Stefaan

ARTISTIC RESUME.   



                                                                                                                     

a briefly introduction:

My name is Stefaan and I am a  29-year old Flemish artist from Brussels, Belgium. Since 2009, my bachelor graduation-year in Graphic arts at Sint Lukas, Brussels, I try to establish myself as a freelance illustrator & artist. Within the segments of commercial publications I already found work as an illustrator for Belgian time-magazines and occasionally work for the newsprint (see De Standaard, De Morgen and Goedele magazine).
Other common work were till now more spreaded out towards as a cartoonist or illustrator for little cultural groups or happenings (dance companies, musicians,...). At Hilversum, The Netherlands, I was set as the illustrator for a retrospective exhibition (press this link) (2012-2013) of the dutch comedian Andre Van Duin at the Centre for Image and Sound. A project where my illustrations were part of the overall life scalled interiors inside the soundstages of the centre of Image and Sound. The biggest commercial achievement in my line of works yet and outside of the publishing world.
I like to experiment with black fineliners, ink, computer coloring and rough pencil lines. I find the use of imperfection, sort of try to respect perspectives and realistic proportions but always give it a twist, a vulnerable tense I like to give my drawings. A balance between worked out sketches and illustrations.
I already reached in 2006 my master degree in Animation at the Sint Lukas Artschool, where I was fascinated with stop motion techniques. I made some obscure shorts in a sort of cabinet-style. (See link below). One of those projects ‘The Aftermath’, a stop motion short, was selected in a diversity of Belgian festivals (1minutefilm&sound; awards 2005(Ostend) and LeuvenKort(Leuven) 2005 as the most important festivals).
Many of my works could be translated as ‘character’ drawings or the use of articulated Goyaesk personas within an expressive scenery that floats around between romantic representations of life, surreal happenings and tempered feelings. Although they sometimes look like comic-gigs, I always find my inspiration in movies, literature & photography, and don’t really find my space in the field of traditional comic-drawing.
EDUCATION
2012: GlogauAir Artist Residence (Berlin, Germany),            3 month course for applied arts & drawing. 
2001-2006: Master degree Audiovisual Arts in Animation,           Sint Lukas, Brussels (Belgium)
2008-2010: Bachelor degree Visual Arts in Illustration / comic drawing          Sint Lukas, Brussels (Belgium)

ILLUSTRATION  &  PUBLICATION


2010  -  2011  illustrationwork for the Belgian Magazine ‘Goedele’.               Columns of Amélie O.              Editorials by Kaat Celis.

2010  - Publication Bing magazine (Oogachtend) with segment ‘Father’.            Editorials & graphic design by Johan Stuyck.   

2011  - Illustratiowork & cartoons for Belgian newspaper ‘De Standaard’.             Editorials by Bart Dobbelaere .

2011 - Illustrationwork and setdesign for exhibition ‘Andre Van Duin 65’ (Hilversum, Netherlands)            Production: Institute for Image & Sound ,   decor design by Eric Goossens

2012 - Illustrationwork for Church and Media (Belgian)