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SHE WHO DRAWS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND TAKES SNAP SHOTS WITH HER PENCIL...

Artist Statement


I’m fascinated by people and their psyche. Captivated by the beauty of the minority and the intriguing game between opposites in any shape or form, I try to create a point of recognition for the viewer.

I have just one addiction and that’s my obsession with snails that smile without their teeth showing.

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Kelly De Meyer is not interested in art as it were. Her passion is people, her search is one for those human similarities that might take us towards something like a truth that suits the whole species. She’s looking for this beneath the surface, under the clothes; using psychology and emotion as the foundations for expressing her own vocabulary. Can a word really communicate our feelings?
With exceptional precision and an intimate vulnerable approach, the young Belgian illustrator tries to get there in images. Her pictures tell stories.

The narratives are tender, but not gentle. They are somehow aware that the image can always only be the surface, and when you start staring into the skin of her work, smooth flesh reveals its scars, things get darker, and Kelly gingerly pushes you to walk away from the light. Don’t be afraid. All you can find in there is yourself.



Harlan Levey
Editor in Chief / Modart Magazine

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[JANE DOE 13] VERSUS MR. [SOAP BAR] HOUDINI

ENTER PROJECT

New project I'm working on at the moment. You can already
view a little preview.


THE [BIRD] KEEPER

Enter The Bird Keeper

A website for Eddy Vinck. Breeder Of Scotch Fancy.

 

THE [SECRET] SOCIETY

Enter The Secret Society

Illustration for The Word Magazine. Topic: The Secret Society.
[The Word Magazine]


LEAP Of [FAITH]

An Urban Legend based on a true story.

She creates her own imaginary figures out of found wrapping paper. Accompanied by a few thrown out tree decorations, she celebrates her special day.
When night falls, the dark shadows creep up on her, showing her with a very intriguing hand puppet show the old memories of what she once knew.

In the loving memory of J.D.

 

Fish[Think]Tank - DeadEnd

What if your only way out is a dead end?

Images for an article about prisoner movies. These weird subgenre of horror, more psychological movies.

Piñata's are fun, aren't they?

 

[EMPTY] SPACES

Project about loniless disorder.

"We got these tiny love spaces that we need to fill. Filling up tiny love spaces. Getting lost inside of insatiable mazes. Looking for heroes in worn- out faces. Looking for a great big love in tiny places..." -Jewel-

 

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Selection of different small projects.

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Selection of shows

2010


‘Shaved or Natural’ | Group exhibition |Gallery  182a, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2009


‘20 Year Anniversary of the Educative Academy’ | Solo exhibition | V.V.T.I.V, Antwerp

‘Spark’ | Group exhibition Woman Designer Leadership | Seoul Design Olympiad 2009 

‘Green’ | Group exhibition Woman Designer Leadership | Hillstate Gallery, Seoul, Korea, supported by the WDL network http://www.wdlnet.org

404 DongSoong bldg., 1-49 DongSoong-Dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul, Korea


Sarah Fundraiser exhibition and eBay auction,  St-Medard, Hoogstraat 300, Brussels
In collaboration with No New Enemies & Actionfields.

Affordable Art Fair, Tour & Taxi, Brussels

Solo exhibition ‘Silk 2’: Dirty Café, Dirty Dancing at Ciné Mirano, Brussels

 

2008


Solo expo ‘Pandora’s Box * I.K.W.C.B.S.’, Choosy, Brussels


Group expo ‘Heart & Soul’, EXHIBITION & BOOK LAUNCH, ALPHABETA gallery, Brooklyn, New York


Expo ‘Urban Crawlers’, Urban Outfitters, Antwerp


Group Expo ‘Plastic’, The White Hotel, Brussels


Group expo & market: ‘A Little Scratch Xmas Market’, Mr – Ego, Brussels

2007


Group expo ‘Valentine’, Addict Lab, Maasmechelen village, Brussels


Solo expo ‘Pandora’s Box * I.K.W.C.B.S.’:  Pin’Art gallery, Mechelen


Solo expo ‘Silk’: Dirty Café, Dirty Dancing at Ciné Mirano, Brussels


Group expo ‘Home Sweet Home' Centre Belge de la Bande
Dessinée – Belgisch Centrum voor het Beeldverhaal, Brussels.

 

2006


Group expo ‘What’s Your Excuse’: Mekanik gallery, Antwerp


Expo ‘Waanzin In het Gezin’, De Faktorij (collage), Schaarbeek, Brussels


Group expo ‘Soiree Royale’ presented by Amusée – Vous, Royal Museum For Fine Arts, Antwerp

 

2005

Group expo Graduation Project Graphic Design, Design center
De Winkelhaak, Antwerp


Group expo Selection Graduation Project Royal Academy For Fine Arts, In - Between gallery, Antwerp

 

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SHE WHO DRAWS WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND TAKES
SNAP SHOTS WITH HER PENCIL...

Formation

2001 - 2005: Masters degree Illustration – Graphic Design
Royal Academy for Fine Arts, Antwerp

Exhibitions

2010


‘Shaved or Natural’ | Group exhibition |Gallery  182a, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2009


‘20 Year Anniversary of the Educative Academy’ | Solo exhibition | V.V.T.I.V, Antwerp

‘Spark’ | Group exhibition Woman Designer Leadership | Seoul Design Olympiad 2009 

‘Green’ | Group exhibition Woman Designer Leadership | Hillstate Gallery, Seoul, Korea, supported by the WDL network http://www.wdlnet.org

404 DongSoong bldg., 1-49 DongSoong-Dong, Jongro-gu, Seoul, Korea


Sarah Fundraiser exhibition and eBay auction,  St-Medard, Hoogstraat 300, Brussels
In collaboration with No New Enemies & Actionfields.

Affordable Art Fair, Tour & Taxi, Brussels

Solo exhibition ‘Silk 2’: Dirty Café, Dirty Dancing at Ciné Mirano, Brussels

 

2008


Solo expo ‘Pandora’s Box * I.K.W.C.B.S.’, Choosy, Brussels


Group expo ‘Heart & Soul’, EXHIBITION & BOOK LAUNCH, ALPHABETA gallery, Brooklyn, New York


Expo ‘Urban Crawlers’, Urban Outfitters, Antwerp


Group Expo ‘Plastic’, The White Hotel, Brussels


Group expo & market: ‘A Little Scratch Xmas Market’, Mr – Ego, Brussels

 

2007


Group expo ‘Valentine’, Addict Lab, Maasmechelen village, Brussels


Solo expo ‘Pandora’s Box * I.K.W.C.B.S.’:  Pin’Art gallery, Mechelen


Solo expo ‘Silk’: Dirty Café, Dirty Dancing at Ciné Mirano, Brussels


Group expo ‘Home Sweet Home' Centre Belge de la Bande
Dessinée – Belgisch Centrum voor het Beeldverhaal, Brussels.

 

2006


Group expo ‘What’s Your Excuse’: Mekanik gallery, Antwerp


Expo ‘Waanzin In het Gezin’, De Faktorij (collage), Schaarbeek, Brussels


Group expo ‘Soiree Royale’ presented by Amusée – Vous, Royal Museum For Fine Arts, Antwerp

 

2005

Group expo Graduation Project Graphic Design, Design center
De Winkelhaak, Antwerp


Group expo Selection Graduation Project Royal Academy For Fine Arts, In - Between gallery, Antwerp

 

Selection and competitions

2006

Selected competition ‘Soiree Royale’ presented by
Amusée – Vous, Royal Museum for Fine Arts, Antwerp

2005

Design prize graduation project 2005

Reward Artistic Foundation Mathilde Horlait-Dapsens: selected

Publications


.:: Modart magazine / www.modartmagazine.com
.:: The Word magazine // www.thewordmagazine.be
.:: ISM magazine /// www.ismcommunity.org
.:: Belio magazine ///////www.beliomagazine.com
.:: Gynaika magazine ///// www.gynaika.be
.:: Addict magazine ////////// www.addictlab.be
.:: Torpedo ////// www.falconvsmonkey.com
.:: The Fish magazin // www.defish.be
.:: Go magazine V.I.P. ///////////// www.g-o.be


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