Daniel Wesseik (b.1985) is a visual artist, meshing analogue and digital tools and experimenting with animation, filmmaking and typography.
His current studio can be found at Broedpaats in Amsterdam. He teaches at St.Joost academy of art and design.
Daniel holds a Master of Animation from St Joost, a BA of interactive communication from the Avni Inst. (Tel Aviv). He took part in the European Animation Sans Frontières lab (2017-2018) and was part of Playgrounds NEXT talent development.
All photos on the website are made by Elise Struyck
Selected Film Festivals
2023 | Kaboom Animation Festival- “Pu Du Du”, Amsterdam, NL
2022 | Linoleum Festival- “Het Regent”, Kiev (online), Ukraine
2022 | Fest Anča - “Het Regent”, Žilina, Slovakia
2022 | ANNY - Animation Nights New York, “Artist and Friend”, NY
2022 | T-Short Animation Festival - “Het Regent”
2022 | Kaboom Animation Festival - “Het Regent”, Amsterdam, NL
2021 | Cartoon on the Bay - “The Driver”, Rome, Italy
2021 | Warsaw Animation Film Festival - “The Fourth Raven”, Poland
2021 | PIAFF - Paris Animation Film Festival, “The Driver”, France
2021 | T-Short Animation Festival - “The Driver”
2021 | Epos - Tel Aviv museum, “Artist and Friend”, Israel
2021 | Kaboom Animation Festival - “The Driver”, Amsterdam, NL
2020 | Utopia Fest, “The Driver”, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2020 | Bang Awards film festival, “The Driver”, Portugal
2020 | Ó Bhéal Poetry Film Festival, “The Driver”, Cork, Ireland
2020 | Tofuzi - “The Driver”, Experimental program, Georgia
2020 | Epos Festival - “Artist and Friend”, Tel-Aviv museum, Israel
2019 | Athens Digital Arts - “Artist and Friend”, Athens, Greece
2019 | MIAF - “Artist and Friend” , Melbourne, Australia
2019 | Fest Anča - “Artist and Friend”, Slovakia
2019 | RPM Film Festival - ”Artist and Friend”, Boston, U.S
2017 | MIAF - “Low Sound of Fire”, Melbourne, Australia
2017 | Linoleum Festival - Experimental Animation Competition, Ukraine
2017 | ASIF Tel Aviv Animation Festival - “Low Sound of Fire”, Israel
2017 | Yale Student Film Festival - Winner - best soundtrack (LSoF), U.S
2017 | Holland Animation Film Festival - “Low Sound of Fire”, Utrecht, NL
Selected Exhibitions and Publications
2022 | MEST Magazine, interview
2022 | “Post-Digital Heritage”, Breda, NL
2020 | “Data-West”, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL
2020 | “Reborn” Yosef Bau Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2018 | MOTMOT Gallery, “First of all”, Breda, NL
2018 | Popper Publishing - "Hydra Head" magazine, Latvia
2018 | Jaffa Museum , “Contemplation”, Jaffa, Israel
2018 | Chasse Theater, Blinde Muur, Breda, NL
2017 | Filmhuis Breda, Screening en Q&A, Breda, NL
2017 | Solyanka VPA - Animation Museum, Moscow, Russia
2017 | A5 Magazine & La-Culture - "Island" exhibition, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2017 | "Generation 2017" curated by MOAM, Amsterdam, NL
2017 | "Prosthetic Reality" - AR book, Worldwide Distributed
2014—17 | La-Culture - Various exhibitions, Tel Aviv, Israel
Selected Events and Talks
2023 | Filmmakers talk, Kaboom Festival Cafe, Amsterdam, NL
2023 | Workshop Character Design (giving), Kunstbande, NL
2022 | Oomph! Playgrounds Festival, Breda, NL
2021 | Q&A, PIAFF, Paris, France
2020 | Speeddate event, Schiedam museum, Schiedam, NL
2019 | Manifest Show&Tell, Rotterdam, NL
2019 | Speeddate event, But Film Festival, Breda, NL
2017 | Speeddate event, Pan op de Dak, Breda, NL
Selected Clients
Unilever, Ijsfontein, Submarin Channel, Playgrounds Festival, Walk Me, Swiftic, EyeJack, Tante Netty, Jerusalem city hall.
Education
2015—2016 | Master in Animation, St.Joost, Breda (The Netherlands)
2010—2014 | Interactive Communication, Avni Institute, Tel Aviv (Israel)
Selected Workshops and Labs
2023 | School of Motion - C4D Basecamp
2022—2023 | BDB-A, Basic didactic qualification course, Breda (NL)
2022 | Playgrounds “Next” (NL)
2019 | European Short Pitch, Nisi-Masa, Sofia (Bulgaria), Brest (France)
2017 | ASF (Animation Sans Frontiéres) Development Lab
2021 | Kaboom Festival - VR workshop, Amsterdam (NL)
2021 | Graphic Matters, Kinetic typography workshop, Breda (NL)
2020 | Cinematography for Directors, On-Course, Tel Aviv (Israel)
2016 | Submarine Studio, Storytelling workshop, Haarlem (NL)
2014 | Storytelling course with Julia Pott, Online