Personnes
Rencontrez des artistes de LUX:plorations volume 2 !
Pascale Velleine
Valérie Minelli
Marion Dengler
Robert Soisson
Ingo Schandeler
Antoine Grimée
Snejana Granatkina
PASCALE VELLEINE
Pascale Velleine, born in Luxembourg, studied at the Federal Academy of Arts Düsseldorf. She has been working as a freelance artist since 1986. Loves living in Paris since 1992.
She draws various comic series, like Paula for the women’s magazine ‘Brigitte’ and works in cooperation with Lucien Czuga on Déi Branchéiert, Ballast & Klüger and Jamie Blond, de Spioun vun der Kroun.
Location
Paris, France
Artistic Focus
«ligne claire» & humour
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Beware the Eye in the Sky
Keeping up With the Bacteria
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“When Serge Haan came to meet luxemburgish bandes dessinées artists in Contern at the festival in summer 2019 and presented the first Descom.Uni.lu book « Wëssenschaft zu Lëtzebuerg – Ënner d’Lupp geholl », I immediately agreed to participate to further projects and agreed with him, that the concept is a very good idea, as I had already had a similar experience.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“The teamwork! Drawing is a quite solitary profession. Working with brilliant students and fantastic university teachers was definitely enriching.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“Creating bandes dessinnées in a foreign language. Almost no one in the groups used his own native language.”
VALÉRIE MINELLI
Valérie Minelli is a comics creator from Luxembourg, living in Germany. She writes and draws the international web comic Mrs.Frollein to induce love and happiness. She studied art and communication design in Saarbrücken, focusing on comics. Since 2021, she has been teaching « Comics and Graphic Novels » at the evening school of the University of Fine Arts Saar, in hope to get people of all ages to draw comics. Whenever she isn’t producing comics, Minelli likes to draw illustrations for children’s books or fangirls her current favorite band.
Location
Saarbrücken, Germany
Artistic Focus
Slice of life webcomics
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
One Ome To Rule Them All
Modern Talking
Zamara & Yso Comics
Design Zamara & Yso
Portraits for LUX:plorations Vol. 1
Cover Illustrations of LUX:plorations Vol. 1
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“I sometimes feel that Luxembourg isn’t using its full comic potential. So whenever I hear about a comic project, I gladly join in!”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“The best thing was working together with so many interesting and nice people, that were always tolerant whenever I didn’t understand something.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“The biggest challenge was probably to get everything done in time. Everyone had a full schedule but still fully committed to the project. So sometimes we wrote mails and drew comics way after midnight in order to produce the result everyone aspired for. »
VALÉRIE MINELLI
Valérie Minelli is a comics creator from Luxembourg, living in Germany. She writes and draws the international web comic Mrs.Frollein to induce love and happiness. She studied art and communication design in Saarbrücken, focusing on comics. Since 2021, she has been teaching « Comics and Graphic Novels » at the evening school of the University of Fine Arts Saar, in hope to get people of all ages to draw comics. Whenever she isn’t producing comics, Minelli likes to draw illustrations for children’s books or fangirls her current favorite band.
Location
Saarbrücken, Germany
Artistic Focus
Slice of life webcomics
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
One Ome To Rule Them All
Modern Talking
Zamara & Yso Comics
Design Zamara & Yso
Portraits for LUX:plorations Vol. 1
Cover Illustrations of LUX:plorations Vol. 1
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“I sometimes feel that Luxembourg isn’t using its full comic potential. So whenever I hear about a comic project, I gladly join in!”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“The best thing was working together with so many interesting and nice people, that were always tolerant whenever I didn’t understand something.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“The biggest challenge was probably to get everything done in time. Everyone had a full schedule but still fully committed to the project. So sometimes we wrote mails and drew comics way after midnight in order to produce the result everyone aspired for. »
MARION DENGLER
A non-binary queer comic artist living in Berlin, trying to work as a freelancer. Likes the macabre and gothic horror. Main inspirations are Symbolism, Art nouveau and works from the golden age of illustration. Eerie, mysterious stuff with hidden meanings is my jam, which is why my stories and illustrations tend to veer into magical realism, if not outright fantasy. I grew up with Franco-Belgian comics, started reading manga after that and now primarily read American indie graphic novels, preferably with queer themes. Successfully blending these three different styles of comic art and narration is something I want to achieve in my own work.
Location
Berlin, Germany
Artistic Focus
Magical realism, gothic horror, fantasy
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
It’s About Time!
The Adventures of Tuwwo the Water Molecule
Becoming an Agent of Change
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“During the comic festival at Contern in 2019, I was approached by Serge Haan who told me about the project and invited me to join in. I liked the focus on comics and the fact that this project would assemble most of the established luxembourgish comic artists in one project so as a newcomer, I would be in good company.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“I liked working with the University students on their stories since they gave me a lot of artistic freedom and trusted me on my decisions. At the same time their input was often crucial in guiding me in the right direction in regards to visuals, like clarity of message and so on. I liked that I was given a lot of free reign to make something that would be visually interesting as well as informational.”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“The biggest challenge for me was also the most interesting aspect of the project: distilling a lot of information into 2 comic pages. While the university students had to work on the narrative, it befell to me to form said text into a visually clear and concise comic story. You can tell a lot through pictures alone so preferably one would want to keep the actual text in the comic as short as possible to let the pictures speak for themselves. That’s the challenge and whether or not I succeeded depends on the reaction of the readers.”
ROBERT SOISSON
Robert Soisson was born on November 11th, 1950. After high school, he went to study psychology in Heidelberg. He worked as a psychologist at the consulting center for school psychology in Esch until his retirement. Additionally, he is part of various national and international NGOs that advocate for children’s rights, extra-familiar educational support and school reform. He is married and father of two grown up children. He drew his first caricature for a very popular school newspaper and numerous leftist university magazines in Luxembourg and Heidelberg. He went on to socio-educational magazines and publications. He published two comics about children’s rights in collaboration
with Roger Leiner.
Location
Luxembourg
Artistic Focus
Humor, critical reporting, relevance
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Was it Really About Nature?
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“As a president of CartoonArt.lu I wanted to promote the idea of the science comics among our members.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
« The idea of teamwork between scientists and artists. »
What was the biggest challenge for you?
« The biggest challenge was the fine Tuning of my ideas and the ideas of the scientists. »
ROBERT SOISSON
Robert Soisson was born on November 11th, 1950. After high school, he went to study psychology in Heidelberg. He worked as a psychologist at the consulting center for school psychology in Esch until his retirement. Additionally, he is part of various national and international NGOs that advocate for children’s rights, extra-familiar educational support and school reform. He is married and father of two grown up children. He drew his first caricature for a very popular school newspaper and numerous leftist university magazines in Luxembourg and Heidelberg. He went on to socio-educational magazines and publications. He published two comics about children’s rights in collaboration
with Roger Leiner.
Location
Luxembourg
Artistic Focus
Humor, critical reporting, relevance
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Was it Really About Nature?
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“As a president of CartoonArt.lu I wanted to promote the idea of the science comics among our members.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
« The idea of teamwork between scientists and artists. »
What was the biggest challenge for you?
« The biggest challenge was the fine Tuning of my ideas and the ideas of the scientists. »
INGO SCHANDELER
Ingo Schandeler (born 1958) has always had a drawing pen at the ready in any stage of his life. Whether drawing mind maps while listening to a talk, at boring meetings to relax, in school to pin down the most important parts, or at cultural and sports events, in order to create posters, decoration or flyers. As an engineer, computer scientist, educator, politician, mathematician, environmental activist or artist he has always been able to work interdisciplinary. Being an active member of CartoonArt and the ARC artist collective, contributor for various cultural, educational and social projects as well as an author/illustrator of books like Humoristic Luxembourg, his common theme has always been to question everything combined with a dose of sarcasm.
Artistic Focus
innovation, uniqueness, caricature
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
The Future Is Now
Losing Orientation
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“I like the idea of creative common and had done a lot of cartoons and illustrations, a domain similar to comics. Using drawings to illustrate science has always been part of my life, as well as creating cartoon figures to explain things.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
« Working with nice people, although I would have preferred « presentiel » instead of online meetings. The transformation of a story into a script and then into a comic was a process I always wanted to do. »
What was the biggest challenge for you?
« I have always worked alone. Understanding what the aim of the comic was, the essence of the story, the thoughts of the students and the frights of the University was a challenge. And bringing the different drawings together to form pages. »
ANTOINE GRIMÉE
Antoine “Tunn“ Grimée completed a master’s in narration at the École de Recherche Graphique in Brussels in 2017. After his studies, he started working in comics and illustration. Apart from publications like De Coyote am Schofspelz and D’Geheimnis vum verschwonnene Sall, Tunn produces various illustrations for the Luxembourg cultural scene, and regularly publishes one-page comic strips devoted to historical characters in Warte-Perspectives.
Location
Mersch, Luxembourg
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
What Is a PhD?
A Furry Tale
A Gut Feeling
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
« I’m generally open to any new proposal, especially if it takes me out of my comfort zone and allows me to experiment both graphically and narratively. Having a keen interest in science anyway, I didn’t hesitate for a second when I was offered to participate in this project. »
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
« What I liked most on this second edition was the metaphorical approach of the topic I had to illustrate, giving me a total freedom in matters of style and composition. »
What was the biggest challenge for you?
« The biggest challenge for me was to make all that information fit on one single page, without losing readability. »
ANTOINE GRIMÉE
Antoine “Tunn“ Grimée completed a master’s in narration at the École de Recherche Graphique in Brussels in 2017. After his studies, he started working in comics and illustration. Apart from publications like De Coyote am Schofspelz and D’Geheimnis vum verschwonnene Sall, Tunn produces various illustrations for the Luxembourg cultural scene, and regularly publishes one-page comic strips devoted to historical characters in Warte-Perspectives.
Location
Mersch, Luxembourg
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
What Is a PhD?
A Furry Tale
A Gut Feeling
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
« I’m generally open to any new proposal, especially if it takes me out of my comfort zone and allows me to experiment both graphically and narratively. Having a keen interest in science anyway, I didn’t hesitate for a second when I was offered to participate in this project. »
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
« What I liked most on this second edition was the metaphorical approach of the topic I had to illustrate, giving me a total freedom in matters of style and composition. »
What was the biggest challenge for you?
« The biggest challenge for me was to make all that information fit on one single page, without losing readability. »
SNEJANA GRANATKINA
Snejana Granatkina is a curious and versatile artist. She is switching between digital work, painting on canvas and illustration. Her style is often focused on the concept of what she is working on. Therefore, it can be very different in various techniques and approaches. She has illustrated several books for kids and a lot of other interesting projects. Visualizing ideas is magic!
Location
Luxembourg
Artistic Focus
Illustration & more
Contributions to LUX:plorations:
Portraits for LUX:plorations Vol. 2
Cover Illustrations of LUX:plorations Vol. 2
Why did you participate in LUX:plorations?
“Since the first time I´ve heard about this amazing project, I was intrigued and absolutely wanted to join it.”
What did you like most about LUX:plorations?
“I love the idea of scientific content being interpreted in visually captivating style and a team work of course!”
What was the biggest challenge for you?
“Making people satisfied with their portraits is always the hardest part for the artist. Hopefully I managed it well! :)”