Klaas Breukel

With over 10 years’ experience as a designer and art director, Klaas continues to work for a wide range of local and overseas clients alongside teaching at NMIT.

After graduating with a Bachelor degree in Fine Arts (Utrecht school of the Arts) in 1999, Klaas established a successful design studio in Amsterdam the Netherlands, the city where he was born and raised. In 2009 Klaas moved to New Zealand with his partner and young children, continuing to run the business while exploring a new lifestyle in sunny Nelson.

With over 10 years’ experience as a designer and art director, Klaas continues to work for a wide range of local and overseas clients alongside teaching at NMIT.

Klaas is also a keen video performance artist (VJ), and has been providing live visuals at numerous national and international gigs and festivals.

"As a multi-disciplinary artist, the research I do informs my teaching. It is a big part of how I like to express myself. My portfolio includes a wide variety of work ranging from graphic designs developed for clients of our studio, This is Them, to visuals produced for festivals and community-based art initiatives, to print and light installations that are either commissioned or self-initiated. The red thread between all these projects is a focus on innovative visual storytelling and a desire to increase community engagement."

Check out some of his exciting works(external link)