Maarten Isaäk de Heer | Animation Artist
berlin, germany maarten[at]maartenisaakdeheer.com atelier: 0049 30 297788829
was born the 18th of august 1977 in Diepenveen, NL. Father of three sons. Now working and living in Berlin. Studied fine arts at Minerva Academy in Groningen, Kungliga Konsthoegskolan in Stockholm and Atelier Luxus in Berlin. Since 2002 specialized in tradigital 2D animation, digital painting, gardening, directing christmas plays and full dome landscapes.
Free Work 2012
[mu:stərman] - a Flood Story / 2D animation-installation (4K) watch online
exhibited @ WRO Media Art Biennale, selected Panorama Annecy 2013, nominated Grand Prize for Dutch Animation, HAFF 2013, interview Third Prize @ Linoleum, Festival of Contemporary Animation and Media Art, Moscow. KLIK, Amsterdam Animation Festival, CINANIMA.PL, KUKI, Berlin, content on demonstrations of 4K projection by CineGrid.org
2009
HANDELINGEN- The Book of Acts / 2D animation-installation (4K) watch online
an article Dutch Pavillon, World Expo Shanghai, Noordbrabants Museum, Den Bosch, NL, Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht. Part of content on demonstrations of 4K projection by CineGrid.org
2006
WATERLANDERS / Series of 7 animated shorts watch online
Best of Submarinechannel DVD’, Holland Animation Film Festival panorama web NL
2004
ALLES WORDT NIEUW / Series of 7 animated shorts/installation watch online
Galerie de Meerse, Hoofddorp, NL, Atelier Luxus, Berlin, Germany, Holland Animation Film Festival
2002
GANS EGAAL / Series of 7 animated shorts watch online
Selection World One Minutes, The One Minutes, Holland Animation Film Festival 2002: studentcompetition, Special Mention, Def Dada, VPRO television
Grants
Handelingen received financial aid from the Dutch Artfund (BKVB) and the Dutch Filmfund. In 2009, Maarten got a stipend as external participant of the Netherlands Institute for Animation Film. In 2011 the Dutch Artfund supports the production of [mu:stərman].
Freelance animator
Maarten animated for Greenpeace, Duplicon (Berlin), Margreet de Heer, Stichting Culturele Droomwevers, Ad-1-Games, (Berlin),
Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg, BeingHuman.com and made interactive animations for the Waterkaart of the Brabants Historisch Informatiecentrum