Cas Slagboom was born in Vlissingen, Netherlands. As a child he learned the analogue photography process in his father's darkroom, an on-going learning process, a drive to be able to manipulate the technology to tell a story.
Before he started as an artist, he spent years in the wild as a mountaineer. In search of a confrontation with life and wondering about the strength and the urge to survive, he started drawing. The fascination for the relationship we have with nature as a complex and amazing ecosystem arose with his never-ending curiosity and to share his view with others.
After many wanderings through the wild, he started at the St. Joost school of Art & Design in Breda in Design & Fine Art. Afterwards he mainly focused on visual communication, fascinated with the possibilities of interaction. As Creative Director he seized even more opportunities to further specialize himself with the digital technical developments.
In 2002, he started Motion Works with his wife in a joint ambition to use images to tell stories. They realized projects and "social art" like We come Closer to build bridges somehow and focused on narrative and impact. As a result, Cas returned to the image making itself, almost as a painter. Nature, and in particular our relationship with it, always had a prominent place in his magical realistic work. It is a deeply rooted realization of being part of something infinitely versatile and great.
Award & work @ www.casslagboom.nl
