Kati Rickenbach

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Kati Rickenbach (* 1980 in Basel ) is a Swiss comic artist and illustrator and co-editor of the comic magazine Strapazin .

biography

In 2001 Rickenbach began studying illustration at the University of Art and Design in Lucerne, and in 2002 the first self-published comics were published. An exchange with the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences followed in 2004, and since 2005 she has lived as a freelance illustrator and comic artist.

She became known to a wider audience in 2006 through her autobiographical comic series “Zyri” in the Züritipp , representing Mike van Audenhove . It is also noticed in Germany: “Rickenbach has kidnapped you into a charming world”.

In 2007 the first book, Filmriss. It tells of a young woman who wakes up hungover and no longer remembers what happened the night before. Now she is considered a “young star in the German-speaking comic business”, her “funny comics impress with their charm”. Also in 2007, the Fumetto comic festival dedicated her first solo exhibition.

Two stays in Hamburg in 2004 and 2009 formed the basis of her second book, “Jetzt geht later” (2011), which is again characterized by autobiography. It tells of life as an exchange student, complicated male acquaintances, bread jobs and the fight for artistic freedom as a comic artist. Rickenbach lives in Zurich .

Rickenbach draws comics and illustrations e.g. B. for Swiss family , Tages-Anzeiger or the Lenzburg city library, also in comic magazines such. B. Strapazin . She gives lectures and comics workshops in schools, she also performs at live drawing events.

Her works have been exhibited a. a. in Lausanne, Oslo, Ravenna, Erlangen, Berlin, Zurich and New Delhi.

style

Rickenbach cultivates a direct narrative style and a "lively line that seems quick and fleeting, but in truth is amazingly secure and mature." She “doesn't tell us anything unnecessary in any window. In clear lines and fast-paced image sections, she designs everyday moments ”. “It is the supposed banalities of everyday life that Rickenbach carefully filters out and congenially enriches with her pointed humor. Her sweeping stroke emphasizes the ease with which she tells stories ”.

Works (selection)

  • The beginning and the end . Strapazin 83, Zurich 2006
  • zyri . Column, züritipp, Zurich 2006
  • November 2007 . My secret diary, Berlin 2007
  • Film tear . Edition Moderne, Zurich 2007
  • The accident . ORANG 7, reproduced 2008
  • No water in O-block . In: When Kulbushan met Stöckli . Phantomville Books, New Delhi 2009
  • La Vache Espagnol . Polar Bear, Belgium 2010
  • Red factory stories . Column, Rote Fabrik Zeitung, Zurich 2010
  • With full commitment. A comic about the life of Huldrych Zwingli . Theological Publishing House Zurich, Zurich, 2011
  • Now comes later . Edition Moderne, Zurich 2011
  • Raven mother, illustrations for texts by Nathalie Sassine . Walde and Graf, Zurich 2011

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2004 Echolot 2 , Erotic Art Museum, Hamburg
  • 2005 Factory exhibition, yellow house, Lucerne
  • 2006 New German picture counter , group exhibition, Naples, Erlangen
  • 2007 FUMETTO solo exhibition
  • 2007 Solo exhibitions in Basel and Winterthur
  • 2007 Bulles des femmes , exhibition, Lausanne
  • 2008 FUMETTO solo exhibition, Lucerne
  • 2008 plusplus comics exhibition, NEUROTITAN Berlin
  • 2008 Kreis 4 , group exhibition, Galerie Baviera, Zurich
  • 2008 1452 miles from home , group exhibition, New Delhi
  • 2009 Erotik , Cartoonmuseum Basel
  • 2009 STRAPAZIN exhibition, Strasbourg
  • 2009 Solo exhibition at Fantoche Film Festival Diary, Baden
  • 2009 Group exhibition European Autobiographical Comics , St. Petersburg
  • 2010 Strasbulles Comic Festival, Strasbourg
  • 2010 25 years of STRAPAZIN , Nanjing, China
  • 2010 Curation of Fantoche Live Drawing at the Kunsthaus Aarau / Festival Center Baden
  • 2011 SPX Comicsfestival Stockholm (with Ulli Lust, May 2011)

Awards

  • 2008 Pro Helvetia Atelier in New Delhi
  • 2008 "Max and Moritz Prize" for best student publication at the Erlangen comic festival (with Plusplus Comics)
  • 2008 contribution from the city of Zurich
  • 2009 Nomination for the Fanzine Prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival (with Plusplus Comics)
  • 2009 Comic Work Year of the City of Zurich

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Take the lead yourself . TAZ, March 13, 2006
  2. ↑ Right on the line . Migros Magazine , March 19, 2007
  3. ↑ Immerse yourself in the fantasy world of comics . Zurich Oberland, April 7, 2008
  4. ^ Christian Gasser, Filmriss, 2007
  5. ↑ Take the lead yourself . Taz, March 13, 2006
  6. ^ Matthias Schneider: Kati Rickenbach , Goethe-Institut Stockholm, December 2008
personal data
SURNAME Rickenbach, Kati
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss comic artist and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel