As a multidisciplinary artist, Nicole Boyce uses a combination of digital techniques, paper collage, sculpture, and photography to explore the relationship between reality and representation. Her work reflects her fascination with the gap between the way we perceive the world and how we depict it, investigating both the natural and artificial through a lens of evolution and phenomena. Through this investigation, she has developed a unique visual language that blends forms found in both the natural and manmade world. Her creative process is driven by the theme of interpretation.
Nicole draws inspiration from her references while also reinvigorating and reimagining parts of the work, producing a new version of the original concept with each iteration. The resulting imagery features overlapping shapes, dynamic shadows, and rich colors that create a sense of optical illusion and a Trompe-l’œil effect, inviting the viewer to enter into a space of contemplation.
In her work, Nicole aims to invite the viewer to consider the world around them in a new light and to engage with the themes of representation, illusion, and the interconnectedness of the natural and artificial.
At the beginning of the 90s, ankh started doing graffiti on the walls of his beautiful native city of Grenoble, nestled at the foot of the Alps. It is this mode of expression that led him to the benches of a graphic school, the École Superieure d’Art Appliqué in Troyes. Mastering these newfound institutional techniques, he gradually transposed his pictorial and graphic work to painting, without ever breaking the link to the graffiti culture that motivated this progression. Well versed in graphic design, illustration and painting, he uses all these mediums to represent what he calls “poetry in motion”. In 2001 he joined the reputed Parisian collective, 9e Concept, and later on worked as event coordinator for Orange Telecom. He has also been art director for Graff-It magazine as well as for the fragrance brand Confinluxe. Whether it’s on his canvas or at the workplace, he has a passion for detail and a commitment to quality.
Artwork description
This mural explores the link between past and future through a play of light, color and symbolism. On the left, historical photos and an elderly figure immersed in a sepia cameo evoke Mile End’s collective memory and industrial heritage. Motifs such as a flower reflected in a mirror recall the fragility of memories.
Moving to the right, the colors intensify, symbolizing the present and a hopeful future. Bright flowers, hands reaching for the sky and a bicycle illustrate resilience, openness to change and sustainable mobility.
A central motif links the two walls, weaving a visual narrative that unites eras. The work invites us to reflect on the passage of time, to value our roots while looking to the future. More than a fresco, it becomes a symbol of inspiration and collective transformation.