Bert Vandermeij
education: Royal Art School, The Hague. Californian College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland.
debut: This Land is My Land.
breakthrough: De Pinguïns.
inspiration: Movies.
publications: Comics in Zozolala, Wordt Vervolgd, Autokampioen, Okki and Suske & Wiske weekly. Books: Jungleverhalen, De Lift and the comic book series Hooglied, De Pinguïns and Moesashi. Cartoons: Het zijn the Klijne Dingen... in Zone 5300 and Extra (Wegener), and Groente & Fruit in Zone 5300. Just released: De Leidsche Nachtwacht.
clients: De Volkskrant, Wolters Noordhoff, Malmberg, Fia Foundation, Shell, National Anti-Rascism Foundation and the Rabobank.
specialism: An apple tree never knows the taste of his own fruit.
exhibitions: The Graduate Center of the C.C.A.C., Oakland. The Morrison-Knudsen building, Marshal-Myers Gallery, City Hall, (San Francisco, Ca.). Nouvelles Images and in H.C.A.K. (Den Haag) and Galerie 47.
awards: Rabobank Cultuurprijs 2001.