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STEPHEN VUILLEMIN - ARTIST BIO
Stephen Vuillemin, born in 1986 in Besançon, is an animation director, comic book author, and illustrator.
In 2011, his webcomic ‘Lycéennes’, described by Cartoon Brew as a ‘novel use of animated gifs’, captured the attention of many media outlets such as Vice and Wired.
His first animated short film ‘A Kind of Testament’ premiered at the 2023 Berlinale, was shortlisted for the 2023 academy-awards, and won more than 40 awards in world-class film festivals such as Animafest Zagreb, Fantoche Baden and Go Shorts Nijmegen.
In 2024, he contributed to the exhibition “Touch on an absence” in Tokyo along with Japanese artist Tabaimo. He released two books, “Les nourritures extraterrestres”, a comic-book, and “le bonhomme”, a children’s book.
He also worked for clients such as Chanel, Stone Island, The New York Times, Marvel Studios, Breuninger, GQ Magazine, and Arte.tv.
Previously based in London and then Taipei, Vuillemin now resides between the French Jura and Tokyo.