Curriculum vitae

personalia

first name: Ruben
surname: Accou
artist name: rAccou
date of birth: 25/01/1981

education

Higher education
1999-2000: architecture, St.-Lucas Institute Ghent
2000-2003: digital graphic design, Arteveldehogeschool, Mariakerke
2003: diploma, graduate in graphic design
2003-2004: Evening classes life drawing
2004-2005: applied arts, ilustration, St.-Lucas Ghent
2005-2006: applied arts, ilustration, St.-Lucas Ghent
2006: diploma, bachelor in applied arts, Illustration
2006-2007: Evening classes Etching and graphics, Academie Gent

experience

internship 2003: internship dtp and graphic design at C-Design,
Term paper 2003: corporate identity for cd-store, Mister Moonlight
02/2006-06/2006: Erasmus at the Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

Expositions

as ‘rAccou’:

26/08/’05 - 28/08/’05: 'Huis van Alijn', Gent (B) (FLITZ)
16/03/’06 - 01/04/’06: 'Toys Insolites' at ARTOYZ, Paris (C215) (FR)
01/07/’06 - 22/07/’06: ‘Junglesessions’ at DEDICATED, Cologne (GER)
(with the Junglesessions Collective)
16/09/’06 - 14/10/’06: ‘What’s your excuse?!?’ MEKANIK, Antwerp (B) (Comics)
21/10/’06 - 01/’07: ‘What’s your excuse?!?’ KAVKA, Antwerp (B) (Comics)

as ‘Ruben Accou’

23/05/’06 - 10/06/’06: ‘CJP Het Jong 2006’ in MEKANIK, Antwerp (B) (Cartoons)
18/06/’06 - 03/09/’06: International Cartoon festival, Knokke-Heist (B)
03/’06 - 06/’06: Sint-Niklaas, international ex-libris exposition (B)
08/’06: FISAE Congress at Nyon, ex-libris exposition (Switzerland)
11/’06: Ankara (Turkey), international ex-libris exposition
12/’06: Sheffield, UK, Hantu Collective (Etchings)
13/01/’07 - 17/02/’07 Museum Hoogstraten (B) (Cartoons)
28/01/'07 - 29/01/'07 Station Antwerp - Fashion Expo, Antwerp (B) (Paintings)