Founding partners
FOUNDING PARTNERS
Draw Your World Organization is founded in 2011 by;
- Kasper Heron Købke (DK) – Pencil Artist
- Gaby Thijsse (NL) – Photographer and Photo Journalist
- Kenneth Worsøe Andreasen (DK) – Film documentary director
Kasper Heron Købke
– Partner & Co-Founder
Is a Danish international renowned and passionate artist who is specialized in drawing extremely photo-realistic and large-scaled art drawing. Købke is autodidact and was awarded ‘Art Talent 2010’ in Denmark.
He has worked with his passion and developed his techniques since he was a little boy and found his preference in the black line of the pencil.
Købke has several years of experience in creating drawing workshops, Live Drawing events and live presentations combined with drawing sessions, for children, youngsters and adult at schools, venues, festivals and companies in both Denmark and abroad.
Furthermore Kasper has studied ‘Business Studies’ and ‘Performance Design’ at Roskilde University and has great experience in setting up and coordinating many events and creative projects, both one-day events and events that lasted up to a year. Several of these events he has been in charge of.
Personal website: www.drawingsbykobke.com
E-mail: kasper@drawyourworld.org
Gaby Thijsse
- Partner & Co-Founder
Is an Award Winning Independent Photography Professional based in the Netherlands. Specialized in Travel and Cultural Documentation. Her work has been widely published in magazines, books and newspapers internationally.
Gaby contributed to Exhibitions in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, New York and San Francisco including “Decompression” 2011 and the “Living” -exhibition at Louisiana MoMA in Denmark. PANL 20# 2011 awarded her for her Metropolis serie and recently PANL 21# 2012 short-listed her for her “Exodus” series.
Gaby has studied International Management in Utrecht the Netherlands, earned her BFA in photography and flies helicopters. Since 1991 Gaby worked on many national and international productions including documentaries and advertising campaigns in still and moving images. She is widely experienced as a Studio Manager, (Assistant) Producer, Project Manager, Traffic Manager and as an Independent Photographer herself.
Personal website: www.gabythijsse.com
E-mail: gaby@drawyourworld.org
Kenneth Worsøe Andreasen
– Partner & Co-Founder
Is an Independent documentary film director and journalist based in Copenhagen, with more than 10 years of experience in production of film, TV, documentary, corporate films and music video.
Kenneth has been directing several television-series for the Danish broadcasting corporations DR and TV2, and won the price for Best Adventure Film in Denmark in 2010: ’Wimmer over Everest’, a documentary from Mount Everest.
Furthermore he has directed the documentary ‘Drawings from the Desert’ that was exhibited at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art’s ‘Living’-exhibition in 2011.
Kenneth has studied ‘Journalism’ at Roskilde University, ‘Film and Media Art’ at Copenhagen University and ‘Film, Television and Radio Production’ at Concordia University (CA), The University of Adelaide (AU) and Maquarie University (AU), and has great experience with both national and international film productions.
Personal website: www.staalfilm.dk
E-mail: kenneth@drawyourworld.org
