Frenk Meeuwsen (b. 1965) studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie and the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. He is also
 a practitioner of martial arts and has a black belt in karate. His fascination with the philosophical thinking of the Far East took him to Japan in
 the mid-1990s, where he lived in the temple city of Kyoto. Meeuwsen has exhibited his art at home and abroad, and has recently made his debut as a graphic novelist with 
Zen zonder meester and Jaar Nul.