Through her artwork, Polly Pollet (°1993) evokes a personal view on reality that confronts us with ourselves in relation to the Other. The world is her canvas and the BIC-pen her principal technique.

As a storyteller she explores the human condition by aesthetically dissecting topics such as sexuality and intimacy, individuality and identity, privacy, taboo and connectivity. With the mind of a researcher she critically analyses the societal phenomena that emerge out of our contemporary hyper digitalized era.

Not seldom she arrives at certain paradoxes and ambiguity in apparent evidence. With social media as a parallel virtual universe, she transforms herself into a mediator connecting people through her drawings.

Her sketch book is her closest friend along the way. Besides a BIC-pen, Pollet also uses ecoline, oil and acryl paint to give her images more agility and dynamism. The medium more or less chooses her. Sometimes she adds an extra color or let images guide her which results in a mixed media work or collage.

As a world citizen, she hereby embraces the infinite possibilities that come her way, subtly expressing social criticism through her art works. 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 today’s complex and often uncomfortable issues. As a viewer you are often left with yourself.