Born in Besançon, Olivier Balez studied Applied Arts in Paris for five years, and then lived in Barcelona for a while. There he did a travelling exposition of jazz drawings. Back in Paris, he did several notebooks with drawings of theatre plays. He did some comics work for Libération and he created the comic 'L'Opus à l'Oreille' for Angoulême. While staying in Australia for a couple of months, he did a project for the Academy of Visual Arts with the journalist Florence Bécamp. He also did book and album covers. With Corbeyran, Balez produced a story for 'Parole de Taulards', followed by 'Le Village qui s'Amenuise'.
|
