Miles HYMAN

Miles Hyman au Festival de Solliès-Ville 2018 © Le Monde de la BD

Miles HYMAN is a comic book artist and illustrator for magazine press and publishers, born in the United States but naturalized French.
Grandson of Shirley Jackson (American horror and fantasy novelist, who influenced the current generation of writers such as Stephen King, Richard Matheson, and Sarah Waters), Miles Hyman grew up in New England. It is even in his grandparents' house (where his family settled after their disappearance) that he will immerse himself in culture, through the library and record collection left by his ancestors in the mansion. This will have a very significant influence on his own evolution.
He began his artistic studies at Buxton School, near Boston. It was during this period that he discovered the paintings of Renoir, Picasso, Monet, or Sisley in museums. He continued his studies in France, in Aix-en-Provence, and then in Paris, at the Beaux-Arts.
It is as an illustrator that he first became known in the late 1980s, publishing his first drawings in the monthly magazine Lire, then working on novel covers for Editions Denoël, FGallimard, Le Seuil, and Actes Sud.
He has created all the covers for the series Le Poulpe, narrating the adventures of the libertarian detective Gabriel Lecouvreur. It is worth noting that he adapted one of his grandmother's iconic works into a comic book: The Lottery.
His work is presented by numerous galleries, and the Palais de Tokyo dedicated an exhibition to him in 1990. He has been a Knight of the Arts and Letters since 2017.