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Katell Gelebart is a French artist, activist, educator and entrepreneur. She is best known for her fashion designed made from re-purposing unwanted materials.

Biography
Gelebart was born 1972 in Brest, France. She graduated from La Sorbonne University in 1996 with a Master of Scandinavian Studies. She also attended the Ecole Du Louvre. In her 20’s she was an environmental campaigner,  in the fields of nuclear issues, tropical wood, trade of endangered species etc..working for diverse grass roots organisations in Europe. In 1998, in Amsterdam, she founded ART D’ECO & DESIGN, her company specializing in fashion and other products made from refashioning and reusing wastes.

Gelebart has no permanent address by choice and embraces nomadism. She coordinates production and marketing in the Ukraine, India, France and the Netherlands.

Creations
www.artdecodesign.typepad.com
 * it materialises her vision : “waste can be re used in their original form…..” Since then she has been developing  entire collections of garments and fashion accessories out of unwanted materials ; Her creativity has expanded to Stationery collection and interior design.her creations can be  seen on :

She lectures in design academies around the world. She empowers people and craft people (specially in India) to create with their own waste.

She has had shows in many galleries around the world. Her major show was a  retrospective  : WAS DAT IS  at the Museum für Kunst & Gewerbe, in Germany.

Awards and Presentations
Her biography in German  Die Müellerdesignerin wie Katell Gelebart mit Kreationen aus Abfall die Welt Veraendert "  has been published by SCORPIO  and written by Christine Eichel  .(needs book link)

In 2012, she was the recipient of the Kairos Price, the European Cultural award by the A. Toepfer foundation (Hamburg). “My work philosophy and ethic is to develop the potential of recycling/re-using of waste & unwanted materials in the field of design. My creations show that it is possible to combine design and re-use without creating raw material  and generating  more waste as a result of this process. My work is the embodiment of “ecodesign” : the art of re-using and utilizing low tech’ means only. Via my company ART D’ECO & DESIGN, I implement my vision and inspire people to do alike”