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Jennifer Des (born 1975) is a Belgian photographer. She is inspired by
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in the treatment of the human corpse by manipulating images of
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.


Biography

Born in
Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, Des studied at the École de recherche graphique in her hometown. She put into practice her studies in
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where she worked for six months for the French Community of Belgium. She had her first individual exhibition in 2003 at the ''galerie Pascal Polar'' in Brussels. She was selected for the collective exhibition ''175 years of Belgium'' by the Belgian Photography Museum and at the ''Espace Blanche'' with
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as her mentor. She exposed with
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and
Delphine Boël Princess Delphine of Belgium (''Delphine Michèle Anne Marie Ghislaine de Saxe-Cobourg''; born 22 February 1968), known previously as ''Jonkvrouw'' Delphine Boël, is a Belgian artist and member of the Belgian royal family. She is the daughter ...
at the Salle des Beaux Arts du Sablon for the '' Pierre BergéYves Saint Laurent Foundation'' in 2007. She made in 2009 an exhibition ''Les Sangtiments'' at the ''Young Gallery'' with her human body work from pictures made (with special admission) from parts of the human body found in the clinic rooms of hospitals. In 2012 she had her exposition in the SohoPhoto Gallery in
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. Now Des is working on the high-definition photography of the personalized iris on a cosmic background for the EYE-D project exhibited at the ''Mercedes House'' in 2011, at the ''Top Marques'' in
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in 2014 and at the ''Café de Paris'' in
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March 2015. In May 2015 at the Park Lenôtre
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with
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and
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Invités d'Honneurs. She had an exposition in March 2016 in the Dark Room Galerie with
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and Soulwax.


Projects


EYE-D Project

Des creates each of her pieces in relation to the model and the request. In addition to its retinal imprint, the stellar presence highlights the dominant planets. With the help of a professional astrologer, an astral map is made. Des gets her inspiration from this to add extra material to her art. She then integrates it to the eye imprint. Her clients can also have their own portrait, as well as a portrait with their family member's eyes. Human eyes, just like DNA or fingerprints define our unique identity. Much more than a portrait.


ETERNITY Vision

Jennifer Des redefines her subject's individuality as a planetary center of new cosmic dimensions ready for eternity. As she shot the eyes of her mother, she discovered a new meaning to eternity and what this could represent for us. Jennifer had an exposition at the Gallery Riccadonna Rue Grimaldi in Monaco on the 5th of July with her recent works and in Gallery Art Sablon in Brussels in November 2019.Art Sablon
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Bibliography

*''Concept'', 2007 (published by Editions Luc Pire – La Renaissance du Livre)


References


External links


EYE-D Project

Les Sangtiments



The site of Jennifer Des
{{DEFAULTSORT:Des, Jennifer 1975 births Living people 21st-century Belgian women artists 21st-century women photographers Photographers from Brussels Belgian women photographers Conceptual artists Women conceptual artists Portrait photographers Belgian contemporary artists