Jeppe Højholt

60 Years Jeppe Højholt, cartoonist and animator

Jeppe Højholt was born on 8 June 1964, grew up in Kongens Lyngby and graduated with a specialization in comics from the School of Applied Arts, now the Danish Design School in Copenhagen. Jeppe Højholt has written and drawn for several of the universes in DR’s children’s channel ‘Ramasjang’. Best known are Bamse, and Kaj & Andrea, the crazy books with Carsten & Gitte from Ramasjang, the Pandas for Morgenthaler and DR, as well as the drawings for Rasmus Klump and illustrations for Fætter BR.

As a young man, he worked as a drawing teacher and street sweeper at Kastellet in Copenhagen, before he became a ‘foal’ and intern at DR and got started as a cartoonist, musician, sound artist and wind harp builder. In his spare time, he created rock comics, album covers, stickers and posters for Dieters Lieder, and collaborated with Søren Rislund from TotalPetroleum and Monrad&Rislund on the comic Rislund og Højholt in the magazine KystbaneKomix, and provided comics and illustration for the Nordic youth monthly magazine, GameReactor.

Together with the agency Savannah, he has created animations for computer games. He has created a portal for the Danish Church Media Center and taught comics at youth schools and art schools in Copenhagen. As a visual artist, he has exhibited at the French Institute and Nikolaj Church in Copenhagen, and together with Katherine Whitehouse at Höörs Konsthal in 2022. He is currently self-employed as an illustrator, game developer, animator, author, and visual arts teacher at Kulturskolan in Hässleholm in Skåne.

Jeppe Højholt lives and works on the remote farm Gubbalyckan in the Swedish forests outside Vittsjö.
He is celebrating his 60th birthday at Davis Gallery, Contemporary Art in Bredgade 69 in Copenhagen.

– Inge Schjødt

 

Curriculum vitae:

2022 november:

Udstilling af billedkunst i Höörs Konsthall, sammen med Katherine Whitehouse.

2021 – nu:

Billedkunstlærer i Kulturskolan i Hässleholm.

2020:

Flyttede til Gubbalyckan i Skåne, samme dag som Danmark lukkede ned med Corona.

2013 – 2020:

Undervisning og workshops med tegneserie på Ungdomsskoler og billedskoler i Københavnsområdet.

2003 – nu:

Selvstændig illustrator, spiludvikler, animator, forfatter, instruktør og producent indenfor en række medier. Har bl.a. skrevet og tegnet til flere af universerne i DR’s børnekanal ‘Ramasjang’ og lavet tegneserier til forskellige magasiner. Mest kendt er vel nok Rasmus Klump, Fætter BR, Bamse og Kaj & Andrea på ‘Ramasjang’, Pandaerne for Morgenthaler og DR, samt de skøre bøger med Carsten & Gitte fra Ramasjang.
Konsulent for Egmont-forlaget Alinea på Den Nye Læsning med Ida og Emil.
Portfolio: http://www.jeppe-h.dk/

1996-2002:

Graphic artist/designer hos Savannah Interactive Entertainment (børnespil-producent).
Udover det grafiske; sangskrivning/produktion, projektledelse og ass. lyddesign.
Sideløbende tegneserie og illustration til det nordiske ungdoms-månedsmagasin, “GameReactor”.
Selvstændig med Flash-Julekalender for Finansforbundet 2002 i samarbejde med Skønvirke aps.

1996:

Multimedie udd. på Nøddeknækkeren i kbh. v. Karin Levinsen

1995:

Scenetekniker v. Kulturby ´96.

1988-1994:

Føl på DR, tegneserietegner, projektmager, musiker/lydkunstner/vindharpebygger.
Leder af (og frontfigur i) en række alternative rockbands.
Pædagogmedhjælper ved div. fritidsordninger.
Gadefejer på Kastellet, Kbh.
Privatunderviser i tegning.

1982-87:

Danmarks Designskole (Skolen for Brugskunst).
I fritiden rock-tegneserie, pladecover, stickers, plakater for Dieters Lieder, samarbejde med Søren Rislund (TotalPetroleum / Monrad og Rislund) om tegneserien “Rislund og Højholt” i magasinet “KystbaneKomix” o.m.a.
Udstillinger af billedkunst og tegneserier diverse steder i København, bl.a. Det Franske Institut og Nikolaj Kirke.
Skolearbejder for DR Grafik.

1981-1982:

Modtog undervisning på Grafisk værksted i Nærum v/ Mable Rose (HM Dronning Margrethes tegnelærer).

1981:

10. klasse Trongaardsskolen i Lyngby.