Illustrator and printmaker Isabelle Dubois lives in Steendorp, a small village on the river de Schelde in Belgium. She received a classical art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp, after which she also studied Animation Film in Brussels, at the Rits.
For many years, Isabelle has been working as a freelance Art-director, illustrator, and animator for a diverse range of projects and assignments. Together with her friend Thomas, she has an artistic and audiovisual agency, Tumbleweed, with a focus on sustainable or socially relevant videos. However, she has never lost her love for traditional printmaking, and linocuts are the common thread in both her professional work and art.
Inspiration for her works comes from elements from nature combined with human interference. These include abandoned buildings, relics from a distant past, as well as electricity poles, and even rubbish.
Isabelle’s focus is also on ‘Onkruid’ – a Dutch word for weeds. She tells us; “Onkruid or weeds is a judgement and exists only in our minds. In reality, what we call weeds are ordinary plants, just like any other. In our lives, we constantly judge the outside world, events and people around us. We classify them, consciously and unconsciously, into “right and wrong”. Weeds fall under the category of wrong plant, are undervalued and disrespected.” Thus, by highlighting weeds, Isabelle aims to tell the stories behind the plant, as well as that behind the human. “Onkruid do not exist and weeds are flowers too,” says the printmaker.
Linocut by Onkruid from Tumbleweed on Vimeo.
www.isabelledubois.be
@_onkruid_
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