Iris Weidmann lives and works as a freelance illustrator and comic artist in Zurich. She completed her Bachelor's degree in Illustration Nonfiction at the Lucerne University of Art and Design in 2019. She is part of the editorial team of the comic magazine "die Notbremse" and, in addition to commissions, is also working on her own comic project, for which she received the 2023 grant from the German-speaking cities of Switzerland.