Lucie Langston is an illustrator and comic artist based in Europe. Langston graduated from the University of Applied Sciences Mainz, Germany, with a Bachelor's degree in Communication Design, wich she passed with destinction. During girlhood drawing was her escapism and later became her voice to reflect life. Being influenced by women of illustration emerging from “Neue Mainzer Schule” and inspired by Ulli Lust, a detailed, often atmospherical yet thought provoking style developed.
Teaching:
04/2021 Comic Workshop at HfK+G Stuttgart
WiSe 2021/22 Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragte) Illustration and Comic, HS Mainz,
09/2021 workshop "Träumst du schon oder schläfst du noch?", Comicjuju, Stuttgart
Clients and Publications:
Bloomberg Businessweek
Reportagen Magazin
Hohe Luft Magazin
Berliner Zeitung
Plan W Magazin (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Art Directors Club Germany (ADC)
AlleFrauenreferat Universität Mainz
Awards:
05/21 Art Directors Club Talent Award "Goldener Nagel"
06/21 World Illustration Award, Longlisted Artist
ARD Kulturcreators Competition Finalist together with Julia Kleinbeck, follow the project → at SWR, → at MDR and → at ARD Audiothek
Scholarships:
6 Punkte für die Kultur, RLP, Projektstipendium 2021
Mary Somerville Stipendium 2021
Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kulturwerk, 2022
Exhibitions:
09/20 COMIC JUJU Zine Ausstellung, group show, Galerie Schacher, Stuttgart und Satellitenausstellung Café Holzapfel, Stuttgart
09/21 – 02/22 Eleutheria – Raum für Kunst von Frauen*, Gruppenausstellung, Treppenhaus der Wissenschaftlichen Stadtbibliothek Mainz
09/21 COMIC JUJU Zine Ausstellung, group show, Rathaus, Stuttgart und Satellitenausstellung Holzmöbelei, Stuttgart
01–06/22 "Außenseiten" Eine Austellung von Sammlung Prinzhorn und dem Haus am Wehrsteg, Heidelberg.
06/22 Gruppenaustellung der Teilnehmer*innen des Comic Seminars Erlangen, Comic Salon Erlangen 2022, Erlangen
Press:
SWR: Kunscht!