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I'm a Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer. I’m looking for a long term job opportunity in the digital art industry (as an illustrator, portraitist, matte painter, retoucher, photographer…). If you have any serious suggestions or offers, please contact me here : heinebenjamin@hotmail.com and I’ll send you my full CV.

(I studied graphic arts and sculpture and I also have a degree in journalism. I have 8 years of professional experience as a graphic creator. I speak fluently French, English, Dutch and a bit of Polish, Spanish and Russian...)


Please, do not use my photos/paintings/drawings for commercial purposes without my prior written consent. All of them are copyrighted.Thank you.

B. H.

Here below are some of my "most appreciated" creations, according to my Flickr stats (October 2009), to see my "personal choices", please visit this link

Paris from the Eiffel Tower

The Future is Bright (Ben Heine)

Listen to Wisdom (Ben Heine)

My Boat Wants To Sail (Ben Heine)

Nowhere to be Found (Ben Heine)

Hey There (Ben Heine)

Two Seasons

Blossom Tree (Ben Heine)

Voices of Solitude (Ben Heine)

Newton's Apple Tree (Ben Heine)

A Piece of Earth (Ben Heine)

Heal The World - Michael Jackson (Ben Heine)..

Together - Detail

There is a God Somewhere

Sea of Freedom

In Love

The Magic Windmill (Ben Heine)

I'm Gonna Leave This World

The Eiffel Tower (Ben Heine)

You Are Sunshine, You Are Rain  (Ben Heine)

Freedom at Last (Ben Heine)

Summer Time (Ben Heine)

Michael Jackson, Text Portrait (Ben Heine)

Once Upon a Time in Kenya - 2 -

The Sun is Near (Ben Heine)

Michael Jackson - The Childhood He Has Never Known (Ben Heine)

Goodbye Troubles (Ben Heine)

Quarreling Again

I See Light (Ben Heine)

Marilyn Manson -2- (Ben Heine)

Spirit of the Earth (Ben Heine)

Michael Jackson, I N V I N C I B L E (Ben Heine)

Polish Forest

Until I get There

Our Destiny

Not a Drifter but a Dreamer (Ben Heine)

Colorful people for a Better World, Barack Obama, Martin Luther King (Ben Heine)

Is This a Dream? (Ben Heine)

Walk With the Light (Ben Heine)

The Wind is Blowing (Ben Heine)

Together (Ben Heine)

Once Upon a Time in Kenya - 1 -

Elephant Parade (Ben Heine)

The Eden of that Dim Lake (Ben Heine)

The Sky is Alive (Ben Heine)

Lost Baby

I Think I'm Drunk

We Are Family

Darling (Ben Heine)

The African Pony (Ben Heine)

The Path to Knowledge (Ben Heine)

Barack Obama - Realistic Portrait - 1 -

Eden

Freedom Starts Here

Lost Giraffe on the Highway (Ben Heine)

Game of Life (Ben Heine)

Warsaw - Old Town

Celestial Scenery

We Are Primates

Something Strange (Ben Heine)

In the Garden !

Che Guevara's Message (Ben Heine)

Another Cloudy Day

Meadow of Life (Ben Heine)

Let Me Sing you a Song

Flying Into the Unknown (Ben Heine)

Now Freeze

I Was Flying With a Bird

Once Upon a Time in Kenya - 3 -

Nothing Can Happen to Us

Autumn is There

Evening Falling (Ben Heine)

Marcin Bondarowicz - July 2009 (Ben Heine)

Thoughts Captivity (Ben Heine)

Facebook Vs Myspace (Ben Heine)

Loneliness (Ben Heine)

The Bird (Ben Heine)

Impossible Dream :)

The Path to Infinity (Ben Heine)

Siamese Twins  (Ben Heine)

Barack Obama - Influenza H1N1 (Ben Heine after Shepard Fairey)

Capitalism is Everywhere

The Way To Her Heart (Ben Heine)

Le Mont Saint Michel Revisited (Ben Heine)

Saint Léon (Ben Heine)

So Lonely

Obama in a Few Lines

L'Ecume des Jours

Elegance

Happy Together (Ben Heine)

Back to my Roots (Ben Heine)

They Are Coming

Get On Through (Ben Heine)

Yves Saint Laurent (Ben Heine)

Travelling Through Time

Funicular in Lisbon, Portugal (Ben Heine)

Beyond The Rift  (Ben Heine)

Evanescence (Ben Heine)

Living Skyscraper (Ben Heine)

Colors, Colors!

Tender Flower of Mankind (Ben Heine)

Old Fashioned Tractor (Ben Heine)

Follow me Son (Ben Heine)

Love is Everywhere (Ben Heine)

Urgent Landing

I Met Serenity

Le Mont Saint Michel (Ben Heine)

My Way (Ben Heine)

L . O . V . E  (Ben Heine)

A Day That Is Soon Gone (Ben Heine)

Barack Obama Vs the Fear (Ben Heine)

Marriage of Seasons (Ben Heine)

Global Warming (Ben Heine)

Mute (Ben Heine)

Happy Together (Ben Heine)

Patrick Swayze - Ghost - RIP

The CocoRosie Sisters (Ben Heine)

Barack Obama - Realistic Portrait - 2 -

Jacques Mercier

Carrying Your Heart With Me (Ben Heine)

My Soul's Door


More of my photos at this link

More of my paintings and drawings at this link

I was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in 1983. I currently live and work in Brussels.

Most of the recent works I have posted in Flickr are available in full quality, full size and in high resolution. Feel free to use and publish them in a positive way. BUT please remember they are not stock images, they are works of art, either political or not. I've spent a huge amount of time and energy for each of them. So don't forget to mention me as the author.

I'm a supporter of a total freedom of expression. I'm also a supporter of free access for people to culture and arts. I believe that a subtle combination of words and images is the key to a successful communication.

I have collaborated with several printed magazines and papers, such as ‘La Libre Belgique’ (Belgium), ‘European Voice’ (Belgium), 'Rolling Stone' (Germany), 'Shambala Sun' (USA), ‘Acque & Terre’ (Italia), ‘Le Monde Diplomatique’, Polish edition (Poland), ‘Zaman’ (Turkey), ‘The Copenhagen Post’ (Denmark), ‘Yeni Akrep‘ (Turkey), ‘Gavroche’ (Thailand), ‘Europa In De Wereld’ (Holland), ‘Pulse’ (Great Britain), ‘Fucid bulletin’ (Belgium), ‘Arabad’ (Lebanon), ‘As-Safir’ (Lebanon), ‘Al Baath’ (Syria)...

My creations have frequently appeared on these online references: ‘CGArena’, ‘Cafe Babel’, ‘Feco’, ‘New American Dream’, ‘ffffound‘, ‘Picame Mag’, ‘Framtiden’, ‘Don Quichotte’, ‘Rebelion’, ‘Brazilcartoon’, ‘ Palestine Think Tank’, ‘Tlaxcala’, ‘Djibnet’, ‘Media With Conscience’, ‘The peoples Voice’, ‘Point.e’, ‘Le Grand Soir Info’, ‘Axis of Logic’, ‘Planete Non Violence’, MWC, ‘Concorde’, ‘Flesh and Stone’, ‘Zikison’, ‘Wikipedia’, ‘Beranger’, ‘Cartoonworld’, ‘Pixdaus’, ‘Greekartoon’, ‘Persian Cartoon’, ‘Five Prime‘, ‘Yay Everyday‘, ‘Compfight‘, ‘Bing‘, ‘Intermedia‘, ‘Darckr‘, ‘Smashing Magazine‘, ‘Tribords‘, ‘MJ Animations‘, ‘Netgains‘, ‘Poem Hunter‘...

I created book covers and illustrations for renowned authors (such as James Petras, Mark Prime, Mike Palecek…). I also made CD covers, posters, and t-shirts designs.

In my painting, I've been deeply influenced by German Expressionism, Belgian Surrealism, American Pop Art and Social Realism.

So far, I've exhibited my creations in Belgium, Great Britain, Romania, France, Canada, USA, Germany, Brazil, Spain and Palestine.

I've also participated in different art events, festivals and workshops in Belgium and abroad.


Please, check out this Flickr Group I've created:



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    CameliaTWU says:

    "Ben's creations are amazing! He is so original. Looking over his photos is a joy."

    28th October, 2009

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    AgnesSaabyThomsen says:

    "When I look at Bens photos i'm going into a surreal world of beauty and art. I feel so inspiret by his work, and love to look at his photos.

    P.s. Try to look at his set Kenay and Animals, cause they are amazing!"

    18th October, 2009

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    nerosunero says:

    "I have known Ben's work for few years now. I love his political cartoons, his paintings, his portraits, his pictures. Ben is a very talented artist and a very vesitile one. He loves to cast his eyes and hands on everything he encounters. He loves to deconstruct and transform the objects in his possession and he uses his fantasy to make them live again. If I was allowed to say one thing only about Ben I would say this: Ben is like a magician. He firmly believes the world is magic. He loves to grasp this magic quality of the world. Everytime. Nothing can stop him. He will surprise me and you again!"

    13th October, 2009

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    katiegab715 says:

    "A visit to Ben's photostream is quite an experience! It is like a window
    to the world, colored in vivid fields of wheat from Africa, a misty
    forest in Poland, perhaps a colorful gondola ride in Venice, who knows?
    It's never the same each time. He takes time to thank us all for
    visiting and takes part in his groups, passing on what he knows.
    He takes time to pay respect to those who passed on and his images reflect a good soul.

    Thanks for letting us visit your photostream and keep creating
    beauty in your world Ben!"

    22nd September, 2009

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    Brian O'Mahony says:

    "Ben's work is truly amazing...and I love the way he shows us how he achieves his excellent work. He has some very creative ideas and his conceptual art is striking but so beautiful too! ...and he's certainly a great digital artist of the future!"

    17th July, 2009

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    Verde Pixelado says:

    "I was surprised to look at certain pictures in some murals. Coincidentally, all were from the same author, despite the diversity of murals. Ben Heine's perspective is neat, dignified appreciate, very high quality. "My Wants To Sail Boat" is an example to highlight, has a depth and an exquisite texture. Your art impress and captive. I am sincerely grateful for enjoy their style : )"

    6th August, 2009

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    van Middendorf [very slow] says:

    "Dear Ben,
    I am really proud of knowing you and your works. So I am a professional myself, it is wonderful to see the works of a really really high classed young collegue! Your pictures show exactly that what people mean if they speak about "magic"!

    All the best and sorry for my bad english:
    Mario"

    11th June, 2009

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    Esther Kirby says:

    "Ben is one of my favorite artists as he is versatile, imaginative, creative and outspoken. His prolific talent and profound mind has molded him into a very credible, earnest and scarce journalist and artist to be found anywhere.

    It all started when he “Favorite” one of my creations at Deviantart and out of curiosity I decided to check out his gallery. His gallery is superb, tasteful and truly mind blowing as they depicts on what’s going on with our current world and the political issues.

    Ben Heine is truly a profound, philosophical and talented artisan!"

    27th November, 2007

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    Guebara - جيبارا (Graphics) says:

    "wooow
    its a great honor for me that a great artist like you think that ma gallery is great &
    sure we will stay in touch
    keep your great work up :)"

    20th November, 2007

Joined:
August 2006
Hometown:
Brussels
Currently:
Brussels, Belgium
I am:
Male
Occupation:
Illustrator - Teacher
Email:
heinebenjamin [at] hotmail.com