Ingrid Godon
Ingrid Godon is a Belgian award-winning illustrator and author. Her work has been exhibited internationally and her books are translated in more than forty languages. She gained international recognition with Wachten Op Matroos, her first book she inspired and illustrated. Since then she has published a lush bibliography that encompasses children’s books as well as poetry and literary fiction.
Her work spreads onto small and large format drawings and paintings, which often intertwine with monotypes, clay sculptures and screen-printings. A natural draughtswoman, Godon keeps experimenting with new techniques and developing as an artist while enjoying a vast commercial success.
To illustrate means to empathize with the story and to search for suitable techniques while purifying lines and colours. Every book must be complete and I find satisfaction whenever my illustrations transmit a sense of vulnerability.- Ingrid Godon –
Ingrid Godon composes images that convey intense emotion with the fewest elements possible. She searches for means to purify her pictures, finding strenght in the essential. Her work combines a sensitive hand with a melancholic vision that unfolds into portraits, landscapes and stories.The ambitious project Dantesken (Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, 2018) gave her the freedom to let inspiration prevail while remaining faithfull to her delicate approach.
Her work at ViViD illustrations
SELECTION AWARDS
2016 White Ravens for Madame de Staël prend sa plume (La joie de lire)
2016 Zilveren Palet for Mijn opa is een boom
2016 Special Mention Ilustrarte for Ik denk
2015 Boekenpauw for Ik denk
2014 Prix Libbylit for J’aimerais
2014 Vlag en Wimpel for Dit is Oele
2013 Oostenrijkse Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis for Rita
2009 Boekenpluim for Morgen was het feest
2008 Vlag en Wimpel for Kleinvader
2004 Vlag en Wimpel for Het concert
2003 Oostenrijkse Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis for Ich bin dein Freund. (De dagen van Wolf en Lam)
2001 Vlag en Wimpel for Wachten op matroos
2001 Boekenwelp for Wachten op matroos
2001 Boekenpauw for Wachten op matroos
2001 Gouden Griffel for Wachten op matroos
SELECTION EXHIBITIONS
2018 Stadsfestival Damme, Damme, Dantesken
2018 Villa Verbeelding, Hasselt, Portraits
2016 Biennale Illustrarte, Lissabon
2016 Museum of Applied Art, Cologne, I Want – I Think
2016 Galerie L’art à la page, Paris
2015 Grafixx festival, Antwerp
2015 Festival des illustrateurs, Moulins (Fr) J’aimerais-Je pense-
2015 C-Mine, Genk, Laatste station
2015 Kunstenfestival, Watou
2014 Biennale Illustrarte, Lissabon
2013 MAS, Antwerp
Ingrid Godon
Ingrid Godon is a Belgian award-winning illustrator and author. Her work has been exhibited internationally and her books translated in more than forty languages. She gained international recognition with Wachten Op Matroos, her first book she inspired and illustrated. Since then she has published a lush bibliography that encompasses children’s books as well as poetry and literary fiction.
Her work spreads onto small and large format drawings and paintings, which often intertwine with monotypes, clay sculptures and screen-printings. A natural draughtswoman, Godon keeps experimenting with new techniques and developing as an artist while enjoying a vast commercial success.
To illustrate means to empathize with the story and to search for suitable techniques while purifying lines and colours. Every book must be complete and I find satisfaction whenever my illustrations transmit a sense of vulnerability.- Ingrid Godon –
Ingrid Godon composes images that convey intense emotion with the fewest elements possible. She searches for means to purify her pictures, finding strenght in the essential. Her work combines a sensitive hand with a melancholic vision that unfolds into portraits, landscapes and stories. The ambitious project Dantesken (Borgerhoff & Lamberigts, 2018) gave her the freedom to let inspiration prevail while remaining faithfull to her delicate approach.
HER WORK AT VIVID ILLUSTRATIONS
SELECTION AWARDS
2016 White Ravens for Madame de Staël prend sa plume (La joie de lire)
2016 Zilveren Palet for Mijn opa is een boom
2016 Special Mention Ilustrarte for Ik denk
2015 Boekenpauw for Ik denk
2014 Prix Libbylit for J’aimerais
2014 Vlag en Wimpel for Dit is Oele
2013 Oostenrijkse Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis for Rita
2009 Boekenpluim for Morgen was het feest
2008 Vlag en Wimpel for Kleinvader
2004 Vlag en Wimpel for Het concert
2003 Oostenrijkse Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis for Ich bin dein Freund. (De dagen van Wolf en Lam)
2001 Vlag en Wimpel for Wachten op matroos
2001 Boekenwelp for Wachten op matroos
2001 Boekenpauw for Wachten op matroos
2001 Gouden Griffel for Wachten op matroos
SELECTION EXHIBITIONS
2019 Tokyo, Belgian Ambassy, Dantesken
2018 Stadsfestival Damme, Damme, Dantesken
2018 Villa Verbeelding, Hasselt, Portraits
2016 Biennale Illustrarte, Lissabon
2016 Museum of Applied Art, Cologne, I Want – I Think
2016 Galerie L’art à la page, Paris
2015 Grafixx festival, Antwerp
2015 Festival des illustrateurs, Moulins (Fr) J’aimerais-Je pense-
2015 C-Mine, Genk, Laatste station
2015 Kunstenfestival, Watou
2014 Biennale Illustrarte, Lissabon
2013 MAS, Antwerp
