Biography:
Sjors Vervoort is a dutch based artist, working in various creative fields. He studied multimedia before enrolling in an animation course at the st. Joost Art Academy. In 2009 he graduated with his successful animated short “Cardboard, a Cardboard animation!”. Which has been screened at many festivals and gallery’s around the world, including Time Square New York.
Sjors Vervoort is inspired by street-art, a returning theme in his work. Focussing on character design, he aims to make his characters part of that movement. Most of his work is quite hands-on, working with materials like cardboard, paint, graffiti, tape and paper. You can also find some of his work in the streets.
Mostly focussing on character design, his characters are translated into many platform like video-art, sculptures, designer toys and illustrations.