Born in 1983 in Lille (France), earned his CGI diploma from Supinfocom with his graduation short “AH” in 2006. Bastien is a keen traveler, it was after he hitch hiked from the north of France to Istanbul that he had the idea of making an animated travel log. Since 2013 he is running the NGO Art Brutal which is doing workshops, exhibitions – mostly about animation – and offer every year a grant for a young animator. Bastien is also a multi artist, practicing sculpture, tattoo, lino-cut and silk-print.