Marie Jacotey

Marie Jacotey (1988, Paris) is known for her colored pencil drawings that most often feature female protagonists, alone or with others, at times with accompanying text. These text and image pieces tell a decidedly sardonic 21st century female narrative, but are stylistically closer to the west coast punk aesthetics of Raymond Pettibone or Mike Kelley. Focused on personal relationships—breakups, seduction, affairs, friendship, family dynamics—Jacotey confronts the autobiographical with a wry sense of humor and irony. In addition to her work on paper, Jacotey’s drawings have been collated into large scale textile installations. Currently, she is also experimenting with collaborative filmmaking in the form of animation.

Marie Jacotey is a Marseille based artist. She graduated from the Royal College of Art in London (2013) after graduating from the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris (2011). Her first animation short movie co-directed with and written by Lola Halifa-Legrand, Blue Fear, was just released as part of the official Cannes festival competition 2020. Her latest eponymous solo show opened at Hannah Barry gallery in London this summer where she exhibited a selection of 57 of the 325 drawings made for the short. Amongst recent shows, she presented a new series of textile works in a solo in New York in March 2020 with Ballon Rouge Collective. Other recent exhibitions include Superzoom (group show, Octobre 2019, Paris), Absinthe (group show, May 2019, London), Wild Love Me (solo booth at NADA art fair, Miami 2018), Goodbye Darkness (solo show, Paris 2018). Her work can be found in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Jacotey is also represented by Hannah Barry Gallery, London.

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