Judith Vanistendael

Judith Vanistendael was born in Leuven, Belgium in 1974. After graduating from high school, she lived in Berlin for a year and followed courses at the Hochschule der Kunsten. After returning to Belgium, she studied art sciences for four years, after which she did a postgraduate in Sevilla, Spain. She illustrated the children's book 'Vlaamse Sprookjes', written by her father Geert Vanistendael. In 2000, she moved to Brussels and enrolled at the Comic School of the Sint Lukas Institute. She created several comics, among others for magazine Demo, and illustrated the book 'Het Koeienboek' by Bibi Dumontak. Her partially autobiographical graphic novel 'De Maagd en de Neger' is published by Oog en Blik in 2007.