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Elly Van Eeghem (°1983) lives and works in Ghent as a multidisciplinary artist. She imagines, builds and plays in and with public space. Urban use and design inspire her practice. Van Eeghem creates both individual work and collective projects in collaboration with other artists, city dwellers or schoolchildren. She is artistic coordinator of CAMPUSatelier, the collective studio for public space she founded in 2017 during her Doctorate in Arts at KASK & Conservatorium: (Dis)placed Interventions: Making public space in urban landscapes (2012 - 2018). Elly conducted street-based research, established local neighbourhood workshops and built public installations with residents. Elly Van Eeghem is a part-time artistic teacher and practice mentor at KASK & Conservatorium.