Born in 1982 in Sarlat-la-Canéda (France), Stefan Zed is a lawyer by training, now a painter, portraitist, caricaturist, and illustrator. Franquin, Ingres, Burne Hogarth, Frazetta, Pignon-Ernest, and René Gruau are among his artistic influences.

In 2011, he set up his easel in Paris, in order to give free rein to his various professional projects.

He enrolled in courses in Chinese calligraphy, tempera (Académie de la Croix Nivert), oil painting (Paris Academy of Art), while practicing assiduously at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.

Regularly exhibited in France and abroad (Tokyo, Belgium), he obtained the Gold Medal at the National Salon of Animal Artists in 2014, the Drawing Prize at the Autumn Salon in 2017 and the Bronze Medal at the Salon of French Artists in 2018.

The human body, the face, and the figure of the horse are his main themes in drawing and painting. In addition, he collaborates as an illustrator on various projects, allowing him to combine his imagination with that of other artists from different artistic disciplines (theater, film, music, etc.).