Geert Vons

Artistic Director of Sea Shepherd Global and Director of Sea Shepherd Netherlands, Geert Vons is an artist, born in Amersfoort, the Netherlands in 1966. His work comprises painted pallets, canvasses, and three-dimensional objects. An important driving force behind his work is his passion for water creatures, in particular, whales, dolphins, and turtles. Through his work, Geert seeks to focus attention on the marine environment. He is self-taught as a painter.

Vons has studied alternative healing and medicine. He studied Sinology (Chinese) at Leiden University, where he completed his Master of Arts degree. In 1999, Vons founded the non-profit organization Whale Weirdo, an individual initiative aimed principally at the artistic promotion of marine wildlife. He has written, illustrated, and published several children's books.

Vons has been involved with Sea Shepherd since the late 80s, has joined several campaigns, and has created the two official Sea Shepherd logos. At present, Geert lives in the Netherlands on his boat /floating studio, 30 minutes from Amsterdam.

Sea Shepherd Tattoo has been set up by Geert as a unique way to raise awareness as well as to raise funds for Sea Shepherd’s direct-action campaigns. Over 25 years ago Geert started as a volunteer for Sea Shepherd and worked as a tattoo artist, as well as painter/artist. After having left the tattoo gun for years, he started tattooing again. We want to promote Sea shepherds and marine wildlife and the care for the ocean in an artistic way. All proceeds go to Sea Shepherd.