Biographie / Biography

Né en 1974 à Nantes, Gérald Guerlais est diplômé de l'Ensaama en 1998 (Ecole Nationale supérieure des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d'Art : Olivier de Serres).

Avant de se concentrer essentiellement sur l'illustration jeunesse, il a goûté au webdesign, à l'évènementiel, au jeu-vidéo (vivendi-universal publishing), et de 2006 à 2010 il était également décorateur sur des séries animées aux studios Futurikon, Alphanim/Gaumont, Xilam et Marathon Medias.

Il a initié en 2008 le collectif de bande-dessinée " Rendez-Vous " aux éditions Akileos.

Il a co-fondé en 2006 avec l'artiste Japonais Daisuke Tsutsumi le collectif international "Sketchtravel" qui a donné lieu en octobre 2011 à un ouvrage aux éditions du Chêne/Hachette.

Il est représenté aux Etats-Unis et en Angleterre par l'agence Shannon et Associés.
Ses travaux originaux sont consultables à la galerie Arludik à Paris.

Born in 1974 in Nantes, France, Gerald grew up in nine different cities around the land of cheese, wearing as many shoes as his shoesellers parents sold. Having to adapt to a new school in every city, he developed his observation and drawing skills to make new friends, inspired by the landscapes as well as the many different and bizarre people he met along the road.

He Graduated from the National School of Applied Art (also called Olivier de Serres) in 1998 Gerald's creativity blossomed at a webdesign company, an event studio, a video-games studio, and then several animations studios.

Aside from illustration, Gerald has many other interests, including managing the French Comics Artists association " Rendez-Vous " (who published its first book at Akileos publishing in 2009), or co-leading with the Japanese Artist Daisuke Tsutsumi the artistic and charity project : "Sketchtravel", a real sketchbook shared by 70 illustrators from all around the world.

He is represented by Shannon & Associates in the US. His originals can be seen at Arludik Galery in Paris.