Jan Swinkels - independent artist, designer and photographer.
Jan Swinkels graduated from the Academy for Industrial Design in Eindhoven, now known as the Design Academy majoring in Graphic Design and Photography. At that time he began to develop interest for theatre. Among his first clientele were theatre group Proloog and theatre players Herman van Veen and Seth Gaaikema.
Ever since Swinkels has worked throughout the Netherlands and abroad for theatres, opera houses and concert halls but also for many people in the trade world and the service sector. His extremely varied work includes numerous posters, record and CD covers, program booklets, folders and brochures, calendars and annual reports .
He photographs many famous Dutch persons and has worked for just about all great artists and theatre producers in the recent Dutch theatre history. He has also worked in New York, London, Glyndebourne and at various locations in Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland and Indonesia.
Among his clientele are names such as the famous Cirque du Soleil Europe, Riccardo Chailly, Jessye Norman, Arleen Auger, famous musicals like Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Cabaret, leading companies like Philips, Ballast Nedam, etc.