Designing digital and printed products for galleries, events, museums, theatres, publishers and stores since 2013.

Here in my studio, I love to combine contemporary techniques and programs with an analog way of working. In my work, I always try to give a strong sense of personality by creating in a unique and craftsmanship way.

I specialize in book design, poster design, typography, illustrative patterns and visual research. I also have experience in other disciplines, such as making large custom vinyl window designs, visual identities, objects and sculptures such as light sculptures and tables, animations and giving workshops at various art academies to explore and enhance the creative process.

Outside of commercial projects, I keep myself motivated by working on my own ideas and artistic experiments. I work fast, come up with many iterations of my ideas, and I am not afraid to try things out during the design process.

Wouter van Tilborg, born in Beesd, Netherlands in 1983. From a young age, I always took apart everything and tried to understand how things worked. My toys, radios, bikes, nothing was safe. But there was always the need to make something new out of it.

My drive to explore and investigate continues to shape my work as a graphic artist today. I'm constantly seeking to make sense of the world and the situations around me.

As a graphic designer and visual researcher, I’m drawn to uncovering what lies beneath the surface, what isn’t immediately visible. It’s the process that captivates me most. That’s where the essence of the work starts to take shape.

Take apart the image.
(Re)Search.
(Re)Create.

Education:

MA Design Research - 2023
Willem de Kooning Academy /
Piet Zwart Instituut Rotterdam

Bachelor Design - 2012
Academie Minerva Fine Arts & Design Groningen

Award:

Academie Minerva Prijs VC 2012.

Interview:

Public interview with Q&A session at Groninger Forum Library during WKB18. Groningen, 2018.

Exhibitions:

• Spud! A Manifestation. Exhibition and presentration of 5 issues of The Spud. Including exhibiting 16 artworks manifested from the different elements used in the issues at ArtisBook. Groningen, 2025

• Grafiek inside/outside Minerva exhibition. Presenting 4 works, mountain drawings at the Graphic Museum. Groningen, 2019.

• Collective exhibition presentation of the project Cards of my Father at the WKB18, Art is Book. Located at studio Wim Bosch / visual art, photography. Groningen, 2018.

• Exhibition at the WKB18, Art is Book with the book Eend Ontleed. Including public interview with Q&A session at Groninger Forum Library. Groningen, 2018.

• Wall artwork made out of separate posters of abstract shapes. Presented as wallpaper for the Graphic Museum Groningen during the exhibition Expoost that was part of the Groninger Museum Night. Groningen, 2018.

• Collective exhibition ‘Lekker’. Flattened mountain landscape at WEP Artist Collective. Groningen, 2017.

• Out of my hands drawing exhibition. Drawings of organic mountains made with thousands of lines with a drawing machine. SIGN Gallery. Groningen, 2016.

• Light sculpture made of tube lights in collaboration. Exhibit during the Night of Art & Science. Located in the Aa-Kerk Groningen, 2015.

• Exhibition 50 Shades of PINK. Collection of line drawings of skulls falling apart at WEP Artist Collective. Groningen, 2015.

• Drawings of geomatrical abstract forms during Open Studio’s exhibition at WEP Artist Collective. Groningen, 2014.

• Exhibition Autonomous Design with my book Eend Ontleed at the SIGN Gallery. Groningen, 2013.

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Studio Wouter van Tilborg Paradijsvogelstraat 10
9713 BV Groningen

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