Luc Descheemaeker (°1955) Belgian cartoonist and humor photographer with the artist name ‘O-SEKOER’, art teacher and living in Torhout.
Started in 1978 as a cartoonist with one selection in the International Cartoon Contest of Knokke-Heist, Belgium.
First prize winners in Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Slovakia, the Netherlands, Mexico, Spain, Peru, Portugal, Romania, North Macedonia, Canada, Ukraine, Italia, Bulgaria, Argentina and Colombia…
Personal exhibition in Bangalore (India), Sao Paulo and Piracicaba (Brazil), Bratislava and Kremnica (Slovakia), Uztka (Poland), Knokke-Heist, Kruisem, Torhout (Belgium)…
Jury member in several cartoon festivals in Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Slovakia, Iran and Turkey.
More then 300 awards….
2020 9° Concurso Humor Grafico GIN, Madrid (Spain) First Prize
2020 2nd Int’l Competition Caricature “Me, Itar Pejo” North Macedonia First Prize
2019 Porto Cartoon (Portugal) Grand Prix
2019 Premio De Humor Grafico De Las Americas, Mexico First Prize
2019 World Press Freedom Ottawa (Canada) Grand Prix
2019 15° Salao Internacional de Humor de Cartinga (Brasil) First Prize
2018 13th World Press Cartoon Caldas da Rainha (Portugal), First Prize
2018 Competition of satirical drawing Dolyna (Ukraine) First Prize
2015 6de Internationale Cartoonale Lebbeke, 1ste Prijs
2014 United Nations / Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award New York (USA), 2nd Prize
2014 International Cartoon Contest La Sonrisa Moche Trujillo (Peru), 1st Prize
2013 20th Festival Int’l de Caricatura CartoonRendon, Rionegro (Colombia), 1st Prize
2013 International Cartoon Contest Ruse (Bulgaria), 1st Prize
2013 IX Salao Internacional de Humor de Limeira (Brazil), Best Digital Cartoon
2013 23rd Int’l Festival of Cartoon Gura Humorului (Romania), 1st Prize
2012 24ste Olense Kartoenale ‘Puzzles’, 1st Prize
2012 Europsky Festival Humouru a Satiry Kremnica (Slovakia), Golden Gander
2012 VIII Salao Int’l de Humor de Limeira (Brazil), 1st Prize
2005 7th Tehran International Cartoon Biennal (Iran), 1st Prize
2005 10th Salon Juanito Laguna Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1° Premio
2005 10th Salon Diogenes Taborda Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1° Premio
2001 28th Salao Internacional de Humor de Piracicaba (Brazil), 1st Prize
1999 XIth Bienal Internacional del Humor – fotografica – La Habana (Cuba), 1er Premio
1998 25th Salao Internacional de Humor de Piracicaba (Brazil), 1st Prize
1998 De Gouden Feniks Cultuurprijs, Torhout (Belgium)
1997 10th Concurso “Premio Curuxa Do Humor” Fene (Spain), 1st Prize
1997 Xth Bienal Internacional del Humor La Habana (Cuba), 1er Premio
1996 23th Salao Internacional de Humor de Piracicaba (Brazil), 1st Prize
1994 33de lnternationaal Cartoonfestival Knokke-Heist (Belgium), 1ste Prijs Gouden Hoed
1994 III th lnternational Cartooncontest Santa Cruz Tenerife (Spain), 1er Premio
1994 9de Nederlands Cartoonfestival Eindhoven, 1ste Prijs Gouden Tulp
199219th Salao Internacional de Humor de Piracicaba (Brazil), 1st Prize
1990 IX Salao De Humor Do Piaui Teresina (Brasil), 1er Premio
1989 IXth Int’l Biennal of Humour and Satire in the Art, Gabrovo (Bulgaria), 1st Prize
1987 9de Humorfoto Knokke-Heist (Belgium), 1ste Prijs Gouden Lens
1984 2de Nederlands Cartoonfestival Amstelveen, 1ste Prijs Gouden Tulp
1984 6de Humorfoto Knokke Heist (Belgium), 1ste Prijs Gouden Lens
1983 Vlth Int’l Biennal of Humour and Satire in the Art, Gabrovo (Bulgaria), 1th Prize
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