Vincent Sorel
, b. 1985
Vincent Sorel is a contemporary French artist, an illustrator, and a comic book author. In 2004, after obtaining the Higher Technician Certificate in visual communication at the Jeanne d'Arc High School in Rouen, he graduated from the University of Rennes II (2004–2005) in plastic arts and completed a cycle of postgraduate studies in illustration at the École Supérieure d’Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg (2005–2008). He has participated in various exhibitions and collaborated with the Écarquillettes fanzine along with the numo.fr webzine. Another field of interest is illustrating children's books: among Sorel’s works, there is Diogène l'homme chien by Yan Marchand. As a cartoonist, he created the script and drawings for the comic strips L'Ours (2010), Petit traité de Philosophie Charcutière (2011) created with Sébastien Demorand, Chevaliers, moines et paysans (2019) with Florian Mazel, and contributed to Les Pénates comics (2013–2014) and Les Aventures du Roi Singe: Vol.1 Les Immortels (2020), he was responsible for drawing and colours in these editions. The prizes he received are also comic book-related. In 2007, he won the 1st prize ex-aequo in the Tohu-bohu competition of Centre national des œuvres universitaires et scolaires, the 2nd prize in the “Dessinateurs de demain” competition of the International Comics Festival (BDFIL), in Lausanne. In 2008, he was selected for the Young Talents competition at the International Comics Festival in Angoulême.
Sources:
Personal website (Accessed: October 19, 2021).
“Les Petits Platons” website (Accessed: October 19, 2021).
Wikipedia (Accessed: October 19, 2021).
The author’s Instagram profile (Accessed: October 19, 2021).
Bio prepared by Angelina Gerus, University of Warsaw, angelina.gerus@gmail.com
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