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Contact(2022):
Defays.jennifer@gmail.com
+32 475 949330
About:
Jennifer Defays, also known as Jean, is based in Brussels.
She chose art and costume as main subject, working on then as a mise en scene for the body and to make specific artistic research.
In her work, the clothing can be a work in its own right.
Or the costume is as a common place (of the performance) which offers the most sharing immediacy.
She plays by manipulating the costume with the reversability of sign that it allows.
Through different formats (pictures, performances, video, sculptures...), she uses clothing as a sociological filter to suggest another point of view.
She works on costume design and artistic direction for her own projects but also as costume designer for other artists or performances.
This is about costume design, gloves, jewelerys, styling for editorials, experimental musical research...
...and about friendship.
Degrees:
La Cambre Mode Brussels 1998-2003
Works:
*Exhibition “Sitting Down” 2023. Zsenne Artlab Bruxelles.
*Costume Design “Skatepark” Mette Ingvarsten 2023.
*Costume Design “La trêve” Loris Liberal 2022.
*research around costume with Piergiogio Milano 2022.
*Costume Design “Earth” Louise Vanneste 2021.
*Costume Design “Sur le chemin, j’ai ramassé des cailloux” Cie Les
Alices 2021
*Exhibition “Faced” 2021. Zsenne Artlab Bruxelles.
*Costume design “The Dancing Public” Mette Ingvarsten 2021.
*Costume design “The Life Work” Mette Ingvarsten 2021.
*Costume design “The Blue piece” Mette Ingvarsten 2021.
*Costume design “Fly” Movie by Sidney Leoni 2020
*Costume design “Cuir” Cie Un loup pour l’homme 2020.
*Costume design “Dancing In Concert” Mette Ingvarsten 2019.
*Costume design “Bal Tribunal” De Markten Brussels 2018.
*Styling Alice on The Roof 2d Album 2018.
*Costume design “To Come extended” Mette Ingvarsten 2017.
*Fashion editor Weekend le Vif Belgium 2006-2018.
*Costume design “Rare Bird” Cie Un Loup pour l’homme 2017.
*Head tapestry Movie “The Happy Prince” 2016.
*Head tapestry Movie “Le Jeune Karl Marx” 2015.
*Costume design “Les mots perdus” Les Alices Festival Avignon 2015.
*Costume Design Manon Santkin “Unexplained Dances” Stockholm 2014.
*Costume design “Processionism” Simoes/Marcello Mardonnes 2014.
*Costume Design “HERTZ” Sidney Leoni 2014.
*Sound performance Terrarmonium. France 2013.
*Costume designer assistant ”La Peur” Roussel Theatre National Brussels 2013.
*Musical live & costume design JATAC Stubnitz Hambourg 2012..
*Musical live, performance & costume design JATAC le Central Brussels 2012.
*Costume Design EW “Invariance” Genève 2012
*The Word Magazine Fashion editor. Belgium 2007-2011.
*Team concept and costume design Perfomances BY Product Tanz im August Berlin 2009.
*Team concept and costume design Perfomances BY Product “Do it yourself” Potsdam 2009.
*Team concept and costume design BY Product Festival Danse à la Balsa Brussels 2008.
*Team concept and costume design BY Product TanZ Im August Berlin 2007.
*Costume design Andros Zins-Browne “Limewire” PARTS Brussels 2006.
*Costume design Mette Ingvartsen “TO COME” Brussels 2005.
*Magazine issue: Beople Teen-age issue Belgium MAR-AUG 2003.
*Maison Martin Margiela Lign 0 Artisanat 2002.
Contest:
*Achievements Fashion contest ITS FOUR contest Trieste Italia 2005
*Achievements Fashion contest Coral Brussels 2004
Exhibition:
*”Faced” ZSenne Art Laboratory 2021.
*Bienal ARTour Belgium 2013
*”Dress Code” ISELP Brussels 2009
*”Brenda” 8 photos serie 2008 *”Mode design Brussels” costume art work 2006
*”Selected pieces” photographies (styling) 2006
*”Fist shot” Gloves Brussels 2006
