Kay van Bellen is a Visual Artist, Researcher and Educator

 

She is the founder of The Visual Anthropologist which is a fashion reportage and media brand that celebrates todays style and culture through the drawn image. Her artwork documents street style  using a combination of observational drawing, narrative annotation, and social commentary. Illustrating reportage from international fashion events including Pitti Uomo, Denim Days, and Kingpins Amsterdam has helped build a dialogue between past and present modes of style, culture and place.

 

Publications are held by institutions such as ModeMuseum Antwerp and Athenaeum Amsterdam. With over two decades of experience teaching fashion illustration and object-based learning at institutions including AMFI, Willem de Kooning Academy, and Nottingham Trent University, she brings a rare ability to bridge education, research, and creative practice.

 

Kay is passionate about drawing as an art form and its ability to revitalize fashion narratives.

 

Her work invites us to pause, engage and re observe the fashion image.

She has worked with fashion brands such as Gabba, Summum Woman, Converse, Size?, Universal Works and Jack Purcel to name a few.