Jan Van Der Veken
Jan Van Der Veken was born in Ghent, he studied graphic design and typography at the Sint-Lucas School of Architecture in Ghent, where he studied under Ever Meulen (Eddy Vermeulen) and other instructors. Van Der Veken developed his own artistic style, inspired by the atoomstijl (Atomic style), a 1980s "relaunch" of the Ligne claire. He launched his own design company, Fabrica Grafica.
Jan Van Der Veken
- Born
- 1975 · Ghent.
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Occupation
- illustrator · artist · writer · teacher
- Fields
- graphic novel
- Movements
- ligne claire · atom style
- Education
- LUCA School of Arts
- Teachers
- Ever Meulen
- Languages
- Dutch
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Jan Van Der Veken was born in Ghent, he studied graphic design and typography at the Sint-Lucas School of Architecture in Ghent, where he studied under Ever Meulen (Eddy Vermeulen) and other instructors. Van Der Veken developed his own artistic style, inspired by the atoomstijl (Atomic style), a 1980s "relaunch" of the Ligne claire. He launched his own design company, Fabrica Grafica.
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Van Der Veken specializes in book covers and posters, but also creates illustrations for various newspapers and magazines. He illustrated the covers for the 7 December 2009 and 11 January 2010 issues of The New Yorker.
Jan Van Der Veken studied at LUCA School of Arts. Training under Ever Meulen is recorded. The recorded working language is Dutch. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are graphic novel. Places of work recorded in the authority are Ghent. Employment is recorded with HUMO, De Standaard and The New York Times.
Jan Van Der Veken is recorded with the occupation illustrator. Recorded with the occupation teacher. Recorded with the occupation artist. Recorded with the occupation writer. Classed in the genre graphic novel. Recorded as illustrator, artist, writer and teacher. Career and activity. His work is associated with ligne claire and atom style. He was employed by HUMO, De Standaard, The New York Times, Vrij Nederland and Wired. He worked at Ghent.
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1975
Jan Van Der Veken was born on 10 April 1975.
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