Gérald Poussin (born 13 August 1946) is a Swiss artist, illustrator, painter, sculptor, animator, and comics artist.
Biography
Poussin was born in Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland. He is a self-taught artist. He began his career working on animated films, including Trou attention (1970), Colonel Zabu (1970), Alphon au pays des merveilles (1972), La Nuit des Ploucs (1977), and Téo Véra change de monde (1979). Two of his films were presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 1971.
He subsequently established himself as a cartoonist in Paris, contributing to numerous publications such as Hara-Kiri, Zinc, Charlie Hebdo, L'Écho des Savanes, Le Nouvel Observateur, and Libération.
Published works
Poussin published several albums of comic strips, including Tendences débiles (1979), Papiers Gras (1981), Aventures de Buddy et Flappo (1983), and Le clan cervelas (1986).
Later career
After his work in comics, Poussin expanded into painting, sculpture, illustration (notably of Fables de la Fontaine in 1996), poster art, furniture making, carpet design, jewelry design, and watch design—most notably for Swatch. He also worked in theatre and film as a writer, set decorator, costume designer, and performer, including the production Buddy and Flappo brûle les planches (1983). He produced 17 sketches for Télévision Suisse Romande and worked as set decorator and costume designer for Théâtre Am Stram Gram, the Grand Théâtre of Geneva, and the Théâtre de Carouge.
Exhibitions
Since 1970, his work has been exhibited in galleries in Geneva, Basel, Zürich, Paris, Milan, Berlin, and Tokyo. Beginning in 1985, several retrospectives of his work were held, including at the Gewerbemuseum in Basel (1985), the Museum of the Art Schools in Rouen (1986), the Swiss Arts Centre in Paris (1986), the Musée du Manor Martigny (1986), the MJC de Saint-Gervais in Geneva (1986), the Museum des Arts Décoratifs in Lausanne (1988), the Swiss Institute of New York (1991), and the Musée de Carouge (1992).
