César Debargue is an illustrator, graphic designer & publisher, graduated from HEAD-Genève and ENSAD-Paris , working between France and Japan in the editorial, fashion and cultural fields. He was awarded as a 2025 resident of Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto, Japan.

@cesardebargue
cesar.debargue@gmail.com

SELECTED CLIENTS
The New York Times, Universal Music Japan, Salomon, KPM Berlin, Distance, Fondation d’Entreprise Hermès, Esquire Italia, The Baffler, Sauna no Umeyu, Gamec Bergamo, CIRVA Marseille, Laurent Garnier & Radiomeuh...

PRESS
Popeye Magazine - Town Talk
M le Magazine du Monde
Kyoto Journal #109
Beau Magazine #11
Hamam Magazine

RESIDENCIES & GRANTS
Villa Kujoyama, Kyoto, Japan, 2025
Transat, les Ateliers Médicis, France, 2023

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Yakushima Photo Festival, Onoaida Onsen, Yakushima, Japan
Nuages Flottants, Kamogawa-yu, Kyoto, Japan
Les Jeudis de la Villa, Villa Kujoyama, Kyoto, Japan
2024
Nuages Flottants, Au Lieu, Paris, France
Aquifère, Librairie Sans Titre, Paris
2022
Antwerp Poster Festival, PAKT, Antwerp, Belgium
2018
Stil(l), KIRI Café, Kameoka, Japan
Let’s Dance Raw, Horikawa AC Lab, Kyoto , Japan
Hajimemashite, AC Lab, Kyoto, Japan
Places en relation, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Graphic Design Festival, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, Scotland
Weltformat Poster Festival, Neubad Luzern, Switzerland