Hi!
I’m Nora, a picture book illustrator, comic artist, and storyteller specializing in children’s media, based in Hamburg, Northern Germany.
If you’re interested in a creative collaboration, feel free to get in touch via email. I’d love to hear from you!
Contact: nora.borkenhagen@gmx.de
BOOKS:
Bo und der erste Biss, Kibitz-Verlag 2026
AWARDS:
The Unpublished Picturebook Showcase 7 by dPICTUS 2026 – A Year in Grandma’s Garden
Hamburger Bilderbuchpreis (Longlist) 2025
EXHIBITIONS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS:
The Right to Be Lazy, exhibition at Alliance Française Bologna, 2026
Spezial Material, exhibition at Design Zentrum Hamburg, 2026
Bachelor graduation exhibition at Design Zentrum Hamburg, 2026
Publication in 50 Jahre Kinderhilfswerk Eine Welt, anniversary book of Kinderhilfswerk Eine Welt, and exhibition at The Yard Gallery Hamburg, 2026
On the Edge of the World, exhibition at Alliance Française Bologna, 2025
Rundgang Finkenau, annual exhibition at HAW Hamburg, 2025
50th Anniversary Exhibition, Oldenburg Children’s and Youth Book Fair (KIBUM), 2024
Graphic Reports exhibition at Comicfestival Hamburg, 2022
Publication in Furios Magazin, Issue 27, 2022
Rundgang Finkenau, annual exhibition at HAW Hamburg, 2021 – 2025
FORMFANTASIES exhibition in Lentzke, 2020