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Antwerp - BE
She who draws with photographs and takes snapshots with her pencil…
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.
Her work has been presented to the public at many occasions:
2006 – Soirée Royale (collective exhibition presented by Amusée), Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp
2007 - Home Sweet Home (collective exhibition), Centre Belge de la Bande Dessinée
2008 - Heart & Soul (collective exhibition), ALPHABETA Gallery in Brooklyn, New York
2009 - Shaved or Natural, 182a Gallery à Rotterdam – Green (collective exhibition), Hillstate Gallery in Seoul.
Publications : Modart, The Word, ISM, Belio, Gynaika, Addict, Torpedo, The Fish.
