Regi Widmer grew up in South Africa and Switzerland. She has always loved to draw and invent stories. As a child, she wanted to become a storyteller or fly to Mars. Instead, she first became a primary school teacher and a globetrotter. Later, she studied design and art at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, where she graduated in Illustration Fiction in 2010. Today, she works as a freelance picture book creator. In her spare time, she enjoys sitting under trees, listening to birds, and painting. She lives with her family in Muttenz, near Basel, Switzerland.
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CONTAKT
Regi Widmer
Bahnhofstr. 21
4132 Muttenz
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PUBLICATIONS​
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Knacknuss picture book, (will be published in September 2025), Baeschlin
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Wald entdecken - Wurzeln wecken non-fiction picture book with Andrew Bond, (2024), Atlantis Kinderbuch
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Willkommen im Restaurant picture book with Andrea Külling, (2023), Baeschlin
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Überfall aufs Samichlaushaus picture book with Andrea Külling, (2021), Baeschlin
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Die Savannenkicker picture book (2020), Orell Füssli Kinderbuch
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Sibe Sibeschlööfer song picture book with Andrew Bond (2018), GrossenGaden Verlag
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Zeichner als Reporter Community publication (2015), Cristoph Merian Verlag
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Klara und Sebastian First reading picture booklet (2000), Orell Füssli Verlag
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ASIDE FROM THAT​​
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Member of the Executive Board of Autillus - Association of Children's books-creators Switzerland
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Member of Syndicom - Swiss Illustrators’ Union
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Member of SIKJM - Swiss Institute for Children and Youth Media
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Member of Baobab books
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Co-director of “Picture Books Talks” at Proviant, Basel
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Member of the Executive Board of the "Bücherpause association", Alt.St. Johann
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Boloclub - Bolo-Amici since first Bolo-hours
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Nomination for the Serafina - Young Talent Award for Illustration 2020
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Illustrator of the month in the magazine “Eselsohr” December 2020
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