Pieter Zandvliet
Jan Willem Pieter Zandvliet (Leiden, Netherlands, 14 April 1969) is a Dutch mixed media artist. He specialises in painting and drawing, but is also involved in writing and movie making. Typical are his comic-like painting style and his attention to his outlines. The artist Childhood Zandvliet grew up in the neighborhood Delfshaven in the Dutch harbor city Rotterdam. During this time Delfshaven was considered to be a multicultural neighborhood, something that influenced Zandvliet a lot in his later artwork. This shows in his technique, but also in the themes he uses. After primary school, Zandvliet attended the graphic career school (from 1983 until 1987), which wasn't a big success. In an interview he once claimed that he got into a fight with the school director and got suspended. He decided to attend the Public Academy, to specialize in model drawing and fashion. (From 1988 until 1991) Freelook magazine In 1992 Zandvliet started, together with his wife, Freelook magazine. This magazine was a project intended for the youth in the neighborhood Delfshaven, in Rotterdam. The editors of the magazine were all local youngsters. Pieter mostly was busy making comics for the magazine, but also published his own comic albums. Most of