Arne Bellstorf was born in 1979. In 2005 he graduated at the University of Applied Sciences (Department Design) in Hamburg. His final thesis, entitled »acht, neun, zehn«, was his first graphic novel and received much recognition in Germany. It has since been published in France, Italy, Poland and South Korea. Frankfurt Book Fair, Comixene and Frankfurter Rundschau named Arne Bellstorf »Newcomer of the Year« in 2005.

Since 2006 he has been writing and illustrating a monthly comic page for a German newspaper, »Der Tagesspiegel«. Besides working as an illustrator and comic artist, he also co-edits the annual comic magazine »Orang« with Sascha Hommer. Together, they founded »Kiki Post«, a small collective and independent publishing house for comics, in 2004.

Arne Bellstorf is currently living in Hamburg, Germany.

AWARDS:

• Bernd Pfarr-Sondermann-Preis »Bester Newcomer« 2005 (awarded by »Frankfurter Rundschau« and »Comixene« at Frankfurt Book Fair 2005
• ICOM Independent Comic Preis 2006: Bester Independent Comic für »acht, neun, zehn«

EXHIBITIONS:

• »no H2O«, Stadtbad Oderberger, 2. Int. Berliner Comicfestival, Berlin, 2003
• »ECHOLOT II«, Erotic Art Museum, Hamburg, 2004
• »20 Jahre Strapazin«, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich, 2004
• »Graphic Dialect«, Taiyangtai, Chengdu (China), 2005
• »Klassenfahrt«, Int. Comixfestival Fumetto, Luzern, 2005
• »Mayflies — Young Illustrators in Germany« (AGI 2005), Kulturbrauerei Berlin, 2005
• »acht, neun, zehn« (Ausstellung u. Buchpräsentation), Linda e.V., Hamburg, 2005
• »Kinder, es ist kalt«, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg, 2006
• »Strapazin - Comics aus Hamburg«, Linda e.V., Hamburg, 2006
• »New German Comic Storytellers«, Napoli Comicon, Neapel, 2006
• »Wir sind besorgt«, RAM Hotel, Bologna, 2007
• »Orang Magazine«, Int. Comixfestival Fumetto, Luzern, 2007
• »Kopfkino«, Kunsthaus Dresden, 2008
• »L’allemagne à Bastia«, BD à Bastia (Corsica), 2009

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