Portrait by Chris Mackenzie, courtesy of JANO Gallery
Pascale Jean (b. 1999) is a French-Canadian artist whose work navigates the friction between human resilience and interpersonal vulnerability. Spanning oil painting and sculpture, her practice utilizes a vibrant, idiosyncratic visual language, drawing on folklore and on the philosophy of Homo Ludens, to transform the natural landscape and domestic artifacts into symbolic fictions. Her work explores the attraction-repulsion of social dynamics, seeking to map the profound interdependence between memory, territory, and the human psyche. Jean explores the tension between the levity of play and the structural complexities of human relationships.
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"[Pascale's work is] immediately compelling in the way it operates through contradiction. It seduces through colour and play, yet unsettles through distortion, fragmentation, and the psychological charge embedded within figures. There is a strong sense that [Pascale is] not simply depicting subjects, but constructing encounters and moments where the viewer is pulled into a space that feels both intimate and unstable."
Kurt Beers, director and founder of Beers London
"Pascale's work is deeply rooted in our world, nature, and the human emotion itself. It challenges societal norms and values with a beautiful visual language. The art [itself] expresses complexity and playfulness that resonate with the viewer, while exploring social themes and the beauty of nature."
Hirofumi Matsuzaki, director and founder of Studio Kura
"Pascale [distills] her artistic signature through a profound ethical questioning and an unparalleled integrity of inspiration, generating insofar a new approach to visual art, equipping herself to relate to our challenges as society, as we are confronted with the atrocities of our present."
Carlito Ghioni, director, writer, producer