Art as a way of seeing. Stories as a way of resisting.

I'm Anthony Pucelle — French artist, nomad, and creator of Ganda, a cyberpunk manga about propaganda, complicity, and what it means to stay human in a world run by algorithms. I've spent five years travelling the world using art as a lens, not a souvenir. If you're building a programme that brings living artists into conversation with your students, community, or institution — I'd like to talk.

Who I am

I didn't take the obvious path. I spent years working as a Magento developer, building the digital systems that now shape how we live, work, and consume. Then I left — not in crisis, but in clarity — to become the kind of artist who asks uncomfortable questions rather than building comfortable interfaces.

Since 2020 I've been travelling the world, drawing it, and building a creative universe called Ganda: a cyberpunk dystopia set in a future Mega City of Paris, where an AI governs everything and ordinary people must decide how much injustice they can knowingly accept before silence becomes complicity.

That question isn't fictional. I bring it into every room I walk into.

In December 2025, I gave my first institutional talk at The British University in Egypt in Cairo — speaking to students about art, identity, technology, and creative courage. It was the beginning of something I intend to take around the world.

What I offer

Artist Talk

"From Code to Canvas: Art, AI, and the Question We're All Afraid to Ask"

A 45–60 minute talk drawing on my journey from developer to travelling artist — and the world I'm building in response to what I've seen. Themes include:

  • The relationship between technology, creativity, and human identity
  • What AI is changing for artists — and what it can never change
  • How to build a creative practice that means something, not just something that sells
  • The central question of Ganda: how much injustice can a person knowingly accept before obedience becomes complicity?

Suitable for: university students (art, design, computer science, humanities), cultural institutions, creative industry events, tech and ethics conferences.

Available in: English and French.

Drawing Workshop

"World-Building Through Drawing: Creating Universes That Mean Something"

A hands-on 2–3 hour workshop in which participants don't just learn to draw — they learn to build worlds with intention. Using the Ganda universe as a live case study, we explore:

  • How to translate a concept or emotion into a visual language
  • Character design as a tool for social storytelling
  • The difference between illustration and art with a point of view
  • Practical techniques for digital and traditional media

No experience required. Suitable for students, emerging artists, and curious non-artists. Materials provided or specified in advance.

Available in: English and French.

Artist Residency Collaboration

Available for short and medium residencies (2 weeks – 3 months)

I work best when I'm embedded in a place — studying its architecture, its contradictions, its people — and feeding what I find into the Ganda universe. A residency with me isn't an artist disappearing into a studio. It's an open process: public drawing sessions, informal talks, collaborative work with local artists, and a visible output that belongs to the place as much as to me.

What I bring to a residency:

  • A practice that bridges digital art, world-building, and social commentary
  • A background in technology that opens unexpected conversations at the intersection of art and AI
  • A willingness to work publicly, share process, and involve local communities
  • Fluency in English and French; adaptability across cultures from five years of nomadic practice

What I'm looking for in a residency:

  • Access to a working space and local cultural community
  • Engagement with students or the public in at least one format (talk, workshop, or open studio)
  • A location whose visual and social environment feeds the work

Past & current

  • In progress — Ganda, Chapter 1

    Cyberpunk manga — Mega City of Paris — publishing 2025

  • December 2025 — Artist talk at The British University in Egypt, Cairo

    On art, identity, and creative courage in the age of AI

  • August 2025 — Sparrow Exhibition, Cairo

    Group exhibition, international artists

  • 2021 – Present — Nomadic practice across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East

    Five years of travel informing the Ganda universe

The Ganda connection

Everything I make is connected. Ganda — my long-form manga — is the central project that ties my talks, workshops, and residencies together. It's set in a near-future Paris where propaganda has become infrastructure and an AI government decides who belongs and who doesn't. Its central question — how much injustice can a person knowingly accept before obedience becomes complicity? — is the question I bring into every room.

If you host me, your students don't just meet an artist. They meet a world in the process of being built, and they become part of the conversation that's building it.

Contact section

Let's build something together

I'm currently travelling and open to collaborations in 2025 and 2026. Whether you're a French Institute abroad, a university art programme, a cultural centre, or an independent residency — if the conversation feels right, I want to have it.

Tell me who you are, what you're building, and when you need someone. I'll respond within 48 hours.