Bastien Lecouffe Deharme is a French visual artist, illustrator, digital painter and novelist, whose work is mainly in the science-fiction, cyberpunk and dark fantasy genre. He currently lives in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA. Bastien Lecouffe Deharme was born in Vannes in 1982. In the early 1980s, his family moved from Paris to Auray in Brittany, where he would spend his childhood and teenage years. In 2000, B. passed a baccalauréat in literature and art, and joined the Université de Haute Bretagne in Rennes, where he studied Art. In 2006, he passed his Master of Fine Artswith honors; it is also around that time that he began to work as an illustrator, mainly creating book covers. In 2007 he moved to Paris, where he worked as Artistic Director for the art gallery Le Cabinet des Curieux. There he organized the shows Eros and Thanatos, Venus Robotica and Phantasms, as a trilogy. He also worked on "Chroniques des Ombres", an online animated graphic novel written by Pierre Bordage, as an Artistic Director and Lead Artist. Currently living in the United States, he continues working as a freelance artist. He creates book covers for author such as Philip K. Dick, Clive Barker, Chuck Palahniuk, H.P. Lovecraft, Frank Herbert and many more. He has worked for French publishers such as Gallimard, Pocket, Fleuve Noir and Mnemos among others. In April 2011, Bastien Lecouffe Deharme wrote and illustrated his first graphic-novel, Memories of Retrocity published by "Editions du Riez". The novel also features some texts written by Alain Damasio and Gilles Osvald, and digital paintings created by Johann Bodin and Anders Lazaret. Memories of Retrocity is acclaimed by the French critiques and is nominated for notorious awards, such as "Le Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire". Today Bastien Lecouffe Deharme works with international clients. His work is represented by the agency .
Cover Art
« Hellraiser » by Clive barker, published by Gallimard
« Le Dernier des Maitres » by Philip K. Dick, published by Gallimard
B.'s first graphic novel, Memories of Retrocity : Le Journal de William Drum, was released in Avril 2011, edited by les Editions du Riez. This 120-page book comes in the form of the diary of William Drum, a former Chicago policeman who has been exiled in a strange metropolis named Retrocity. That city has not appeared on any map since it was infected by the "Retro-processus Virus", in the fifties, leading the authorities to quarantine it. William Drum will attempt to unveil the Retro-processus's secret and to survive his stay in this bio-mechanical, morbid city. B. illustrated and wrote the text himself. The book features some texts by Gilles Osvald, and its "afterword, as a final burst provides an insight into Retrocity's future", was written by Alain Damasio. The book is also accompanied by a CD containing an original soundtrack of twenty tunes that create an Industrial Music atmosphere reminiscent of the film Blade Runner and was composed by the musicians Don Quishoote, Neptunian8 and Subskan. Some pieces contain readings by Jean-Paul Dermont. Overall, the book received excellent critics. An English translation of the book is being written, as well as a sequel.
