Polly
Pollet*

Positively provocative.
Bold ideas in blue ballpoint.

A night shop, a launderette, a tropical garden remembered from Medellín. Each project by Polly Pollet starts from a new concept, but the thread stays the same: the ordinary places and images that quietly shape how we live, see and remember. Drawn in ballpoint pen, line by line, without erasing.

Polly Pollet walking past her large blue ballpoint drawings in the studio
In the studio · Photo: Ralfagram
La Flor del Olvido, large ballpoint drawing of datura flowers
La Flor del Olvido, 2025. Ballpoint pen on wood pulp backing board, 3 mm, 120 x 80 cm. Photo: Oever Gallery
Ballpoint and paint on wood, detergent box Dash
A Forgetful Faith, 2024. Pollet Wasserette, Rik Rosseels Gallery
Pulpa del Sol, juice bottle drawn in ballpoint on wood
Pulpa del Sol, 2025. Acrylic paint and ballpoint pen on wood, varnished, 30 x 20 x 6.5 cm. Photo: Oever Gallery
Portrait drawn in blue ballpoint pen
Portrait, BIC ballpoint on paper
Palm Shadows, framed ballpoint drawing of a palm tree with handwritten text
Palm Shadows, 2025. Ballpoint pen on paper, framed with museum glass, 25 x 18.5 cm. Photo: Oever Gallery
La Última y Nos Vamos, aguardiente bottle drawn in ballpoint on wood
La Última y Nos Vamos, 2025. Acrylic paint and ballpoint pen on wood, varnished, 30 x 20 x 6.5 cm. Photo: Oever Gallery
Polly Pollet drawing on a wall covered with blue ballpoint hands
Interactive wall, Affordable Art Fair Brussels, 2022
Coreografía Invisible, framed blue ballpoint drawing of a puppeteer
Coreografía Invisible, 2025. Ballpoint pen on paper, framed with museum glass, 25 x 17 cm. Photo: Oever Gallery
Framed blue ballpoint drawing
The Endless Waiting Room, 2024. Pollet Wasserette, Rik Rosseels Gallery
Donde Crecen los Recuerdos, colonial house and palm trees drawn in ballpoint on a wooden box with gold leaf
Donde Crecen los Recuerdos, 2025. Acrylic paint, gold leaf and ballpoint pen on wood, varnished, 18 x 33 x 9 cm. Photo: Oever Gallery

Exhibitions

Full CV
Donde Nacen las Orquídeas, ballpoint drawing of an orchid

Now on view

Journeys Unfolding

Group exhibition by The Art Cloud Gallery
Domein De Ghellinck, Kortrijkstraat 110 C, Wortegem-Petegem

6 to 15 November 2026

Journeys Unfolding explores travel, both literal and figurative: discovering other cultures, and travel as a metaphor for personal growth.

Artist talk Thursday 12 November at 19:00, with Ferre Leriche, Polly Pollet, Ralph Nollet and Randoald Sabbe. Free entrance.

Opening on Friday 6 November, 17:00 to 22:00. Open Saturday 7, Sunday 8 and Wednesday 11 November, 10:00 to 18:00. Nocturne on Thursday 12 November, 17:00 to 22:00. Finissage on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November, 10:00 to 18:00. Meet the artists on Sunday 15 November from 15:00.

Upcoming

  1. Mar 2027
    Solo exhibitionRik Rosseels Gallery, Antwerp
    Solo
  2. May 2027
    In Good CompanyThe Art Cloud Gallery, Kortrijk Art Weekends 2027
    Invited by Geert Koekoeckx, co-curated by Sanah Franssen & Geert Koekoeckx
    22, 23, 29 and 30 May, 10:00 to 18:00
    Kasteelkaai 3, 8500 Kortrijk
    Group

Recent

  1. Jun 2026
    CAN Ibiza, Contemporary Art NowArt fair with Rik Rosseels Gallery, Ibiza
    Fair
  2. May 2026
    Revelation RoomRik Rosseels Gallery, Antwerp Art Weekend
    Group
  3. May 2026
    Carmen De Vos InvitesAntwerp Art Weekend, Antwerp
    Group
  4. May 2026
    Atelier in BeeldOpen studio, LionCity, Brussels
    Open studio
  5. 2025
    Palm ShadowsOever Gallery, Ostend
    Solo
  6. 2025
    A Brief EncounterSECONDroom, Antwerp
    Solo
  7. 2025
    VrouwenhandenMuseum van de Vrouw, Echt (NL)
    Group
  8. 2024
    Pollet WasseretteRik Rosseels Gallery, Antwerp
    Solo
  9. 2024
    Art RotterdamArt fair with Rik Rosseels Gallery
    Fair

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Polly Pollet drawing on a wall full of ballpoint hands

About

The world is her canvas and the BIC pen her principal technique.

Through her artwork, Polly Pollet (°1993) evokes a personal view on reality that confronts us with ourselves in relation to the Other. As a storyteller she explores sexuality and intimacy, identity, privacy, taboo and connectivity in our hyper-digitalised era.

Bio & CV