JACQUES MERLE

Jacques Merle develops a pictorial practice where the figure, often distilled to the face, becomes a mirror of inner landscapes. Influenced by Botticelli, Cocteau, and a Mediterranean sensibility, his work explores fragility and vulnerability through a poetic visual language.

A graduate of ESAA Duperré and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, he expands his research across painting, drawing, and ornamentation, bridging art, architecture, and collaboration (with Debeaulieu, Grand Mazarin, Hôtel Lilou, Diptyque, Philharmonie de Paris, and Villa Noailles). Since his first solo exhibition La maison où j’ai grandi (2022), he continues to map emotional geographies through recurring motifs and faces.