Jeroen De Coninck

Jeroen De Coninck was born in Gent as the son of art painter Jef De Coninck. He attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Dendermonde and studied graphics at the Higher Insitute of Graphic Education in Gent. He published the album 'De Ark van Noë' at Jumbo Ofset in 1984. In 1991, he was employed by Studio Peyo, where he illustrated many games, covers, short stories and gags for Les Schtroumpfs magazine. He has cooperated on the 'Schtroumpfs' albums since 2002 and was the main artist of the 2008 album 'Un enfant chez les Schtroumpfs'.