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Klaas Verplancke

°Zwevegem, 21 juni 1964

Kon. Elisabethlaan 76
8000 Brugge
België

Fax +32.50.339.901

E-mail mail@klaas.be
Internet www.klaas.be

Klaas Verplancke, born June 1964, has been working as a full-time illustrator and advertising art director since 1990. He studied advertising and graphic design at St. Luc High School of Applied Arts in Ghent, Belgium.
Along with hundreds of contributions to illustrations magazines, he has also published more than 130 books, many of which have been published in several European countries, Taiwan, China, Korea and Australia.
On his personal website www.klaas.be, you will find a complete bibliography, an overview of translated titles, awards, and a large portfolio.
In 1998, a selection of his work was included in the exhibition Giganti Fiamminghi / Illustrators from Flanders at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
In 2001 he became the first Flemish illustrator to win a Bologna Ragazzi Award for Ozewiezewoze, a collection of a hundred classic children's songs in a book he created and illustrated. In the same competition he was also awarded a Bologna Ragazzi Special Mention for JOT, a children’s book he conceived, wrote and illustrated.
In 2004 he was the first Flemish illustrator to be part of the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition Jury.
Klaas Verplancke won the most important illustration award in Flanders, The Golden Peacock, in 2003. Also in 2003, he won a «Vlag en Wimpel», a bronze medal in the main illustration competition in the Netherlands and he was awarded the first Illustrale-award for his complete oeuvre. His work was also selected and nominated for several awards and exhibitions in Flanders, the Netherlands and Germany.
He taught illustration and design for more than six years at the Graphic Department of Het Vormingsinstituut, an adult education institute in Bruges and is regularly invited to sit on juries for competitions and final examinations in art schools.
Klaas Verplancke regularly gives lectures at teacher training colleges, at the Universities and High Schools of Antwerp, Ghent and Louvain. He writes articles and picture-book reviews in Leesidee, the leading professional children’s book magazine published in Flanders and the Netherlands.
Verplancke is also the founder of the VIC, an organisation that offers young illustrators and students information, advice and guidance on working as a professional illustrator. In 2000, Klaas Verplancke organised a retrospective exhibition and auction of work from more than 60 important Flemish children’s book illustrators.

bibliografie/bibliography

Wat doet baby? Wat doet de kip?, Klaas Verplancke, De Eenhoorn, 1996, isbn 9073913454, isbn 9073913446
Allemaal praatjes, Geert Dekockere & Klaas Verplancke, De Eenhoorn, 1999, isbn 9058380092
Jot, Klaas Verplancke, Davidsfonds/Infodok, 2000, isbn 9065659641
Ozewiezewoze, Jan Van Coillie, Klaas Verplancke & Annemie Van Riel, De Eenhoorn, 2000, isbn 9058380343
Jannemaan & Langejan, Klaas Verplancke, De Eenhoorn, 2000, isbn 9058381307
Heksje Paddenwratje, Henri van Daele & Klaas Verplancke, Davidsfonds/Infodok, 2002, isbn 9059080386
Wortels, Klaas Verplancke, Davidsfonds/Infodok, 2003, isbn 9059080491
Wat de ezel zag, Frank Adam & Klaas Verplancke, Davidsfonds/Infodok,2003, isbn 9059080858
Seks, hoe voelt dat?, Kolet Janssen & Klaas Verplancke,Davidsfonds/Infodok, 2003, isbn 9076830215
Timo en het toverboek, Rian Visser & Klaas Verplancke, Gottmer, 2004, isbn 9025738583

internationaal/international

Wake up, Charlie Dragon!, Brenda Smith & Klaas Verplancke, Scholastic, 1997, isbn 059019805X
Pauline Spürnase, Peter Slabbynck & Klaas Verplancke, Gerstenberg, 1999, isbn 3806742723
Youm, Klaas Verplancke & Véronique Sanctobin, La Martinière, 2002, isbn 2732428221
Tryllestaven, Rian Visser & Klaas Verplancke, Wisby & Wilkens, 2002, isbn 8789191420
Têteàtête, Geert Dekockere & Klaas Verplancke, Milan, 2003, isbn 2749508138

prijzen/awards

Bologna Ragazzi Award 2001 (Italy)
Bologna Ragazzi Award Special Mention 2001 (Italy)
Boekenpauw 2003 (Belgium)

grafisch materiaal/graphical techniques

Acrylics - Watercolors - Digital

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