Alain Corbel

(French– Brittany, 1965)

HIPPITY-HOP! 

Evening entertainment by Mr Aleixo, owner of the beach

Drawings
October 19th - November 30th 2024


"It is from 9 pm onwards that Mr. Aleixo turns the small wooden key under the amphora. A game of kung fu, time and skill follows. It's not about defeating an opponent or winning a competition, but about leaving some traces on a sheet of paper before midnight, influenced by the quintessences of the moment or by distant memories. It's not intended to please. It's not even personal. A gesture to ward off sleep, the realities of the moment, to open or light a path or simply to vibe, hippity-hop!”

Curriculum:

From 1985 to 1988, he studied Sequential Art at the St. Luc Institute in Brussels, Belgium.
Between 1990 and 1994, with author Eric Lambé, they produced Mokka and Pelure Amère, two comic magazines that profoundly influenced authors and editors in France and Belgium such as Amok, Fréon (Frémok) La Cinquième Couche and l'Employé du Moi.
Between 1995 and 1996, he was art director of Nekepell Bihan, the children's section of the Breton weekly newspaper Nekepell. 
Between 1997 and 2006, he lived in Portugal, where he worked as an author and illustrator for publishers, magazines and newspapers. He collaborated on books with prestigious Portuguese authors such as Luísa Ducla Soares, Lídia Jorge, Alice Vieira, António Torrado, João Paulo Cotrim and Pedro Rosa Mendes and many others, as well as the French ethnologist Jean-Yves Loude.
etween 2001 and 2016, he regularly visited Guinea-Bissau, Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste, where he organized illustration and writing workshops. With the Portuguese NGO ACEP, he produced two illustrated books: Vozes de Nós Vol.I & Vol. II. For this project, he coordinated illustration/writing workshops and conducted forty interviews. This project received economic and logistical support from several African NGOs. The Portuguese Language Community (CPLP) and the Gulbenkian Foundation assumed a large part of the financing. Between 2007 and 2015, with some students from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Balmore, USA, he coordinated eco-social projects with the Novo Futuro Foundation and artisans from São-Tomé & Príncipe, as well as with the Aruna Embalo School in the Quelele neighborhood. in Bissau in Guinea-Bissau. In 2011, he was responsible as administrator of the Unspoiled Africa program, Illustration in São Tomé & Príncipe, hop://unspoiled-africa.blogspot.com, an intensive program at the Maryland Institute College of Art, MICA, Baltimore. 
Between 2007 and 2021, he was a full professor in the Department of Illustration at the Maryland Institute College of Art, MICA, Baltimore, USA. 
Since September 2021, he has lived happily with two of his children and works in Vila do Torrão, in Portugal.


EDUCATION 

1988: Graduated in Fine Arts (BFA) with great distinction. Institut Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium. 

Programs developed & Courses taught: 


1995/1996: Monthly illustration workshops, Fédération des oeuvres laïques des Côtes d’Armor, France.
1998/1999: Weekly collaboration with French classes, Lycée français Charles Lepierre, Lisbon, Portugal.
1998/2006: 1998/2006: Readings/Workshops in several secondary schools, Portugal. 
2003/2007: Introduction to illustration and writing, Escola Popular Aruna Embalo & Penha Bôr, Guinea Bissau. 
2002/005: Editorial illustration & Illustration for books, IADE, Faculty of Design, Technology and Communication, Lisbon. 
2023: Illustration workshops, Torrão school group. 
2023: Illustration workshops, Palmela school group. 
2023: Illustration workshops, Escola José Saramago, Poceirão. 
2023: Illustration workshops, Municipal Library of Santo André, Vila Nova de S. André. 
2023: Illustration workshops, Alvito Library. 
2001/2015: Introduction to illustration, comics and writing, “Vozes de Nós”, project “Street Children: Inclusion and Insertion” with the support of several organizations and the CPLP: Oku uka, Angola – AMIC, Guinea-Bissau – MDM, Boys of Mozambique, Mozambique - Forum Communication and Youth, East Timor - Fundação Novo Futuro & Escola Patrice Lumumba, São Tomé & Príncipe – Acrides, Cape Verde. 
2007/2018: Maryland Institute College of Art, MICA, Balmore, USA. - Sophomore / Junior / Senior Illustration I & II - Studio Remix 2D & 3D - Wet Media Kitchen & Collage - Visual Journalism - Sequential art - Illustration for books I & II 
2013: Introduction to Illustration, ENAV, National School of Visual Arts, Maputo, Mozambique. 
2013: Introduction to Illustration, Portuguese School, Maputo, Mozambique. 
2014: ARCO, Center for Art & Visual Communication, Lisbon, Portugal. 
2014: Introduction to Illustration, Casa dos Direito, Bissau, Guinea Bissau. 
2016: Introduction to Illustration, ENAV, National School of Visual Arts, Maputo, Mozambique. 
2018: Introduction to Illustration, Project “Children’s rights in São Tomé & Príncipe - Knowing, empowering, raising awareness”. With the support of Fundação Novo Futuro and ARCAR, São Tomé, São Tomé & Príncipe. 
2023: Assistant professor at ESEC, University of Algarve.  
2024: Comics Workshops, Gil Eanes School / Lagos Library, Lagos.  
2024: Creating is traveling, Illustration and Comics Workshops, Alvito Library.



BIBLIOGRAPHY 


Children's books published in France: 


1994-2000: Various educational books, Editora Retz-Nathan. 
1994: Pour une poignée de shamallows, by Didier Cohen, Editora Syros. 
1996: Les yeux de la lune, by Mar ne Dora, Editora Syros.
2011: Les Poissons viennent de la Forêt, by Jean-Yves Loude, Editora Belin. 
2013: L'ami de Magellan, by Didier Bazy, Editora Belin. 



Children's books published in Portugal: 


1994: The green bird, by Alice Vieira, Caminho Editora. 
1996: The Swimmer’s Tale, by Lídia Jorge, Contexto Editora. 
1999: In the middle of the city, with Ana Esteves, Salão Lisboa Editora. 
2000: Tales from the land of the Dragon, by Wang Suoying and A.C. Alves, Caminho Editora. 
2001: Gulliver, by Luísa Ducla-Soares, Civilização Editora. 
2002: Tales and legends of Macau, by Alice Vieira, Caminho Editora. 
2002/2003: My land - An ocean of stories - The mountain, by João Paulo Cotrim, Lisbon Metropolitan Area Publisher. 
2003: The unstable color, by João Paulo Cotrim, Editora Afrontamento. 
2003: The Cherry Tree and other Chinese stories, by António Torrado, ASA Editora. 
2003: Jewish Legends and Tales, by José Jorge Letria, Âmbar Editora. 
2003: Djuku's journey, text written by him, illustrated by Eric Lambé, Caminho Editora. 
2003: A travessa do calado, by João Paulo Cotrim, Editora Novo Embondeiro.
2004: Lazy Santa Claus and Rena Rodolfa, by Ana Saldanha, Caminho Editora. 
2004: All boys are hot, by Álvaro Magalhães, ASA Editora. 
2005: The infernal machine, text and illustration by him, Caminho Editora. 
2006: The book that spoke with the wind and other stories, by José Jorge Letria, Texto Editora. 
2006: The Blue Country, by Teresa Balté, Porto Editora. 
2006: The word thief, by Francisco Duarte Mangas, Caminho Editora. 


2007: Afonso de Albuquerque, by Ana Qom, Zero a Oito Editora. 
2007: Stories from Quelele, Neighborhood of Bissau, Coordinator. ACEP Portugal) & A.D. (Guiné-Bissau) Publishers 
2008: The witch Rabuja, by José Colaço Barreiros, Editora Texto Editora. 
2010/2013: Voices of Us Volume I & II, stories and portraits of children from Bissau, Díli, Huambo, Maputo, Praia and São Tomé. texts and photographs by him, illustrations created by young people. ACEP Editora with the support of CPLP, the Gulbenkian Foundation and several NGOs from the PALOPs and East Timor. 
2016/2017: Flash cards & Maps for educational books, ASA Editora. 
2023: The Realejo Man, by Goncalo Calheiros, El Corte Ingles Editora



Picture books: 

2002: Islands of Fire, by Pedro Rosa Mendes, ACEP Editora. 
2004: Madre Cacau – Timor, by Pedro Rosa Mendes, ACEP publisher. 
2006: Lenin Oil, by Pedro Rosa Mendes, publisher Dom Quixote. 
2007: Coup de Théatre à São Tomé, by Jean Yves Loude, Editora Actes Sud, France. 
2007: Bestiary, poems by Encandescente, publisher Polvo. 
2010: Faucheurs volontaires d'OGM, Publisher Les dessin'acteurs et Goutie de Sable. France.
2010: 52 Weeks, Perpetual Agenda (text and photos), Editora ACEP. 
2010: Combate illustrated from 1986 to 2006, Editora Combate. 
2014: Challenges, a history of rights in Guinea Bissau, Casa dos Direito, Guinea-Bissau.

2014: Granta Magazine, no. 4, special Africa, Editora Tinta da China.


Graphic novels: 

1996: Escale à Kerbarbo, Editora Amok, France.
1997: Impromptu, Collec on Pa e de Mouche, Editora L'Association, France. 
1997: Away fear, Abraço & Bedeteca de Lisboa. 
1998: 4 pieces for Octávio Framboa, Editora Polvo, Portugal. 
1999: 4 pieces for Octávio Framboa, Editora Amok, France. 
2000: La Fosse, Récits de Ville, Frigobox, Editora Fréon, Belgium. 
2000: Yaylalar, Editora Polvo, Portugal. 
2001: Yaylalar, Publisher Frémok, France. 

Many short stories published in various European comic magazines such as: Medios Revueltos, Ojo Clônico, Frigo Box, Strapazin, Quadrado, Venham #5, Le Lézard, etc.



Opera librettos: 

2007: Rusalka by Antonín L. Dvorák, supplement from: El País, Spain - Le Monde, France - Diário de Noticias, Portugal - Le Soir, Belgium. 
2007: Hansel and Gretel by E.Humperdinck, supplement from: El País, Spain - Le Monde, France - Diário de Noticias, Portugal - Le Soir, Belgium. 
2007: Rinaldo by G.F. Haendel, supplement from: El País, Spain - Le Monde, France - Diário de Noticias, Portugal - Le Soir, Belgium.  
 

STAMPS: 

008/2009: 13 stamps for CTT, Correios de Portugal. Themes: Infirmity, Education, Children and Drawing.


EXHIBITIONS

Group exhibitions (selection): 

Since 1990, he has participated in collective exhibitions in several European countries.
1990: Mokka Revue, L'amour Fou gallery, Brussels, Belgium. 
1990: Mokka Revue, Fes val de Bande dessinée d'Angoulême, France. 
1990: Mokka Revue, Fes val de Bande dessinée de Grenoble, France. 
1990: Segni Par collari, Treviso comics, Italy. 
1991: Nuevas Viñetas, MEAC-Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Spain. 
1991: Mokka Revue, Fes val de Bande dessinée de Sierre, Switzerland. 
1993: Pelure Amère, L'Associa on, Frigo revue, 3.4, Le Cheval sans tete, Musée Cuzin, Auch, France. 
1994: Pelure Amère, Studio Burgwall, Haarlem, Netherlands. 
1992/1994/1996: Autarcic comix, Brussels, Belgium. 
1992/1996: Autarcic Comix, Paris, France. 
2000: Four Authors - Polvo, Salão Lisboa. Lisbon, Portugal. 
1998/2000/2002/2004: Portuguese Illustration, Salão Lisboa. Lisbon, Portugal. 
2022/2023: Portuguese Illustration, Illustration Festival, Setubal, Portugal. 
006: Le 9ème Rêve, Musée de la Bande Dessinée, Brussels, Belgium. 
2006: 35 years of band dessinée in Bretagne, Rennes, France. 
2006: 17 Portuguese Illustrators, Amadora, Portugal. 
2006: Animalalaminuto, Farol de Sonhos, Cascais, Portugal.
2007: Portuguese Illustration, IPLB Portugal, Turin Book Fair, Italy. 
2007: Portuguese Illustration Award, Children's Book Fair, Bologna, Italy. 
2008: 13 Portuguese Illustrators, Children's Book Fair, Bologna, Italy. 
2008: 13 Portuguese Illustrators, Maison du Portugal, Résidence André de Gouveia, Paris, France. 
2009: 13 Portuguese Illustrators, Palazzo d’Accursio, Bologna, Italy. 
2009: Regards croisés de la BD Belge, Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium. 
2011: Généra on Spontanée, Festival Internacional de bande dessinée d'Angoulème, France. 
2011: Voices of Us, Chá de Caxinde, Luanda, Angola. 
2012: Cats & Dogs, Galeria Spur, Balmore, USA. 
2013: Voices of Us, Portuguese Parliament, Lisbon. 
2013: Voices of Us, CPLP Headquarters, Conde de Penafiel Palace, Lisbon. 
2014: Salão Silva, Galeria Abysmo, Lisbon, Portugal. 
2015: Farol & Micondo, Portuguese Cultural Center, São Tomé and Príncipe. 
2019: Illuminations - Art of the Picture Book, Equity Gallery, New-York, USA. 

2022: Colectivo Ai, Se Eu Mandasse... PIM, Óbidos. 
2022: The laughter of all words, Agustina Bessa-Luis Colloquium, Calouste Foundation. 
2023: The risk of reading slowly, PIM, Óbidos. 
2024: Alvito de Coração in Africa. Alvito Library. 
2024: Concerns, PIM, Óbidos


Solo exhibitions (selection): 

1998: Women of Lisbon and Porto, Salão Lisboa, Lisbon. 
2003: National Illustration Award, Casa Roque Gameiro, Amadora. 
005: Yaylalar, Drawn Band Festival, Beja. 
2005: Retrospective, Institut Franco-Portugais, Lisbon. 
2007: Crow Archipelago, MICA, Balmore, USA. 
2007: Alain Corbel, Comics Festival, Amadora. 
2008: S’en fout la mort, with poems by Isabelle Lebastard, Alliance Française, Sofia, Bulgaria. 
2009: Retrospective, D. Dinis Municipal Library, in Odivelas. 
2010: Voices of Us, 42 Photographs, Julian Allen Gallery, Baltimore, USA. 
2011: Retrospective, António Botto Municipal Library, Abrantes. 
2011: O Mata-Bicho, Alliance Française. São Tomé & Príncipe. 
2011: Retrospective, Galeria Dr. Afonso Rodrigues Pereira, Municipality of Lourinhã, Portugal. 
2012: Photographs and Illustrations, Alliance Française. São Tomé and Príncipe. 
2013: Photographs, Casa dos Direito, Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. 
2014: Ilhas de Fogo, Casa dos Direito, Bissau, Guinea Bissau. 
2015: The Garden of Khongolotes, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, USA. 
2016: The garden of Khongolotes, Franco-Mozambican Cultural Center, Mozambique. 
2022: The garden of Khongolotes, Casa da Cultura, Illustration Festival, Setúbal. 
2023: An archipelago of images, Municipal Library of Ferreira do Alentejo. 
2023: Illustration Exhibition, Municipal Library of Cuba. 
2023: Dialogos do Sul, Júlio Dantas Municipal Library, Lagos. 
2023: On the path of images, Municipal Library of Santo André, Vila Nova de Santo André. 
2023: Illustration and Comics Exhibition, Alvito Municipal Library. 
2024: Hippity-Hop! Evening entertainment from Senhor Aleixo, owner of the beach, Tinta nos Nervos, Lisbon

ADVERTISING/EDITORIAL

Main customers in France and Belgium: 

Éditions Milan, Éditions Bayard, Écho des Savanes, Libération, Maison Individuelle, Éditions Retz-Nathan, ADDM des Côtes-d'Armor, Le fil du Leff, Trégueux mensuel, Agence Totem, Mairie d'Auch, Nekepell, Studio Marmelade, SOS Faim Belgium, Escale Famille St-Yves, UDAF (Union Départementale des Associa ons Familiales des Côtes d'Armor), Bicia Diritu (Guiné Bissau), Casa dos Direito (Guiné Bissau). 


Main customers in Portugal: 

Público, Diário Económico, Diário de Noticias, O Independente, Business newspaper, Pais&Filhos, Máxima, Marie Claire, Revista (Books), Noticias magazine, J.Walter Thompson, Pentângulo, Uzina, Caixa Alta, Câmara Municipal de Lisboa, Câmara Municipal de Évora, IPLB-Ins tuto Português do Livro e das Bibliotecas, Ordem dos Arquitectos, Mundo Crítica, ACEP (NGO).


RESIDENCE, CONFERENCES AND MASTERCLASSES: 

1998/2006: Readings/Workshops in several secondary schools, Portugal. 
2005: Maryland Institute College of Art, MICA, Baltimore, USA. 
2007: Maryland Institute College of Art, MICA, Baltimore, USA. 
2015: Conferences and Masterclass at Delaware College of Art and Design (DCAD), USA. 
2016: Conferences at ENAV, National School of Visual Arts, Maputo, Mozambique. 
2017: Conferences and Masterclass at DADAH, Webster University, Saint-Louis, Missouri, USA. 
2019: 50 years of BD de l’ESA Saint-Luc Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium


AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS:

2001: Excellence Award, Society for News Design, USA. 
2002: Portuguese National Illustration Award - Tales from Macau,. 
2004: Excellence Awards, Society for News Design, USA. 
2005: Lazy Santa Claus and Reindeer Rodolfa, Best Portuguese Illustration, Amadora Festival. 
2006: The Infernal Machine (Text and Illustration) Best Portuguese Illustration, Amadora Festival.
2006: Portuguese candidate for the Hans Christian Andersen Prize, IBBY. 
2007: Tales from Macau, Henriqueta Lisboa Prize, the best in Portuguese literature, Brazil. 
2007: Coup de théâtre à São Tomé, RFI Témoin du Monde Literary Award (Radio França Internacional).
2015: Winner for Granta Magazine #4, Editorial Illustration Category, Creative Quarterly CQ#41, USA.
2017: Crea ve Quarterly's 100 Best 2016, Illustration Category (Granta Magazine #4 Portugal; CQ41)

2018: Winner in Professional Photographer, Creative Quarterly #50 
2018: Runners-Up in Professional Illustrator, Creative Quarterly #50


Blogs

alaincorbel-cos.blogspot.com 
noticiasdoquelele.blogspot.com


Instagram: 

www.instagram.com/alaincorbelgarage/
www.instagram.com/alain_corbel_kamera/
www.instagram.com/senhor_aleixo_dono_da_praia/