In 2016 Céline Guichard was interviewed by Heather McCalden for Tiny Pencil magazine. You can read the whole interview here; we have selected some of Céline’s responses.

Could you tell us about your creative process?

I don’t have a particular process but I do have a practice. I draw and the images come out of this practice. I am always drawing, this is probably the most important thing. Outside of the drawing process itself there are critical moments of questioning. I sometimes feel the need for a change, whether it is the tool I’m using, the format, or the subject.

How do you conceptualise a piece?

An image can emerge from words, sentences, graphic elements, signs or objects, memories. I am really fond of dessin automatique – drawing without thinking. I often lay on my bed and just let the picture come.

What’s your favourite subject matter?

I mostly work on the human body, naked, twisted, hairy, androgynous, damaged. The faces are grotesque, contorted, cross-eyed, melancholic, ecstatic, contemplative, The characters are male/female and hermaphrodite, strange couples, monstrosities, two-headed characters with switched limbs, hybrid animals, animals/humans, animals/plants.

Where do your creations come from?

My twisted psychology. Abnormality is my nourishment. I am always curious to see and to know what is ce qui est cache, what is hidden. We always hide what is different, what is not ‘normal’. I unveil the things hidden by the limitations of ‘normal’.