Informaciones Personales

If you wish to have any specific information on my artistic work or if you want to own the original version of one of my creations, please contact info@benheine.com

I'm a Belgian painter, illustrator, portraitist, caricaturist and photographer. I was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast and currently live and work in Brussels.

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 some bits of Polish, Spanish and Russian.

All the creations in my ToonPool gallery come from my own production. Please, do not use any of my photos/paintings/drawings for commercial purposes without my prior written consent. All of them are copyrighted and only posted at 72 dpi. Thank you.

I have collaborated with several printed magazines and papers, such as:

‘La Libre Belgique’ (Belgium), ‘European Voice’ (Belgium), 'Rolling Stone' (Germany), 'Shambala Sun' (USA), ‘Imagine Demain le Monde’ (Belgium), ‘Acque & Terre’ (Italia), ‘Le Monde Diplomatique’, Polish edition (Poland), ‘Focus’ (Poland), ‘Zaman’ (Turkey), ‘The Copenhagen Post’ (Denmark), ‘Yeni Akrep‘ (Turkey), ‘Gavroche’ (Thailand), ‘Europa In De Wereld’ (Holland), ‘Pulse’ (Great Britain), ‘Fucid bulletin’ (Belgium), ‘Eurobservateur’ (Belgium), ‘Arabad’ (Lebanon), ‘FecoNews’ (Belgium), ‘As-Safir’ (Lebanon), ‘Al Baath’ (Syria), ‘VormingPlus’ (Belgium)...

I created book covers and illustrations for renowned authors. 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.

My creations have frequently appeared on these online references:

‘CGArena’, ‘The wondrous’, ‘The Photo Argus’, ‘Onion Mag’, ‘ffffound’, ‘Picame Mag’, ‘Framtiden’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Pixdaus’, ‘Miiinimal’, ‘Web Design Core’, ‘Weird Stuff Online’, ‘Photo Present’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Dessin Humour’, ‘Beauty in Everything’, ‘Animal New York’, Big Pictr, ‘Hype-Life’, ‘Photosfolies’, ‘Bob Marley’, ‘Delight Photos’, ‘Broken Controllers’, ‘Artneuland’, ‘Joe Monster’, ‘Huibit05’, ‘Trickfist’, ‘Canonistas’, ‘Swaziaid’, ‘Baidu, ‘Sea Dragon’, ‘Sharman Networks’, ‘Tuenti’, ‘Kwerfeldein’, ‘Celebrifi’, ‘Piston Heads’, ‘Spotindo’, ‘Emil Isberg’, ‘Unknown Divide’, ‘CLF Mag’, ‘Skimbu’, ‘Lady Gaga Source’, ‘Lady Gaga Loud’, ‘Squiggle’, ‘Exotic Cars’, ‘American Idolizer’, ‘Neuro Software’, ‘Sigitsanyoto’, ‘Don Quichotte’, ‘Rebelion’, ‘Brazilcartoon’, ‘ToonPool’, ‘New American Dream’, ‘Cafe Babel’, ‘Feco’, ‘Palestine Think Tank’, ‘Tlaxcala’, ‘Djibnet’, ‘Media With Conscience’, ‘GModules’, ‘The peoples Voice’, ‘Point.e’, ‘Le Grand Soir Info’, ‘My Hero’, ‘Axis of Logic’, ‘Planete Non Violence’, ‘CounterPunch’, ‘Concorde’, ‘Flesh and Stones’, ‘Zikison’, ‘Wikipedia’, ‘Beranger’, ‘Cartoonworld’, ‘Greekartoon’, ‘Persian Cartoon’, ‘Five Prime‘, ‘Yay Everyday’, ‘Compfight’, ‘Bing’, ‘Intermedia’, ‘Darckr’, ‘Smashing Magazine’, ‘Tribords’, ‘MJ Animations’, ‘Netgains’, ‘Poem Hunter’, ‘Gelistrend’, ‘Buzz.Bazooka’, ‘The Cute List’, ‘Technodisco’, ‘Small Blog’, ‘Vues’, ‘Reddit’, ‘Dapperscoo’, ‘Upaupas’, ‘Abduzeedo’, ‘Pongerie’, ‘Me Quiero ir de Viaje’, ‘World Peace Diet’…

(my works also appeared on countless blogs…)