Audrey Spiry (born 17 May 1983) is a French animator, illustrator, and comic strip author. Her first album, En silence, was released in 2012. L’expédition was honoured with the Prix Sorcières, category Carrément Beau Maxi (2023). She is a member of Collective of female comics creators against sexism and works in animation.
Biography Audrey Spiry's father was a magician. She first studied design at the École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art, before enrolling at the and finally, at the School of Beaux-Arts."Les métiers de la BD. Les métiers de la bande dessinée, de l'animation et du jeu vidéo", Télérama, 1 December 2012.
Her first comic strip album, En silence, (Casterman, 2012) took her two and a half years to complete. The work, drawn with "bright colors treated with the digital palette with a gouache effect", concerns characters who spend a day of canyoning. The album was one of the five finalists for the (2012) and the Grand Prix de la critique (2013).Fabien Deglise, "L'ACBD dévoile les finalistes pour son Grand Prix de bande dessinée 2013", Le Devoir, 27 November 2012. The work was favorably received in several mediaNicolas Witczak, "BD: En Silence d'Audrey Spiry", Moustique, 26 June 2012 (French language) and was translated into Italian in 2016.
Spiry participates in the collective work (Casterman), directed by Hubert Boulard and containing testimonials and reference texts; the book was published in 2013. Subsequently, Spiry illustrated children's books. Spiry drew , on a screenplay by Sandrine Bonini; it appeared in in 2014.Marine Landrot, "Lotte fille pirate, Sandrine Bonini et Audrey Spiry", Télérama, 31 May 2014. (French language) With the same screenwriter, she created Tempête (2015).M. B., "Une Tempête de couleurs aux dessins poétiques", Le Parisien, 3 December 2015. (in French)
In 2022, she illustrated the children's book L'Expédition, based on a text by . The work won the Prix Sorcières 2023, in the Carrément Beau Maxi category.
Awards and honours 2012, Finalist of the "Prix de la BD du Point", for En silence 2013, Finalist for the Prix de la critique, for En Silence 2023, Prix Sorcières, category Carrément Beau Maxi, for L’expédition, text by Stéphane Servant
Selected works Bande dessinée En silence, text, drawing, and colors, Casterman, collection KSTR, 2012 (); translated into Italian by Elisabetta Tramacere for Diabolo Edizioni, 2016. In fine : résidence du 15 septembre au 15 octobre 2020, confinement 2, text and drawing, Editions of the Parc naturel régional de la Narbonnaise en Méditerranée, 2021
Drawing Lotte, fille pirate, text by Sandrine Bonini, Sarbacane, 2014 () Tempête, text by Sandrine Bonini, Sarbacane, 2015 () En ce temps-là, text by Gaia Guasti, Éditions Thierry Magnier, collection “Les Décadrés” 2016 () L'Expédition, text by Stéphane Servant, Thierry Magnier editions, 2022
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