ABOUT
Polly Pollet (*1993) is more than just an artist. She’s a ballpoint-ninja: Some paper and a ballpoint pen are all the Belgian talent needs to create unique and mesmerising drawings dealing with subjects such as sexuality, social media and the state of society. Each of her artworks is a passionate and candid response to the world we live in, inspired by her own experiences and impressions – the good, the bad and everything in between. The result is an already impressive body of work best described as “positively provocative”, challenging the audience in a bold and playful way to think about the complex and often uncomfortable issues of today.
Lives and works in Brussels/Hoogstraten, Belgium
WORK
2016 - Today
Artist - Polly Pollet
Resident at La Vallée, Brussels
2018 - 2019
Creative, Havas International, Brussels
2016 - 2018
Digital Creative, Shortcut Advertising, Brussels
EDUCATION
2014 - 2016
Arteveldehogeschool, Ghent Teacher education program
2012 - 2014
Arteveldehogeschool, Ghent, Bachelor Grafic and digital media
2011 - 2012
Universidad EAFIT, Medellin, Spanish classes
2011 - 2012
Rotary Youth Exchange, Medellin, Colombia
2006 - 2011
Heilig Graf, Turnhout, Free Liberal Arts
2004 - 2011
Academy: Diciton and Drama
AWARDS
2017
Nantes Creative Generation Award, Nantes
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2019
2019
Polly Pollet, Foorumi, Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium
Bruxsel Project with The Skateroom x Polly Pollet, Brussels, Belgium
ART RESIDENCIES
2019
Artist in residence at the Cultural Centre 'De Steiger', Menen
GROUP
2019
2019
2019
New Horizon, Foorumi, Knokke-Le-Zoute, Belgium
Desolation Nation - As They Grow Roots, Destelheide, Belgium
Erotica, Felippo Ioco Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2019
European Custom Board Collective Show #2, Bordeaux, France
2019
GEBROED!, Cultural Centre 'De Steiger', Menen, Belgium
2019
'BE...' - Querencia Studio, Brooklyn, USA
2018
'Handen', Het Hofke, Turnhout, Belgium
2018
Loes Koster Gallery, Groningen, The Netherlands
2018
'Neon Butthole Tattoo Parlor' in collaboration with Porous Walker and team in the studio of Tom Sachs, New York, USA
2018
'This is not a ... ', Ghost Gallery, Brooklyn, USA
2017
'Room With A View' at FOORUMI #129, Knokke, Belgium
2017
MAGMA, Berlin, Germany
2017
No name, collaboration with Porous Walker, One Grant Gallery, Portland, USA
2017
Life Drawing at the European Commision, Brussels, Belgium
2016
'Sorry, not sorry' Street art festival, Ghent, Belgium
2016
Campo Victoria, Ghent, Belgium
PRESS
2019
2019
De pen van Polly Pollet: Nieuwe blauwe wereld, The Art Couch, Belgium
2019
Interview with a Ballpointninja, House of Theodora, Australia
2019
2018
Cover page, Cult.opvrijdag, De Morgen, Belgium
2017
Polly Pollet, The Ballpointninja, Azucar Magazine, Berlin, Germany
2017
Polly Pollet and the message of love, Hay Dia Magazine, Colombia
2017
Polly Pollet, the Female Body and the Power of the pen, 1215 Today, England
2016
Dr. Martens, Knack Weekend, Belgium
2016
Mary Jane, Knack Weekend, Belgium