 1994 (Duperée-ESSA)and the IFM (Institut Francais de la Mode).

Paris was the metro-pole, melting pot, the city that never sleeps, where I lived joyfully for a while
whilst working as a stylist in Haute Couture, high wearable fashion and Prêt a porter- quality wearable collections.

December '99 to enrich myself, I moved to Germany, (Frankfurt area) for a few years to learn an other method of working in fashion and to upgrade the "French-ness"(the elegance,pretty Paris-ness in a high quality women's wear designer brand.

The opportunity to work again in Haute Couture in Paris made me move back for a few years, before moving abroad.
In Azeitaô, Portugal 2002 I started painting with acrylic paint.

Today my atelier is right next door in the historical center of France, the city Blois.
The climate, li...

-Hoge school voor de Kunsten,
(Utrecht, Holland) Specialised in fashion/design
-Duperée -Paris E.S.S.A. -concept design
-IFM-Paris
Institut Francais de la Mode,
Master in Fashion, management and marketing in Prêt à porter de luxe-

-Portugal, Lisbon,Casas de Azeitaô,
spring 2002

-France, Paris,19th arrondisement, Barbès,
Januari 2015

-France, Centre, "Promenade Artistique Molineuf", September 2018

-France, Centre,Orleans, Chapeau Rouge
December 2018

-France, Blois,SC Portraits of Immigrants,
Mai 2019

-Molinneuf, Promenade Artistique two weekends in septembe 2019

-Molineuf, Promenade Artistique two weekends in
September with a collective of artists for 'immigrants'