Noémie Marsily

Noémie Marsily was born in 1983 in Belgium and has since been engraving, painting, and drawing images that are mostly in motion. After studying illustration at St-Luc in Brussels, she published her first book in 2010 with the collective Nos restes: “Fouillis Feuillu.”

In 2013, her second comic, “Fétiche,” was published by Les Requins Marteaux, and more recently “Memet” (script by Isabella Cieli) by l’Employé du Moi. In parallel, she co-directed several animated short films with Carl Roosens, produced by Zorobabel, including “Poodle” (2010), “Around the Lake” (2013), “Mosquito” (2014, with Canal+), and “I don’t feel anything anymore” (2016, with the NFB).

Her artistic practice has been evolving for several years through projects and encounters, between comics, illustration, animated film and teaching. “Ce qui bouge est vivant” (Whatever moves is alive), produced in solo, 2022, is an intimate and poetic self-portrait.

Writing and graphic researchs for a graphic novel (or maybe an animation film). The project is an autofictional romantic comedy about a 40 years old neuro-atypical single mum. She recently discoverd she was a mermaid, and she is trying to do her best in a brand new romantic relationship with a human. The characters are evolving in an absurd and poetic world. I still have to find out if I develop this story in animation or in a graphic novel. I have a lot of ideas that I need to write and draw in order to organise them and find the better formal approach to develop this story.