Brecht Evens


Brecht Evens is a Belgian graphic novel artist and illustrator.

Early life

Brecht graduated from Sint-Lucas Fine Arts in Ghent in 2008 with a specialization in Illustration.

Career

At the age of 18 he saw his comic A Message From Space being published after winning a comic competition.
One year later Vincent was published followed by Night Animals two years later.
2009 saw his breakthrough when winning the first Willy Vandersteen prize and when nominated for a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for "The Wrong Place".
In 2011 "The Making Of" was published, followed by Panther in 2014.
2016 saw the release of the Louis Vuitton Travel Book Paris, a book containing 100 paintings of Paris, the personal impressions of a 18 months stay in Paris commissioned by Louis Vuitton.
In 2018 his mural Jardin aux fleurs was installed in Brussels as a public artwork.
Evans has lived in Paris since 2013.

Awards

Evens's work has won him several awards in the comics industry, including the Prix de L’Audace at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for "The Wrong Place" in 2011 and the Special Jury Prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for The Amusement in 2019.