Jérémy Jacquin

My first drawings took place in the margins of my college classes, made of confused and anarchic lines, some of them seemed to take common directions, forming inconsistent patterns, others ended up as grotesque caricatures of my teachers. I was never worried when my works were discovered by the teachers because the whole thing was so chaotic. I was even introduced to Basquiat's work to encourage me. I was only asked not to go beyond the margins, or to draw on loose sheets.

Coming from a general education background, with an option in visual arts, I chronologically turned to film studies, language studies, food work, a diploma in cabinet making and a job as a wood carver. I continued to fill my margins with drawings, overflowing them more and more as time went by, making my notes more and more cryptic, the loose sheets ever more numerous.

Empirically, I was able to explore different techniques, different formats and develop a language that could be understood by the public without necessarily using words. I see abstraction as the raw expression of feelings that are shared in the most direct way. It is the engine of introspection, crystallizes common feelings and makes the link between the world of ideas and material reality.

I always draw in the margins, but today they take the whole sheet.