Emma Rendel, born 1976 in Uppsala

Uppsala

- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...

 is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 graphic novel

Graphic novel

A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...

 author, artist and illustrator who lives and works in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

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Emma Rendel studied Illustration at Central St Martins and Communication Arts and Design at the Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...

, London

London

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. Her graphic stories been published in magazines such as Galago, Icon magazine, Le Gun and Art Review, and her illustrations have been used by among others, Time Out, Form and Battersea Arts Centre

Battersea Arts Centre

The Battersea Arts Centre is a performance space near Clapham Junction in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth that specialises in music and theatre productions.-History:...

. Rendel has participated in various exhibitions including COMICA at the Institute of Contemporary Arts

Institute of Contemporary Arts

The Institute of Contemporary Arts is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. It is located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch...

, London, 2008 and Cut my legs off and call me shorty! at Tensta Konsthall

Tensta Konsthall

Tensta Konsthall is a centre for contemporary art on the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1998, the art centre has exhibited works by international artists which include: Wolfgang Tillmans, Julian Opie, On Kawara, Shirin Neshat, Susan Hiller, Tracey Moffat, Kutlug Ataman, Mark Wallinger...

, 2009.

Rendel is credited with coining the term "awkwardist" in an article by Paul Gravett

Paul Gravett

Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing and promotion for over 20 years....

, originally published in Art Review, London.

Books

• Allt Är Allrajt (Published by Kartago Förlag, Stockholm, 2009)(Swedish language)(ISBN 978-91-86003-25-8)
• Pentti and Deathgirl (Published by Jonathan Cape
  Jonathan Cape
  Jonathan Cape was a London-based publisher founded in 1919 as "Page & Co" by Herbert Jonathan Cape , formerly a manager at Duckworth who had worked his way up from a position of bookshop errand boy. Cape brought with him the rights to cheap editions of the popular author Elinor Glyn and sales of...
  
  , London, 2009)(ISBN 978-0-224-08506-9)
• The Akwardists (Self published, London, 2006)
• Deathgirls Birthday (Self published, London, 2005)
• Deathgirls Diary 2 (Self published, London, 2005)
• Deathgirls Diary 1 (Self published, London, 2005)

External links

• Dagens Nyheter Archive Article and Interview by Alexandra Sundqvist, 22 Feb, 2009, pg 10 & 11 (Swedish)
• www.randomhouse.co.uk Author page at Random House
• www.legun.co.uk Le Gun magazine
• www.kartago.se Kartago Förlag, Publishers (site in Swedish)
• http://foggygrizzly.blogspot.com/2007/10/interview-with-emma-rendel.html Interview with Foggy Grizzly (site in Swedish)