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Pierre Dawance

Graphic Novelist

During this residency, I hope to meet the people of Bhutan and through their singular look on their environment, I wish to fully understand the way, in today's complex world, both philosophically and graphically one can find its true place in nature.

Since childhood, Pierre has dreamed of nothing but becoming a comic book writer. After studying literature, he went on to train at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. He graduated in 2022 and has since worked in the fields of press and publishing, collaborating with organisations such as Bastille, Amnesty International, and Pernod Ricard. Released in 2026, For Whom the Bell Tolls, an adaptation of one of Ernest Hemingway’s masterpieces, is his first graphic novel, created in collaboration with JD Morvan and published by Éditions Sarbacane.