]O-SEKOER[
Belgian cartoonist Luc Descheemaeker with the
'penname' O-SEKOER'.
O-SEKOER is teaching Art and Media in the Institute of
Saint-Joseph in Torhout.
°02 10 1955 and living in Bruges in
Belgium.
He makes cartoons and humorphotographs and is winner of
more then 100 international cartoon awards.
Sekoer... 'Mr. Sekoer' to the foreign tongue speakers that cannot quite fathom the phonetically transcribed Flemisch pun in the comic artist's nom de plume, O-SEKOER, on the French 'au-secours or the English 'help' - all in capital letters and fully hyphenated between the-O and the -S.
In the 'Umoristica Marostica 1998' cartoon
book, Pierro Zanotto (Italy) described O-SEKOER
's experimental graphic art style asan example of great
artistic value.
As early as 1990, in recognition of his merits, O-SEKOER
was awarded the 'Mejor Trezo' - Best Pen Stroke prize in
Colombia.
He published 'Hersenschimmen' 1983, 'De
Katte Loog' 1988 en 'O-SEKOER CARTOONS' 1998.
Winning nominations, honory mentions and first prizes
from the most widely differing festivals of the world.
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Gold
Prize Winners
INTERNATIONAL Gold Prize Winners
International Biennial of Humour and Satire in the Art (Gabrovo, Bulgaria) 1983 & 1987
Humorfoto Knokke-Heist (Belgium) 1994 & 1997
Salao Internacional de Humor de Piracicaba (Brasil) 1992, 1996,1998 & 2001
Certamen Internacional Dibujo Humoristico (Santa Cruz, Tenerife) 1993
Internationaal Cartoonfestival (Knokke-Heist, Belgium) 1994
Premio Curuxa Do Humor (Fene, Spain) 1997
Bienal Internacional del Humor (La Habana, Cuba) 1997 & 1999
Nederlands Cartoonfestival (Amstelveen, Eindhoven) 1984 & 1994
Laureaat Prijs Koningin Paola 2002
(Brussels, Belgium)LAUREAAT PRIJS KONINGIN PAOLA 2002