Education
After graduation at the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2003, he successfully completed the Master course for Digital Media Design at the Open University in London, United Kingdom.
founder Chief Executive Officer
After graduation at the Utrecht School of the Arts in 2003, he successfully completed the Master course for Digital Media Design at the Open University in London, United Kingdom.
Arno Drost entered the world of new media by attending the Utrecht School of the Arts, studying Digital Media Design from 1999 to 2003. In 2001 he has been nominated for a Multimedia Award for an interactive production called Crepusculo 6 at the film festival of Poitiers, France. In 2003, after his studies, he started the company Brothers in art together with Martin Kool and Marvin Ronk.
The company that already made name with Digital artist community GFXartist.com was asked in 2004 to create a community website for the American hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas.
The website which launched simultaneous with the Black Eyed Peas album release of Monkey Business on June 7, 2005, welcomed over 100,000 fans during the first month. In December 2005 Drost produced an online campaign for The Black Eyed Peas which allowed them to record videos on their mobile phone which were directly available on their website.
The Black Eyed Peas were supposedly the first band in the world to use a 3G UMTS video connection to stay connected with their fans throughout their 2005 European tour. In October 2008 Brothers in art and Arno Drost, as Executive Producer since August 2007, launched Dipdive.com.
Dipdive.com is will.i.am"s latest project
Dipdive.com serves as a digital distribution channel for artists wanting to skip the major label route. A social network based out of the Dominican Republic, focussed on Latin American countries.