Abigail Roscoe is a Mexican Canadian illustrator, writer, and multidisciplinary artist based in Vancouver, BC. She is proudly queer, autistic, disabled, and a visually impaired advocate whose creative practice reflect an intersectional approach to art. Her work is also shaped by her experience of becoming physically disabled in 2021 and losing vision in her left eye to glaucoma in 2025. 

Abigail’s story is one of resilience, reinvention, and creative persistence. Despite having multiple disabilities that impact her work, Abigail continues to create new, innovative projects that celebrate resilience, such as The Sixth Sun, a project created in a time of adversity annd loss.

In 2017, she moved to the Netherlands to study illustration and animation, earning her bachelor’s degree in design while also delving into photography and creative writing. Her passion for art, animals, and mythology has always guided her work- if she hadn’t become an illustrator, she would have studied biology or folklore. Instead, she found a way to merge these passions into a unique visual language. Despite major changes to her health and life path, Abigail continues to do what she loves now more than ever. 

She has worked with the Caribou Conservation Alliance (formerly CCBF) on educational materials since the organisation’s early days, while also illustrating and editing children’s books. Her debut children’s book, Yuka’s Way Home, was developed in collaboration with a Sami Indigenous reindeer herder in Northern Norway to ensure respectful and accurate storytelling.  After becoming physically disabled, Abigail adapted her creative process, further strengthening her commitment to inclusive storytelling and ecological education. 

Now rooted in Vancouver after a move here following nearly a decade in Europe, Abigail is working with institutions like CNIB, and teaching accessible art lessons at the Vancouver Aquarium, where she recently led a workshop for World Caribou Day to help children learn about the species’ vital role in British Columbia’s ecosystems. 

Abigail teaches different art programs at the Vancouver Aquarium, and for September, the Consulate of Mexico in Vancouver collaborated with her for a very special program about Axolotls.

Publications: 

’We’re In It Together” Music video for Rich Aucoin animated by me

The Orange Book- Featured Illustrator 

Yuka’s Way Home- Author and Illustrator 

Raindrop Kidz- Illustrator 

Pearl The Puffin- Illustrator 

Tripawd Jackson, Illustrator 

Huggabunnch Bear- Illustrator 

Hippogrumpadump- Illustrator 

The Hogemall Monster- Illustrator 

Phoenix Rising- Illustrator

Ninja Santa- Illustrator 

Flamingos don’t chew bubblegum- illustrator 

Eleanor’s Castle, Illustrator 

Ongoing projects:

Muñeca, Author and Illustrator

Oh, Deer! Educational book, Author/Illustrator

The Grand Arctic Inn- Author Illustrator 

Into The Woods - Author Illustrator