Kelly Belter
Seoul, South Korea
(CV)
Education
2018
Yonsei University
M.A. International Cooperation
2015
University of Southern California
B.A. English, French
Exhibitions
2024
P.S., Nucleus House Gallery, Portland
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
2025
One-day Risograph Zine Workshop, Polite Company Press, April-Present
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
2018-Current
Youtube, Stripe, Headgum, The Believer, Antioch University, Garage Project Brewery, Sojourners Magazine, Taproot Magazine, Everex, Beslow
Selected Media + Publications
2025
“Creative City Guide,” It’s Nice That, May
2024
“Kelly Belter on stamps, vintage matchbooks, and coins — the joys of illustration in the smallest
of places,” It’s Nice That, November
“Share & Connect: Kelly Belter and Polite Company Press,” Pressing Matters, Issue 27, July
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
Print Austin Award, selected by juror Claudia Zapata, Austin, Texas