Ben Lustenhouwer. Born in Soest, The Netherlands in 1951. Ben studied drawing and anatomy at an early age with the renowned Beatus Nijs in Hilversum. Later he visited the Academy of Art in Utrecht and started there in 1972 his career as an independent artist. In 1990, he removes with his wife, the sulptress Helma Vanrens, and daughter Karen to Spain and settles down in Chelva.