Exhibitions - Tony Houbrechts house cartoonist 2016
From 26 june till 18 september 2016
Tony Houbrechts is this year the house cartoonist of the ECC, so he has now his personal exhibition in our center.
He was born in 1942 in Sint-Truiden, grew up in Tongeren and now lives in Alken (province of Limburg).
He was really born with a pencil in the stomach. At very young age he was a big fan of Tintin and Bobby, and he still is. Also Nero by Marc Sleen appealed to him much and so he devoured all their comics.
He obtained a higher diploma Publicity, Art Director and Graphic Designer at St Luke's College of Fine Arts in Liege in 1965.
He was a career long art director and graphic designer-illustrator of the daily newspaper 'Het Belang van Limburg'. He designs posters and leaflets and publishes illustrations and cartoons in numerous daily, weekly and monthly magazines.
As a cartoonist with the pseudonym Toni or Cartoni, he won prizes in competitions at home and abroad, including Poland, Turkey, France, China, Japan, etc ... Also in his own country he was repeatedly honored, as in Kruishoutem, St-Truiden, Beringen, Hasselt, Hofstade, etc ... He had personal and group exhibitions at home and abroad with cartoons, paintings, aquarelles, pencil drawings, portraits, stained glass etc ...
You can visit the exhibition in the ECC from 26 June till 18 September 2016, every Sunday from 10 to 12 am and from 2 to 5 pm. Groups of 10 persons or more are welcome on other days by appointment.
