Jan Op De Beeck (born 1958 in Congo) is a famous[1] Belgian caricature artist. He was born in the Congo and moved to Belgium in 1960. He obtained a mastership in 1979 at Sint-Thomas in Brussels and graduated in model drawing at the Royal Academy in Mechelen. He started teaching arts in 1979 at the Coloma Institute in Mechelen.[2]
He has given many workshops and master classes worldwide for professional caricature artists and was invited to many conventions as star guest and keynote speaker.
Among others:
- 2001, together with Sebastian Krüger, master class in Portugal
- Master classes and workshops at multiple ISCA conventions[3] and at Eurocon 2013[4] in Vienna.
Publications edit
- Bekketrekkers uit Belgenland (1989)
- Het Laatste Testament der Belgen (The Last Testament of the Belgians, 1993)
- De Kunst van de Karikatuur (The Art of Caricature, L'art de la caricature,[5] 肖像漫画的艺术,[6] 1996, published in Dutch and French, translated into Korean and Mandarin)
- Famous Corpses[7] (Co-authoring with Danielle Griffith and Emi Sato, 2006)
- Sketching is Fun! 1 & 2 (2010)
Awards edit
Jan Op De Beeck has won numerous international awards, including[4]
- 1st Place of Best Traditional Art (Caricature) at the Eurocature 2017[8]
- “Honorary Master” at the National Caricaturist Network[9]
- "Master of the Year” in 2006 and 2012 at the National Caricaturist Network
- "Portfolio of the Year" in 2006 and 2007 at the National Caricaturist Network
- Many first places at ISCA conventions,[3] in different categories
- 2003 “World’s Best Caricaturist” at the cartoon festival in Iran
- (?) Place at the Global Caricature Exhibition in Seoul, Korea[10]
References edit
- ^ "International Society of Caricature Artists". Archived from the original on 2013-08-14. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ^ "European Cartoon Center in Belgium". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ^ a b "ISCA conventions". Archived from the original on 2013-08-14. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ^ a b Eurocon 2013
- ^ L'art de la caricature
- ^ 肖像漫画的艺术
- ^ Famous Corpses
- ^ "Challenges". Eurocature 2017. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ "International Society of Caricature Artists". Archived from the original on 2013-07-21. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
- ^ "Global Caricature Exhibition in Seoul, Korea". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-08-05.
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