Biography

Frank Pieter Verhulst, born on the 15^th of March 1982, grew up in Groningen, a city in the north of the Netherlands. Fascinated with obscure art and unconventional music, he made his first artistic attempts in his early childhood.

Being a painter from origin, Verhulst explored many aspects of visual design and discovered photography as his medium of choice. During the exploration of analog methods, he tried to overcome the boundaries of traditional photography by staging gathered input and dark room techniques, to achieve the surreal scenes that he envisioned. In 2001 he was introduced to graphics software by his father who is a designer, musician and teacher. Verhulst has been focusing on multiple software packages since then, to gain all the knowledge required and complete the images which were already present in his mind.

Influenced by classical artists such as Hieronymus Bosch, Ernst Fuchs, Rubens, Piranesi, and many others, Verhulst developed his own style. Mesmerized with the metaphysical, the signature of Verhulst progressed towards a style which reverts towards his early drawings. The contradiction between the visualization of the invisible and venerating the material has been a returning theme in his early works which can be found in the archive.

After graduating photography at art-school, Verhulst decided to improve his technical capabilities and started studying 3d software. His greed for knowledge led to the decision to do a masters course abroad. He moved to England and studied at Leeds Metropolitan University where he completed a degree in Digital Imaging Technology.

Verhulst started working at an advertising agency where he functioned as a graphic/3D designer. The main tasks he performed involved the production of commercials. During this period he encountered many aspects of 3d visualization and animation. While cooperating with experienced designers, he gained a variety of technical skills in multiple software packages. The focus on the technical aspects of graphics has been a guide through his development as a digital imaging artist.

In the following years, Verhulst worked as a teacher in multimedia. In 2010 he otained a teaching qualification and continued gathering technical knowledge. Currently, Verhulst is working as an autonomous artist and is doing free-lance assignments in photography, 3D, graphic design and web design. Verhulst cooperates with Laurens Bakker in creating websites. Feel free to fill out the contact form for optional services.

Septaeder

Intrigued by metaphysical subjects such as numerology, fractals and the golden ratio, as well as a passion for the acoustic guitar he found conformity with Jeroen Siero (acoustic guitar) and Bram Staats (drums) and founded the band Septaeder. The band was soon expanded with Joost Staats (acoustic fretless bass) and Rene Baarveld (acoustic bass). A mixture of progressive compositions and instrumental post-rock/metal was exclusively played on acoustic instruments. Influenced by bands such as Isis, Opeth, Tool and Alice in Chains, they create mathematical psychedelic compositions which can be heard on their website.