norbert van yperzeele
° 1950 Oudenaarde, Belgium
Pseudonym: VYP
Pelikaanstraat 83 - 9700 Oudenaarde - Belgium
+(32) 55 31 66 98 – mobile +(32) 477 25 21 67
- Graphics in Publicity 1968-1971, Graphic Institute St Lucas, Gent
- Publicity, 1971-1976, Royal Academy, Oudenaarde
- Sculpture & Ceramics, 1977-1982, Royal Academy, Oudenaarde
Worked for a few Belgian newspapers as a cartoonist from 1973 - ...
Responsible for the Graphic Cell at the Free University Brussels 1977-1983
Freelancer ever since
Special prize of the Belgian Government
for Cartoon in Publicity 1976 – Grand Silver Medal
Special prize of the Belgian Government
for Sculpture & Ceramics 1982 – Grand Silver Medal
Personal exhibitions:
- Club 22, Sowicach, Tarnowskie Gory - Poland , August –September 2010
Selections in cartoon contests all over the world
Prizes in:
- World record longuest cartoon, 1973
- 7 Honorable mentions, Knokke, dr H. Lecompte contest, 1977
- Smaller prizes in contests since 1973 till 1980
Stopped contests until 2005; started again in September 2005
- International selections in Italy, India, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Serbia, France, .. Belgium ever since
Recent:
- Special prize of province Antwerp, Olen, Belgium 2006
- 1st Prize Cartoon contest Mortsel 'Flandres' - Belgium 2007
- Honourable mention GREEKARTOON 2007 – 'Future children' - Greece
- 1st Prize "Flexibility at work" – ACV, Belgium 2007
- Culture prize city of St Truiden, Belgium 2008( 7th Fruitcartoonale-'Games &
- Fruit')
- Special Prize Stuttgart Award 'The world of Wine', Stuttgart, Germany 2008
- Press award 'Strange Hobbies & extreme sports'- Olen, Belgium 2008
- 3rd Prize – Beijing, China – 2009 Zhangyong – 'Science Education'
- 2nd Prize – Lima, Peru – Ecocartoons 2009
- Special prize-Prize of the province of Limburg, 8th Fruitcartoonale St Truiden
- Belgium, 2009
- Best Belgian Cartoonist, ECC-Kruishoutem 'Sand, Pebble & Gravel' 2009
- 2nd Prize - 2º Salão de Humor da Amazônia – 'Ecologia'– Brasil 2009
- 3rd Prize – "Noviye Izvestia" International