 Ben Heine 31 may 07 Ben Heine is a Belgian political cartoonist, caricaturist and painter born in June 12, 1983, in Abidjan, Ivory coast. He studied art and journalism and currently produces political artrelating to day to day international political issues. Ben Heine is mainly known for his anti-war activism. Cartoons/Illustration His anti-war cartoons have been firstly featured on popular cartoon-Websites of the Middle and Far East World like Irancartoon, Syriacartoon, Arabcartoon, Persiancartoon, the Turkish site Karikaturevi, Tabrizcartoon, Azcartoon, Okcomicand then his works have beenillustrating political articleson several Eastern and also Westerninformation sites (Peoples' Voice, Uruknet,Sabbah,Progressive Independent, Quibla, Axis of Logic, Diatribune...)Several of his drawings were alsopublished in Turkish and Syriannewspapers.
Ben Heine is a member of the Don Quichotte Worldteam. He draws illustrations for the Belgian newspaper La Libre Belgique. He collaborates with the alternative information Websites MWC News, Rebelion and with Tlaxcala, the Translators’ Network for Linguistic Diversity. In August 2006, a famous cartoon of Ben Heine was used for an anti-war poster presenting the Don Quichotte exhibition "Stop the War", which was held in Turkey and in Germany during the 2006 Lebanon war. In November 2006, he realized a pro-Palestinian poster to illustrate an open statement of commitment to the Palestinian Solidarity Cause. In addition to being a cartoonist, Ben Heine is also a caricaturist and a painter. He recently participated to the Second International Kruger Worshop. His acrylic paintings are rather mystical with expressive touches and could be classified as “erotico fantastico burlesque”. He has been deeply influenced by German Expressionism, Belgian Surrealism and American Pop Art and draws what he sees with the eyes of imagination. Caricatures Ben Heine draws the caricaturesof famous and less famous people around the world. Some of his caricaturesare exhibited on the French Website Dessin-humourand the North American National Caricaturist Network(NCN). He recently participated to the Second International Kruger Worshop. Paintings In addition to being a cartoonist, Ben Heine is also a painter. His timeless acrylicpaintings are rather mystical with expressive touches and could be classified as “erotico fantastico burlesque”. He has been deeply influenced by German Expressionism, Belgian Surrealismand American Pop Artand draws what he sees with the eyes of imagination. To paint and draw became vital to his needs and also an exercise of the mind. Every figure expresses moods of hope and despair through human forms and structure: twisted bodies, distorted faces, deformed shapes, Ben Heine likes to play with the human physical imperfections and simplifies in a stylized way the biological curves. He has exhibited his paintings in Belgium and England. |
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