Personal Details
First name Mieke Maria Theodorus Driessen
Second name Foomp
disipline Illustrator | Artist | Characterdesigner

Born in 1978 lives and works from out of Holland

Education
2000-2004 Illustration artacademy St. Joost Breda (NL)
1996-2000 Graphical school Eindhoven | Multimedia design

website www.miekedriessen.nl | www.foomp.nl

Heeft projecten gedaan met B-there, Nieuwe Garde Tilburg, Uitgeverij Zwijsen, Uitgeverij Malmberg, Scolastic Usa, Jeugdtheater de Krakeling, Brabant Cultureel, Stichting Plint, Sesamstraat, Oog magazine, Playgroundsfestival, misu2000, Pictoplasma, Mupizo poppentheater, CPNB, Shop around, Gestalten Verlag, Kunstenaars en Co, Boekie-boekie, Unzip, KOP, Loodz theater, S-W-H Amsterdam, Wendy Goey, Dushi, Apvis, Klimaatgids, Marieke Verbiesen, Naomi Vermeulen.

Publications:
Neverlands Die Gestalten Verlag
Dot dot dashbook Die Gestalten Verlag
Crossfields issue 2 Home london Wire Design isbn No. 0-9549856-2-1
Neighbourhoud curated by Rinzen Australia
BlackMagic White Noise Die Gestalten Verlag Isbn  978/3/89955/187/7

Participate:
Cut & Paste design battle Paradiso Amsterdam 2009
Design contest salomon
Pictoplasma conference Berlin

Reviews:
intervieuw bc
xymara.com

Animation and Film - Verata- fitness movie / Mupizo - miekfilmpjes theater / Sesemestreet animation for sesemestreet./ Lowlands: De animatiefilm “Slaapproblemen draaide in 2004 op Lowlands / Cinebus: animation I made on school are traveling around the world in a cinebus 2002-now / Teekfestival two times were showing films at the teekfestival in Breda 2003, omvies are on the first two teek dvds / Videoclip RVU workweek, animationworkshop, gerrit van dijk, making in a full week a videoclip " nieuwschierig/bramvermeulen" with other animators 2002

Exhibitions

Bon Voyage Berlin 2009
Coverup Shoparound Rotterdam 2009
Friends and enemy’s Hamburg 2008
Playground festival Tilburg 2007
Me and my bike Westergasfabriek Amsterdam 2006
Pictoplasma Berlin 2006
Mobelfabriek Berlin 2006
Me and my character platform 21 Amsterdam 2006
Hanazuki Amsterdam 2006
Childrensbookfair Amsterdam 2005

Theater & performance

Jeugdtheater de krakeling Amsterdam: Illustration programme book
Life Drawing performancee
Foomp puppettheater theater Eu plein public 2007
Actor promotion elf - shakespeare Paardenkathadraal 2007
Assistentie,design poster&flyer, lighttechnicus theaterproductie Daarstraks regie: Naomi Vermeulen

Projects - / sesemestreet illustrations 2004, Verata fit movie / Animation workshop textielmuseum / Children book Olie en Sef / Annemiek van Baalen / Building painting breda with 6 other artists / foomp made thousands of puppets, Ispread them around the world and make illustrations and instaltations of them / CPNB : designing the entrance from the childrensbookfair Amsterdam “muziekgebouw aan ‘t ij/ Kunstenaars & co / illustraton on a cateringcar works at diferend culture festival / Uitgeverij Plint Poezie poster and cards, writen by “ Joke van Leeuwen”/ cultureel Brabant magazine every month a drawing / character Design scolasticdesign 13 characters for childrenstelevision, Scolastic, media office New York illustrations lightatletic / cover illustration voor het welstandsmagazine “Oog”/ illustrationvoor de Pictoplasma bunny-mandela *poster to order,uitgeverij Procardvlinders: Serie from seven greatingcards, S-W-H Reclamebureau Amsterdamillustrations sketsches commercial “slankie” frisco, headland Amsterdam: design characters for childrenanimation, dushi: Illustrations, sesamstraat Serie of three illustrations from clarence 2003, unzip

Assistentie photoshoot in Paris -Christel Ooms dec 2008
Story foompworkshop Norway monica feb 2008
Animationworkshop Foomp textielmuseum tilburg
125% design cursus Amsterdam TAC eindhoven 2006: Art en design sale eindhoven
Playgroundfestival tilbug - assistent & design, idea, realisation goodybags
Buitenkunst theater course 2007
60 min. Magazine Rotterdam nieuwe garde juni 2006
2004 Pictoplasma Conference, 2005 Werkbezoek Dusseldorf, Werkbezoek Annemarie van Hearingen 2003 Henk Beumers, Loekie de leeuwstudio's, werkbezoek “Pedri “ poppen animatie studio 2003, 2002 Animatiefestival Stutgard, 2003Childrensbookfair Bologna 2002-2003 / Organising privat happy Partys: always a theme: horror, hippies, schoolcamp, tirol, kinky fairytales / Summercamps seven times a vollenteer with "de zomerspelen" children vakation work and was head designer, making games, costuums, painting, illustrating and designing the podium.