Bio
Mihael Bađun was born in Varaždin, Croatia. He was awarded the academic title Master of Art Education in 2021, after completing his graduate studies in Art Education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, under Professor Ines Krasić. In his work, Bađun deals with comics, painting, and illustration. He is the creator of several short, published comic books and illustrated book covers, and has executed two public murals. Bađun has been awarded three solo exhibitions in Croatia and has participated in more than twenty group exhibitions both in Croatia and abroad. Currently, he is working on the graphic novel Abadon at his home in Varaždin.
Statement
“This triptych of studies represents the isolated elements of a composition that I later meticulously scanned and arranged into a whole, and which opens the first chapter of my graphic novel, Abadon. The plot of Abadon, which can be described as a ‘story about hatred in eight chapters,’ follows two criminal inspectors in the hunt for a serial killer – the self-proclaimed Abadon, or the angel of the Abyss. These studies allow the qualities of traditional media to come to the fore, with their unique modes of tactility, texture, and form. Through the use of digital media, however, these traditional painted studies are given a new context, in the form of graphic novel pages.” – Mihael Badun
