Roelien Immelman

Roelien Immelman holds a degree in Information Design from the University of Pretoria. Her first major position was in London, where she illustrated for Michiko Koshino, a prominent Japanese fashion brand. After a brief stint as a layout designer for a Cape Town-based publisher, a hankering after the unknown first led her to the Far East, and she has been freelancing and exploring the world ever since.

Her most recent work was contributing as a comic artist to the anthology "Visions of Taiwan" a collective publication by Lei Press in Taiwan. Published in September 2023. Friends. Food.

Flavour is a cookbook co-authored with Michael Olivier for Penguin Randomhouse Another recent example of her distinctive style of food illustration is to be found in Tuistafel by well–known South African home cook, Errieda du Toit.

Clients include Penguin Random House, Human & Rousseau, NB publishers, Caxton magazines – Vrouekeur and Sarie KOS, Oxford University Press, Via Afrika, Best Books as well as various corporate and private clients

More than 15 years experience in freelancing. Publishing, corporate identities, advertising and a wide variety of small business and private clients.

BA Information design (Hon)

University of Pretoria

Major: Visial Communication

Sub Majors: Design & Illustration

Class of 2004