Vanessa alice bensimon biography

French painter

Miss Van (born 1973 in Toulouse, France), also known as Vanessa Alice, is a graffiti and street artist.^[1][2] Miss Van started painting on the street of Toulouse alongside Mademoiselle Kat at the age of 18. Today, she is now internationally known as a street and fine artist.

Primarily, her work is marked by the use of unique characters, called poupées, or dolls.^[3] Miss Van's work has appeared on streets internationally, although she also exhibits canvases in galleries across France, Europe and the United States.^[1] Today, her work is characterized by both street art and fine art, blurring the lines between both worlds.^[4]

Miss Van currently resides in Barcelona and has written and published several books with the publishing house Drago and coordinated several art shows across Europe.^[5] She remains one of the most famous female street and graffiti artists in the world, recognized as one o Miss Van and her Ever-Evolving Muses - UP MAGAZINE WAMIB