Jens Rassmus was born in 1967 and grew up in Kiel. He has been living in Hamburg since 1989. He studied Illustration at art school in Hamburg, and in 1994 studied at the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, Scotland. He has been working as a freelance illustrator and author since 1996. He has worked for various publishers, mainly those with a focus on children’s literature. He lives with his wife and two children, Carla and Knut, in Hamburg, which is also home to amAldi, the studio he shares with a number of other artists—it’s a long way from the jungle, but it’s not too far from the zoo, for which he has a season ticket.

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