About

romi is an artist and designer living on a corner of Angoulême, France. You may know her work from multiple exhibitions in Montreal, New-York, Tokyo and Hong-Kong, various book fairs, and also for her terrible cats, Alto and Morille.

Born in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France, the rendezvous point of an insufferable bourgeoisie, romi grew up in Moscow, Russia, where she survived the 2002 Nord-Ost siege, and then some other places, until she landed in Bordeaux, France, where she lived most of her young adult life, studied psychology, and then bookselling as well as book publishing. Bordeaux is also known for its insufferable bourgeoisie, but also for housing the famous “bored hot communist” Philippe Poutou. In 2024, she moved to a smaller, quieter place, Angoulême. Although it’s not known for housing famous communists, Angoulême is nonetheless known internationally for the Angoulême International Comics Festival, also known as the FIBD. She doesn’t enjoy writing about herself in the third person.

Drawing portrait of Romi and Alto by Romane Bourdet. Romi is standing while Alto is on her shoulder.
Portrait by Romane Bourdet.

Contact

e-mail romi@grtsk.net
social things romi@disco.grtsk.com
romi@labyrinth.zone
letterboxd.com/romi_grtsk
IRC romi on libera.chat
codesr.ht/~romi
Verifications Keyoxide
A dithered selfie. I wear a reversed bomber jacket, a white shirt, and have a beautifully styled mullet.
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F.Q.A

Following the tradition of frequently questioned answers…

About Me

What is your favourite scent?
Citrus notes are the best. To tell the truth, my hand cream, body lotion, soap, and my perfume have a yuzu scent.
How can I tell you apart in a crowd?
I’m the gal wearing a lot of green clothes.
Do you like picrews?
I do, and I have a small collection of them.
What’s your favorite film?
This is a hard one… I couldn’t really choose between Tampopo (1985), House (1977), Pastoral: To Die in the Country (1974), Ponyo (2008), Nowhere (1997), Donkey Skin (1970) and a dozen more… You can follow my viewings diary on the films page.
What’s your favorite book?
I’m pulling my joker on this one.
What’s your favorite music album?
Oi, I’m out of jokers.
Okay, what about your favorite transportation syst–
Trains trains trains, and maybe some boats.
Do you like natu–
Mushrooms rocks. By the way, I named one of my cats Morille, the french name of morels.
What are your favorite animals?
Rabbits, frogs, snails, puffer fishes, cats, geese, sharks, whales, snakes, dogs… They’re the best.

About The Website

Do you have a website?
Yes.
What is this place?
A website, a home on the internet, my homepage, my little garden, I don’t know exactly! Is it confusing to navigate? Maybe it’s on purpose, or maybe I am a confused person, who knows!
How can I navigate this website?
Just explore it, start from the starter pack, or check the sitemap!
How did you make this website?
Who cares 😴 You can check what changed over time, though. This website uses modern CSS features likes grids and selectors. It only does so to spice things up. The whole thing is designed to be usable on older and simpler browsers.
Can I get an RSS feed??
Yes of course! JSON, Atom.
Other places I should check?
Sure! Keep an eye on my bookmarks.

Testimonials

ya pas a avoir des cheveux aussi lesbiens.

— Léah

T’es drôle toi.

— Delphine Panique

Look at those tattoos, you must be unemployed.

— Simon Hanselmann

Ah good, me too I like master Umezz.

— Taiyō Matsumoto
Picture drawn on MacPaint of three women in kimono. One is using a macintosh, another is reading the paper that the printer is feeding, and the last one is browsing a box of floppy disks. It’s not a picture from me, but I’d like to know where it comes from.