17th EURO-KARTOENALE KRUISHOUTEM 2009
SAND, PEBBLE AND GRAVEL

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We received 2000 cartoons of 588 participants from 70 countries. The jury selected 250 drawings for the exhibition and 100 cartoons for the catalog.

The presentation of the jury and some pictures of the judging...

The opening and prize giving ceremony of the Euro-Kartoenale 'Sand, gravel and gravel, on the 30th anniversary of the Euro-Karoenale, was a great success. Some pictures of the opening weekend ...

  • First prize: Alessandro Gatto - Italy
  • Second prize: Pawel Kuczynski - Poland
  • Third prize: Stefaan Provijn - Belgium
  • Best entry from the EU: Ross Thompson - UK
  • Best Belgian entry: Norbert Van Yperzeele
  • Prize of the ECC: Rumen Dragostinov - Bulgaria
  • Prize of the city Kruishoutem: Sagar Shirguppi - India
  • Prize of the young potential: Romy Puttevils - Belgium

Have a look at the winning cartoons...

The full list of cartoonists selected for the exhibition and the catalog can be consulted here.

On the occasion of the 17th Euro-Kartoenale traditionally a cartoonbook is published. You can order this beautiful catalog with a selection of some 100 drawings via our shop.
16th EURO-KARTOENALE - KRUISHOUTEM 2007 "LOCKS AND KEYS"

 

Out of allmost 4000 cartoons, from 992 artists of 85 countries, the jury selected 250 works for the exhibition. About 100 of them are reproduced in the catalogue. Have a look at the list of cartoonists selected for the exhibition and for the catalogue.

Have a look at some pictures of the meeting of the jury.

The opening of the 16th Euro-kartoenale 'Locks and Keys' was a big succes. Just have a look at some pictures of the opening ceremony to get an idea about the nice atmosphere on the 6th of April.

The Chinese Zang Jia Xue won the first prize, the second place was for the Belgian Luc Vernimmen and Pol Leurs got the third prize. Just have a look at the winning cartoons.

We published a catalogue with a selection of 130 cartoons. You can find this catalogue in our shop.
15th EURO-KARTOENALE - KRUISHOUTEM 2005 " The House Painter "

In 2005 we already celebrated the 15th edition of the Euro-Kartoenale.

662 cartoonists of 65 different countries competed for a price on the theme 'The Housepainter'. The country with the largest number of entries was China (87), followed by Iran (74) and . Belgium (51). We also recieved cartoons from less known countries as Azerbaijani, Ecuador, India, Japan, Libanon, Mexico, Moldavia, New Zealand, Peru, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela ...

A professional jury judged more than 2 500 works and selected 200 cartoons for the exhibition. The quality of the selection was excellent.

The winners of the 2005 contest were:

  • First prize: Luc Vermeersch - Belgium
  • Second prize: Tony Houbrechts - Belgium
  • Third prize: Yu Liang - China
  • Prize of the EU: January N. Misiak - Poland
  • Prize of Kruishoutem: Ludo Goderis - Belgium
  • Prize KEVER: Luc Vernimmen - Belgium
  • Prize FECO: Michael Kountouris - Greece
  • Cover Award: Neil Dinshington - UK
  • Honourable mention: Ivailo Tsvetkov - Bulgaria
  • Honourable mention: Agim Sulay - Italy
  • Honourable mention: Gong Yunfei - China
  • Honourable mention: Yu Xian Yao - China

Have a look at the winning cartoons !

We were proud that all prizewinners attended the opening ceremony. This is unique in the world of cartoons !
Some pictures of the opening ceremony ...

On that occasion we traditionally published a catalogue with a selection of 130 cartoons. You can find this catalogue in our shop.