Kelly Belter

Seoul, South Korea

(CV)

Education

2018

Yonsei University

M.A. International Cooperation


2015

University of Southern California

B.A. English, French



Exhibitions

2022

Take Time, Texas Tech University, Lubbock


Undefined You, Seoi Gallery, Seoul


Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition, New York


2021

Passage, CSB Gallery, Seoul (solo)


Piece of Blue Summer, Seoul


IWAKAN, Tata Gallery, Tokyo


2020

Mingle II, Gallery Gyeol, Seoul


Mayfly XXIII, Art Place SAY, Seoul


역승환: A Zine Exhibition, Garamrojieul, Seoul


The Contemporary Print, Big Medium, Austin, curated by Claudia Zapata


2019

Mayfly XX, 시대여관, Seoul


Freak Seoul, Frottage Gallery, Seoul


2018

Seongsu Print Exhibition, Sargogi Alternative Art Space, Seoul



Lectures + Workshops

2022

Visiting Artist Workshop: Spot Illustration and Silkscreen, Texas Tech University,September


Visiting Artist Lecture: Social Justice and Illustration, Texas Tech University, September


2021

Artist Talk, Ohio University Department of Graphic Design, February



Selected Commercial Clients

2021-Current

(In-house Illustration)

Everex, Seoul, South Korea

Lead illustrator and character designer for digital physiotherapy application


2018-2024

(Freelance)

Youtube Korea, Seoul

Good Tape, LA

Antioch University, LA

The Believer, Las Vegas

Beslow, Seoul

Garage Project Brewery, Auckland

Stripe, Increment magazine, SF

Sojourners magazine, Washington, D.C.

Taproot magazine, Portland



Selected Media + Publications

2022

Illustrators Annual 64, Society of Illustrators


“Le Chignon” Les Cheveux, Kiblind Imagier, April


Finn, Jamie, “Kelly Belter’s Vivid Figures,” Platform Magazine, February


2021

“Seoul-based Silkscreen Printer and Illustrator Kelly Belter’s ‘Passage’ Exhibition,” Haps Magazine Korea, June 3


“Racism Is a Virus: Art and Activism,” Creative Seoul Sessions, May 25


Gueugneau, Maxime, “Thème: Les Fleurs,” Kiblind Magazine, April 12


2020

Chasing the Sun: Season 2, National Geographic and Ovation TV, October 3


Young, Allen, “What Are You Looking at?,” Neocha, September 23



Awards

Linktree Passion Fund Grant, Silver Award


People of Print Members Grant


Print Austin Award, selected by juror Claudia Zapata, Austin, Texas