With GNIFFEL, Iris Van Robays (31) brings together a selection of her most beloved Kwinkslagerijen and standalone cartoons. Born in Kortrijk, raised in Ingelmunster and for the past ten years based in Ghent, she has built a practice in which language and image joyfully challenge one another.
After completing a master’s degree in Graphic Design at LUCA School of Arts and spending a short period in Amsterdam, she returned to the Artevelde city with a suitcase full of enthusiasm, coloured pencils and plans.
Since 2019, she has been drawing De Kwinkslagerij weekly for De Standaard: a column in which wordplay and images happily collide. What starts as a linguistic twist inevitably ends in a drawing with a wink.
Alongside this, she works as a freelance illustrator, cartoonist and creative jack‑of‑all‑trades. She gives workshops and creates postcard poetry for De Typotheek.
Iris plays with language, tilts the everyday and enjoys nudging reality slightly off balance, inviting you to look differently at what you thought you knew.
GNIFFEL invites you into her world of wordplay, small absurdities and gentle wonder. Expect sparkle, double meanings and—hopefully here and there—an unexpected laugh, ranging from a subtle snigger to uninhibited belly laughter.
