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Daan de Clercq |
Michel Bakker |
Gerard Schoemaker |
Companymap is led by Martijn Kessler and Cas Hofstee. Companymap works closely together with a number of independent professionals and is active and in the world of change, strategy development and business coaching.
MARTIJN KESSLER(1958)
Creative director
From an early age Martijn Kessler became interested in the interfaces between human lives, their structures and the abstract world on a map. In the late seventies he refined his unique medium into a complete art-form and received his first commissions to translate corporate histories and personal lives into geo-fictitious artworks. Meanwhile he developed his skill in oil paint techniques.
In the following years Kessler made some monumental geo-fictitious oil paintings and produced a variety of geo-fictitious maps commissioned by companies and private parties. By the end of 1990, after articles about him and his eye catching work were published in national magazines, he had established himself as a well-known artist. At the same time he came up with his successful concept for geo-fictitious company workshops.
In recent years Martijn Kessler oversaw his rapidly developing and growing organization of free-lancers that provides for a rich variation of geo-fictitious products.
CAS HOFSTEE (1959)
Geofictician, cartographer, workshop-leader, entrepreneur (advertising), designer and former chairman of the Society for Geofiction. (Genootschap voor Geofictie)
Cas has been working with Companymap since 2002. He also functions as a planner in both the creative process of the workshops as well as the design of the ficticious maps.
Next to Companymap, Cas has his own Advertising Company.
GERARD SCHOEMAKER (1954)
Cartographer, illustrator, mentor to workshops, independent artist, entrepreneur and a member of the Society for Geofiction. (Genootschap voor Geofictie)
Gerard works closely together with Martijn Kessler since 1994. The cooperation between Martijn Kessler and Gerard Schoemaker has evolved into a tight creative collaboration through the success of their products. In the background Gerard Schoemaker serves as a rest in the organization of Studio Kessler and as an important inspiration/designer.
Next to a lot of freelance work he does for Martijn Kessler he manages his own Studio for Applied Art and is a renowned portraitist, inspiring animator in creative processes and course leader.
DAAN DE CLERCQ
Moderator, Workshop Leader
Genealogist, Historican, Entrepreneur.
Moderates workshops and events with flair and charme.
MICHEL BAKKER (1963)
Independent creative thinker with a focus on psychological and filosophical processes. Marketing & IT specialist, president/owner of Netstone B.V.,
Supports the Studio with marketing strategies and is an important independent platform since 2007.