Miss Van facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Miss Van
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Artwork by Miss Van on a wall of La Boqueria in Ciutat Vella, Barcelona
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Vanessa Alice
1973 (age 50–51) |
| Known for | Poupées |
| Style | Feminine |
| Movement | Street art |
Miss Van (born 1973 in Toulouse, France), also known as Vanessa Alice, is a graffiti and street artist. Miss Van started painting on the street of Toulouse alongside Mademoiselle Kat at the age of 18. Today, she is now internationally known as a street and fine artist. Primarily, her work is marked by the use of unique characters, called poupées, or dolls. Miss Van's work has appeared on streets internationally, although she also exhibits canvases in galleries across France, Europe and the United States. Today, her work is characterized by both street art and fine art, blurring the lines between both worlds.
Miss Van currently resides in Barcelona and has written and published several books with the publishing house Drago and coordinated several art shows across Europe. She remains one of the most famous female street and graffiti artists in the world, recognized as one of the top figures in early 21st-century street art canon.
Artwork
In her artwork, Miss Van typically depicts sloe-eyed women, covering a varied array of female forms and expressing many different emotions. ..... Over time the stylization of the women has changed, reflecting Miss Van's artistic and personal evolution as she has grown and matured. This change is paralleled in Miss Van's increased preference for the gallery over the street. In the gallery, Miss Van embraces enclosed and intimate gallery space as part of the artistic experience .
Between 2008 and 2016, Miss Van exhibited artwork in private galleries in Shanghai, London, Rome, Berlin, Paris and Vienna. In North America, she has held shows in Detroit, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Montreal, Chicago and New York. Notable shows include, Still a Little Magic at Upper Playground, San Francisco in 2008; Cachetes Colorados at Upper Playground, Mexico City in 2010; and A Moment in Time at Saatchi Gallery, London in 2016. The same year, Miss Van also showed at the Atmossphere Biennale in Moscow, where she exhibited a woven wool rug based on an original painting.
Exhibits
2014 – Miss Van: Glamorous Darkness, StolenSpace Gallery, London – Solo Show
2014 – Spectrum: Winter Group Show, StolenSpace Gallery, London – Group Show
2014 – Art Truancy: Celebrating 20 Years of Juxtapoz Magazine, Johnathan LeVine Projects – Group Show
2014 – StolenSpace Gallery at SCOPE Miami Beach 2014 – Fair
2015 – The Reasons for the Seasons, StolenSpace Gallery, London – Group Show
2015 – FESTIN DE ARTE at Isabelle Croxatto Galleria, Isabelle Croxatto Galleria, Santiago – Group Show
2015 – 'Freedom' a Group Show, StolenSpace Gallery, Berlin – Group Show
2015 – FIFTY24MX at LA Art Show 2015 – Fair
2016 – Ch. ACO'16, Isabel Croxatto Galería, Santiago – Group Show
2016 – Isabel Croxatto Galeria at Contemporary Istanbul 2016, Şişli – Fair
2017 – Flor de Piel, Victor Lope Arte Contemporaneo, Barcelona – Solo Show
2017 – Welcome to New Jersey, Jonathan LeVine Projects, Jersey City – Group Show
2017 – Isabel Croxatto Galeria at Art Central 2017 – Fair
See also
In Spanish: Miss Van para niños
