Velwyn is a London-based artist and illustrator who works across the borders of arts, design, and fashion. Since graduating from Art Center College of Design with Honours in Entertainment Design in 2012, she has worked in a variety of creative fields.
Her artworks have been commissioned and featured in various magazines and platforms, including Vogue, The Telegraph, Harper’s Bazaar, Architectural Digest, and many more.
Stylistically, gestural lines are prominent in her work and evidently inspired by the dance world. Feminine figures are also often portrayed with emotional complexity or in a deep state of contemplation.
Currently, she lives in East London with her husband and her whippet, while actively creating art and fashion dolls for collectors around the world.
b. 1986: South Sumatra | 2003 - 2013: Los Angeles | 2014 - present: London
Interests: music (jazz, funk, house, broken beat), dance, dolls, JRPGs, psychology.
+ Residencies
2015 - 2018 Visiting practitioner and guest lecturer at London College of Fashion
2018 Guest Lecturer at Courtauld Institute of Art 2017 SHOWstudio's Floral Street, London 2016 ‘Connecting Lines’, OXO Gallery, London
2016 SHOWstudio x Instagram x GARAGE, London
2014 SHOWstudio - LFW SS14, London
+ Selected Exhibitions
2023 ‘FLOWERS’: the exhibition. SHOWstudio
2023 ‘Drawing Daphne’. SHOWstudio, London
2019 ‘THINK PINK #breastcancerawareness’, SHOWstudio x Draw Fashion 2018 ‘100 Women’, SHOWstudio, London 2017 ‘Flora’, SHOWstudio, Port Eliot Festival
2017 ‘Moving Kate’, The Mass Gallery, Tokyo
2017 ‘Moving Kate’, SHOWstudio, London
2017 ‘Decode - Cristobal Balenciaga’, Madrid
2017 ‘Drawing From The Archive’, SHOWstudio
2016 ‘Connecting Lines’, OXO Gallery, London
2016 ‘Tactility’ Pocko, London
2015 ‘A Beautiful Darkness’, SHOWstudio, London
2015 ‘Saturation’, DASH Mag, Display Gallery
2014 ‘Artistic Isolation’, The Green House, London
2012 ‘Two Truths’ Art Center College of Design, Los Angeles
+ Publications and Features
2023 Artworks commissioned by Architectural Digest Middle East, Dec/ Jan Issue
2023 Featured on Anthology “New Fashion Illustration“ book publication, Spain
2021 Artworks featured on Vogue Thailand
2021 Artworks commissioned by Vogue Russia, Sept Issue 2019 Artworks commissioned by1843 The Economist Magazine 2017 Artwork commissioned by Gucci 2017 Artwork featured on Papier Magazine 2017 Artwork featured on Vogue, France
2016 Artwork featured on Harper’s Bazaar, Japan 2016 Artwork featured on Vice
2016 Artwork mentioned on GARAGE Magazine
2016 Cover art for Global Blue, Portugal
2015 Artwork featured on Harper’s Bazaar, Poland
2015 Interview with Archetype Magazine
2015 Interview with Lab Colony
2015 Artwork featured on AnOther Loves
2015 Artwork featured on The Daily Telegraph
2015 Cover art for DASH Magazine 'Saturation'
2014 Artwork featured on DASH Magazine 'Fused'
2014 Interview on BeExposed
2014 Interview on Four Magazine
2014 Artwork featured on Figurines de Moda