November 11th 2009 was the day 3 young lives came to an abrupt end in a tragic car accident. That early morning 4 cyclists were hit by a car, 3 of them ( Emilie, Laetitia and Lauren) didn’t survive the crash. In commemoration of their daughter, sister and friend the family and loved – ones of Emilie Leus decided to start a foundation carrying her name, to keep putting the message across that drinking and driving is a deadly combination with possible catastrophic consequences. It won’t bring Emilie back but at least her passing away will not have been completely useless. In order to support this wonderful initiative Vanmoof and 5 belgian artists have teamed up in the Artframes - project. |
Gilliom, Philip Paquet, Tom Schamp, Denis Meyers and Herr Seele have accepted the challenge of showing their creativeness on a frame as their canvas… and turned aluminium frames into unique pieces of art. These 5 bike – wonders will now be sold to support the Emilie Leus foundation. Every bicycle is one of a kind and carries the artists’ signature. The bicycles will be on display at several locations and will be sold to the highest bidder. All information on prices , pictures, wesley@vanmoof.com | + 32 (0) 477 82 55 49 |
Gilliom - Werner Claessens
As an illustrator he worked for various magazines, comics (4EYES & Stripburger) and childrens’ books (Vampierenzootje).Currently he’s working on his own
new project called “Glitch and Masks”. As a writer he worked on various short stories ( Fightin and Cookin ) for and with his buddy Philip Paquet . Together with Philip, Gilliom features as Cyclop Max. Their performances include live painting, starring as VJ
at parties and taking care of visuals at musical and theater productions.
Peter van Heirseele
As a child Herr Seele already drew comic books and oil paintings, made musical instruments and wrote books and transcripts of musical compositions. At the age of16, he left for the art academy in Gent where he studied for 3 years and met Kamagurka. By the end of the 1970’s he went to South Wales to learn how to tune and repair pianos. Until today Herr Seele still has a piano - shop in Oostende .In 1981 his Cowboy Henk comic became an instant success with daily issues in the newspaper De Morgen.and in 1983 Humo published its first Cowboy Henk story .The same year his cooperation with Kamagurka evolved also into theatre and television. Besides comic books ,a series of animation movies have contributed to the international success of Cowboy Henk.
Denis Meyers
He graduated 1998 in graphic design and typography at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de La Cambre. Since then, Denis has been building up a repertoire of artistic experiences, combining rigorous artistic practice with his unfettered urban creativity. His works reflect a subtle mastery of various techniques such as screen printing, typography, painting, engraving and photography. Denis Meyers draws his inspiration from urban life . His main works, faces consisting of black lines and vivid colours, are recognisable at first glance. Denis combines large scale assignments by international companies (Alfa Romeo, Duvel, etc.) with more personalised works such as for the Versus collective. Last but not least, Denis Meyers also devotes his talents to charitable organisations (Sauvez mon Enfant) or the battle against AIDS.
Philip Paquet
Illustrator, comic book artist, painter and musician...
but above all , a versatile storyteller with music as the thread running through his works. His assignments come from a broad spectrum of clients ; EMI, Theo Eyewear and Stad Antwerpen. His latest work Graphicology is a co – op with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra which will premiere in 2012. Likes: Jazz, Swiss mountains, tattoos, funk, Japan, women, biking, okonomiyaki, bauhaus design, Hokusai, JD Salinger.
Dislikes: Hairmetal, mushrooms, bad tattoos, noisy people, haggis, Kate Bush ( sorry Kate, nothing personal...just your voice ).
Tom Schamp
Tom Schamp was born in Mortsel (Belgium) and grew up in Brussels. After graduating from Sint-Lukas Brussels University College of Art and Design, he studied Graphic Arts in Poznan (Poland),. He gradually developed a ‘complex – naïve’ style of his own, using mainly acrylic paint on cardboard. Tom’s illustrations are aimed at both adults and children and he receives assignments from an international mix of customers. His work is published in magazines (Humo, Télérama), newspapers (Standaard, NRC) and through various ad agencies.. In recent years, (international) publishers of children’s books have shown an increased interest in his work., which resulted in a production of about 30 picture-books in the last 10 years.
All information on prices , pictures,
venues, etc can be obtained with Vanmoof at following address :
wesley@vanmoof.com | + 32 (0) 477 82 55 49