‘Miss Van ( also known as Vanessa Alice ) started wall-painting at the age of 20, in 1993, initiating the feminine movement in Street Art. Originating from Toulouse, France and having spent most of her artistic life in Barcelona, Miss Van has travelled the world painting her instantly recognizable women on the streets, as well as on canvas. She has exhibited extensively for decades worldwide in Europe, USA and Asia.
Miss Van’s recent artistic pursuits have taken her to Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Francisco, UK and Europe, which hallmarks a recent return to street art, after several years spent solely painting in the studio, charging her new works with increased depth, emotion and an elevated romantic darkness and delicacy. Her iconic sultry female characters reappear in sensual yet dark animal masks and evolving environments.
In a gauzy romantic compositions, they carry a surreal quality of burlesque, resonating with a beautiful synergy of rawness, softness and emotion. Miss Van adds, “I’m evolving and growing up with my paintings. It’s the only way, when you paint with emotions and feelings. I’m trying to be true with myself.” Miss Van is celebrating over 25 years of painting’.
“I’m evolving and growing up with my paintings. It’s the only way, when you paint with emotions and feelings. I’m trying to be true with myself.”
Photo : Mr Mitri
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Main Solo Shows
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Retrospective – Openspace Gallery, Paris, France
Convulsive Beauty, Then & Now Duo show with Leonor Fini – Weinstein Gallery SoMa, San Francisco, U.S.A{/accordion}{accordion=2017 }Flor De Piel – Victor Lope Gallery, Barcelona, Spain{/accordion}{accordion=2016 }El Viento En Mi Pelo – CAC Málaga, Málaga,Spain{/accordion}{accordion=2014 }Glamorous Darkness – StolenSpace Gallery, London, U.K.{/accordion} {accordion=2013 }Room For Cream – Soze Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A. {/accordion} {accordion=2012} Wild At Heart – Dorothy Circus Gallery, Roma, Italy
Wild At Heart – Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A. {/accordion} {accordion=2011} Muses – Inoperable, Vienna, Austria
Bailarinas – Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
Twinkles – Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France {/accordion} {accordion=2010} Twinkles – 18 gallery, Shanghai, China
Cachetes Colorados – UpperPlayground, Mexico DF, Mexico
She-Wolves – Merry Karnowsky, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A {/accordion} {accordion=2009} Lovestain – StolenSpace, London, U.K. {/accordion} {accordion=2008}Still a little Magic – Upper Playground, San Fransisco, CA, U.S.A.
Canto Negro y Brujerias – Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Berlin, Germany {/accordion} {accordion=2007} Atame – Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France {/accordion} {accordion=2006} Solo show – City Gallery of Schwaz, Austria (curator : Karin Perrnegger)
Lagrimas De Mariposas – Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France {/accordion} {accordion=2005} Don’t Be Shy – Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York City, NY, U.S.A.
Toma Dame – Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Arte Fiera with Galerie Magda Danysz, Bologna, Italy {/accordion} {accordion=2004} Lima, Milan, Italy
Fornarina, Stockholm, Sweeden
Fornarina, Anvers, Netherlands
90 sqm, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fornarina, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, U.S.A. {/accordion} {accordion=2003} Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France {/accordion} {accordion=2002} Mama Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands {/accordion} {accordion=2001} Notting Hill Art Club, London, U.K. {/accordion} {accordion=2000} Exectutive Gallery, Toulouse, France
Le Shop, Paris, France {/accordion} {accordion=1999} Galerie Diloy, Toulouse, France {/accordion}
Main Group Shows & Events
{accordion=2017}Dorothy Circus Gallery 10th Anniversary – Roma, Italy
Masked Intentions – Cass Contemporary, Miami, U.S.A
Urban Nation Opening exhibition – Berlin, Germany
NCFW group show – Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A
Onset group show – First Amendment Gallery, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A
Cross the Streets – M.A.C.R.O, Roma, Italy
Three Of A Kind Show – Golden Hands Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
Welcome To New Jersey – Jonathan Levine Projects, New Jersey City, NY, U.S.A {/accordion}{accordion=2016}O group show – Montana Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Artmossphere Biennale – Moscow, Russia
Rose Béton Festival – Toulouse, France
V Festival de Murales – La Escocesa, Barcelona, Spain
Opening – Matthew Namour Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Grand Opening – Allouche Gallery, New York City, NY, U.S.A.
The Expulsion Of The Limbo – Fousion Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Stroke Art Fair – Munich, Germany
FemRimes, FemGraff Project – Barcelona, Spain
Moleskine V – Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Winter Group Show – Vertical Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
XX : A Moment In Time – Saatchi Gallery, London, U.K.{/accordion}{accordion=2015}No Commission curated by Swizz Beatz – Art Basel, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
The Reasons For The Seasons – StolenSpace Gallery, London, U.K.
Group show – Inner State Gallery, Detroit, U.S.A.
Murals In The Market Festival curated by 1xRun – Detroit, U.S.A.
Cultivate – Soze Gallery, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Coney Art Walls – Coney Island, New York City, NY, U.S.A.
Freedom curated by Urban Nation – Berlin, Germany
Works On Paper, Duo Show with Nuria Mora – Artgang Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Main Street – Mohamed VI Museum, Rabah, Morroco
Scope Art Show with Soze Gallery – Miami, FL, U.S.A.
20 Years Under The Influence Of Juxtapoz Magazine – Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A{/accordion}{accordion=2014}Egrégore – Yves Laroche Gallery, Montreal, Canada
Le M.U.R – Paris, France
Mister Freeze : Nite & Day – Le 55, Toulouse, France
Abnormal Activity – 3 Punts Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Theriomorphism – IAM Gallery, Madrid, Spain
{/accordion}{accordion=2013}Women on the Walls, Wyndwood Walls/Art Basel – Miami, FL, U.SA.
Lacrima Aquarium – Roma, Italy
A study of eyes – Melbourne, Australia
Autivistas – Sao Paulo, Brasil
111 Minna gallery’s 20th Anniversary – 111 Minna Gallery, San Fransisco, CA, U.S.A.
Copro’s 20th Anniversary – Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
All (My) Stars – 10th anniversary Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
10th anniversary of the Wooster Collective Show – Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York City, NY, U.S.A.
Paper Gaineko Lana – SC Gallery, Bilbao, Spain
世界の版画展 / World Printings – Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, Japan{/accordion} {accordion=2012 } Love & Hate – StolenSpace , London, U.K.{/accordion} {accordion=2011 } Art in the Streets – MOCA , Los Angeles, USA
Swab art fair – Barcelona, Spain{/accordion} {accordion=2010 } Survey Select Exhibition – Wonderbread Factory San Diego
Reltionships – Christoffer Egelund galleri, Copenhagen, Danemark
Summer group show – StolenSpace London, U.K.
Too Cool For School – Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
5th Anniversary Show – Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York City, NY, U.S.A.{/accordion} {accordion=2009 } StringBreak – GHP Gallery, Toulouse, France{/accordion} {accordion=2008 }La main qui dessinait toute seule… – Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France{/accordion} {accordion=2007 } Heart Throb – Merry Karnowsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Still On And Non The Wise – Von der Heydt Museum/Kunsthalle Barmen, Wuppertal, Germany
Wakin Up Nights – De Pury & Luxembourg Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland{/accordion} {accordion=2006 } Skulls, Wheels and Ink – Outré Gallery, Syndey, Australia
Spank The Monkey – Baltic Art Center, Newcastle, UK {/accordion} {accordion=2005 } La main qui dessinait toute seule (chap II) – Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France
Galerie Merry Karnowsky, Los Angeles, USA
Art Rotterdam with Galerie Magda Danysz, Rotterdam, Netherlands{/accordion} {accordion=2004 }Cute & Scary, Flux Factory, New York, NY, USA
Artissima with Galerie Magda Danysz, Turin, Italy
Art Brusels with Galerie Magda Danysz, Brussels, Belgium
Arte Fiera with Galerie Magda Danysz, Bologna, Italy
Iguapop, Barcelona, Spain
La main qui dessinait toute seule – Galerie Magda Danysz, Paris, France{/accordion} {accordion=2003 } Levi’s Girl Store (performance), Paris, France
Doodle Big Day (festival), Manchester, UK
Flash Festival, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France{/accordion} {accordion=2002 }Salon Who’s Next, Paris, France{/accordion} {accordion=2001 }Conceptstore de JC de Castelbajac, Paris, France{/accordion} {/slide}