Chloé Wary

Chloé Wary was born in 1995, and grew up in Chilly-Mazarin.^[1] She studied illustration at the Lycée technologique d'Arts appliqués Auguste Renoir, in Paris.^[2] She developed a graduation project on women's rights in Saudi Arabia, including the right to drive a vehicle,^[1] which was published by Steinkis Groupe in 2017 under the title Conduite interdite (Prohibited Conduct).^[3] Wary declared having had the idea for this work by reading a book of testimonies, Révolution sous le voile (Revolution under the veil), by Clarence Rodriguez [fr].^[4]

In 2018, Wary was an artist-in-residence at Mazé-Milon and prepared a comic strip on Women's association football there;^[5] she herself became a gamer to better immerse herself in the subject.^[4][6] The work narrates the struggle of a female team for its survival.^[7][8] At the 2020 Angoulême International Comics Festival, the album won the Audience award.^[9]

Following an order from Insula Orchestra [fr] to the Steinkis publishing house, Wary illustrated a leaflet on the composer Louise Farrenc (1804-1875). This first encounter with classical music led to the production of her third album, Beethov sur Seine.^[10]

• 2020:
  • Literary prize for high school students and apprentices in the South region: winner of Comic strips for Saison des roses^[11]
  • Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize Awarded by the Audience for Saison des roses^[9]
  • Prix Artémisia for Emancipation for Saison des roses.^[12]
  • Nomination for the 2019 Prix Bédélys in the category of best comics outside Quebec in French language for Saison des roses.^[13]