For about fifteen years, Alain Poncelet has been publishing art and comic books populated by legendary and bewitching creatures. Not limited to a single universe, his work presents different facets: fantastic, but also eroticism and travel sketchbooks.
The adventure begins in 2005, with the debut album BD at Nocturne, "Cinema Fantastic". This album was followed by two graphic novels "Catharsis" and "Rupture (s)". 2010 sees the beginning of a collaboration with the metal group Skeptical Minds. Their universes marrying perfectly, Alain is entrusted with the realization of the drawings of T-shirt, album covers, and scenic sets. This collaboration intensified with the release of the CD / DVD albums "Broken Dolls" and "Omega Thanatos".
In 2012, Alain participates in a collective project at the request of the Italian publisher Passenger Press. "Black Odyssey" retraces an erotic version of Ulysse's Odyssey. Two other books get to be edited by the Milanese publisher: "Apocalypse Tarot" and "Dead Art Book" which were presented at a showcase at the Lucca Comics & Games in 2013. From 2012 to 2015, Alain participated in the "Sketchbook Project" initiated by the Brooklyn Art Library in New York. Unique in its kind, this library hosts sketchbooks of artists from around the world. A world tour for notebooks is organized all over the world: The USA, Europe and Australia.
The author of the poster of the 2016 vampire ball, Alain is present every year at the BIFFF, the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival. In 2017, he has created the label of the Crémant Cuvée special BIFFF 35 years. For the fantasy festival Trolls & Legends 2017, Alain declined a little Troll, the mascot of the festival, in many "Viking" versions. The drawings made for this edition of the festival have been collected in an artbook.
2017 also saw the publication of his new comic book "Rusalka, the spirit of the lake", «Dark & Erotic » with writer Karolina Pacan, the "Motörbook" with rock journalists Jacques de Pierpont & Patchouli and some new designs for the Motörheadbangers, Motörhead's official fanclub.
In 2018, Alain participates in the exhibition “Arte Nell Arte” at the Fabrica de Arte Cubano in Havana. The same year, his travelogues were exhibited at the Fondation Folon. In 2019, he publishes the comicbook « Azmandeh », an erotic-horrific story, The story is written by French actress Anna d’Annunzio.
In 2020, Alain creates the poster for the the BIFFF (the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival), his nude drawings are exhibited at the gallery Partage and his travel sketchbooks from Cuba are exhibited at the Huberty Breyne gallery in Brussels.
Exhibitions :
Na⸱ra⸱tive (collective) - 2022 - Philippe Labaune Gallery - New York, USA
Carnets de voyages (with Serge Dehaes) - 2022 - CMCO - Brussels, Belgium
It's Only Bock'n'Roll (collective) - 2022 - OffofOff, Festival BD - Angoulême, France
Dark Art - 2022 - Galerie des Bulles - Charleroi, Belgium
It's only Rock'n Bock (collective) - 2022 - Festival Microphasme - Rouen, France
Trais pour Traits (collective) - 2022 - Espace Bernier & Musée Wellington - Waterloo, Belgium
Mado Jazz (collective) - 2022 - Marc by H&B - Brussels, Belgium
Univers croisés - 2022 - Galerie Aarnor - Spy, Belgium
100% sousbocks (collective) - 2021 - Festival de la Bande dessinée de Bassillac - Bassillac, France
Arborescence - 2021 - Atelier Garance - Lasne, Belgique
PDP et autres faits très divers (collective) - 2021 - Galerie Zig Zag - Chamiers, France
Voodoo Queen - Marc by H&B - 2021 - Brussels, Belgium
Intimité - Marc by H&B - 2021 - Brussels, Belgium
Le baiser (collective) - Marc by H&B - 2021 - Brussels, Belgium
L'invitation - Marc by H&B - 2020 - Brussels, Belgium
PDP et autres faits très divers (collective) - 2020 - Galerie Pollen - Monflanquin, France
Tropiques - 2020 - Gallery Huberty Breyne - Brussels, Belgium
Contrastes - 2020 - Partage Galerie - Brussels, Belgium
Sousbocks Collection (collective) - 2020 - OffofOff, Festival BD - Angoulême, France
Sousbocks Collection (collective) - 2019 - La BD prend l'air - Cajarc, France
Trollexpo - Orangerie de la salle Jacques Galant - 2019 - Jurbise, Belgium
Gaston dans tous ses états (collective) - 2019 - Jurbise, Belgium
Expo Sous-bocks (collective) - 2019 - Galerie Vincent Bercker - Aix-en-Provence, France
Carnets de voyages et aquarelle - 2019 - Espace Bernier - Waterloo, Belgium
Sousbocks Collection (collective) - 2019 - Arts Factory - Paris, France
Sous l'océan (collective) - 2018 - Bibliothèque Edgar P Jacobs - Lasne, Belgium
Arte Nell Arte (collective) - 2018 - Fundacion Ludwig de Cuba - La Habana, Cuba
Arte Nell Arte (collective) - 2018 - Fabrica de Arte Cubano - La Habana, Cuba
Arte Nell Arte (collective) - 2018 - Gallery Huberty Breyne - Brussels, Belgium
Arte Nell Arte (collective) - 2018 - Gallery Drouot - Paris, France
Alice au pays des merveilles (collective) - 2018 - Bibliothèque Edgar P Jacobs - Lasne, Belgium
Mortinfernum - 2018 - BIFFF, BOZAR - Brussels, Belgium
Carnets de voyages - 2018 - Fondation Folon - Le Hulpe, Belgium
Motörbook - 2017 - Galerie/Librairie Les Editeurs - Brussels, Belgium
Dark & Erotic - 2017 - Gallery Huberty Breyne - Brussels, Belgium
Imaginarium (with David Peeters) - 2017 - Gallery The Black Wall, SABAM - Brussels, Belgium
Panoramiques (collective) - 2017 - Gallery Huberty Breyne - Brussels, Belgium
Panoramiques (collective) - 2017 - Gallery Drouot - Paris, France
BéDéArt - 2017 - La villa du 9e art - Waterloo, Belgium
Trolls & Légendes - 2017 - Lotto Mons Expo - Mons, Belgium
Omega Thanatos - 2017 - Point Culture ULB - Ixelles, Belgium
Pop Up Exhibition Parvis (collective) - 2017 - St Gilles, Belgium
Hommage à Edgar P Jacobs (collective) - 2017 - Bibliothèque Edgar P Jacobs - Lasne, Belgium
Halloween Comics Festival (collective) - 2016 - Ego - Brussels, Belgium
Hommage à Paul Cuvelier (collective) - 2016 - Jurbise, Belgium
La machine infernale - 2015 - Tourcoing, France
Trolls & Bestioles (collective) - 2015 - Musée d’Art Fantastique - St Gilles, Belgium
Creatura - 2014 - Gallery nanouche L - Brussels, Belgium
Black Dog - 2014 - Paris, France
Metal Female Voices Fest - 2014 - Wieze, Belgium
Anthracite - 2013 - Galerie/Librairie - St Gilles, Belgium
XII XII XII (with Nathalie Chenavat) - 2012 - Galerie 11B - Brussels, Belgium
Parcours d’artistes (collective) - 2012 - Waterloo, Brussels
Metal Female Voices Fest (collective) - 2012 - Wieze, Belgium
Parcours d’artistes (collective) - 2012 - Byrrh - Brussels, Belgium
Self-portraits 4xx4 (collective) - 2012 - Brooklyn Art Library - New York, USA
The Sketchbook project (collective) - 2012 - travelling USA, United Kingdom & Australia
Passions (with Bart Ramakers) - 2011 - There - Leuven, Belgium
Portraits (collective) - 2010 - Les écuries - Waterloo, Belgium
L’Amour fou - 2009 - Ixelles, Belgium
Mets Zé Mots - 2008 - Virton, Belgium
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (collective) - 2008 - Tour & Taxis - Brussels, Belgium
Salon de l’érotisme de Bruxelles (collective) - 2007 - Brussels, Belgium
