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

PUBLISHED WORK

SELECTION AWARDS

SELECTION EXHIBITIONS