Jean-Jacques Briquet

Biography of Jean-Jacques Briquet

Jean-Jacques Briquet was born in Pontlevoy (Loir-et-Cher) in 1953, resides in Levoncourt in the Alsatian Sundgau region, and holds a diploma as a senior technician in Industrial Ceramics from Vierzon.

From 1979 to 1998, he served as graphic designer, layout artist, engraver, and screen printer for the Swiss company Laufen, specializing in high-end decorative tiling.

In 2006, he began his self-taught training as a painter alongside his professional work.

His first painting, an oil copy of Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring, very promising, was the first of a long figurative and feminine series spanning from Vermeer to Da Vinci, Corot, Harlamoff, Henner, Morisot, Renoir, Vernon, and Picasso, continuing until 2010.

Creation of His Unique Technique

From 2010, he explored, developed, and adopted acrylic painting as better suited to his dual professional life.

His mastery of photo screening, the omnipresence of circles, marbles, and rounds in his current working life, his repeated visits to Parisian museums and international contemporary exhibitions instinctively guided and inspired him during the creation in 2012 of the work "Effervescente" (1.80x1.20 m), the pioneering piece of his "Bubble Grid Art," which won a prize at its very first exhibition.

"Bubble Grid Art," or the "art of the bubble grid," is the art of painting on a network of dots aligned at 45° applied by stencil with brush or airbrush. The dots transformed into bubbles and, above all, the addition of other spheres in crescendo, allow the creator to play with light, transparency, and reflection. Through judicious positioning of his bubbles, the artist makes the hair or fur of his subjects float as if they were sculptures.

The artist has found his style and favorite subjects:

-figurative art, with a preference for feminine faces, eyes and their expressions,
-animals and nature,

all benefiting from the three-dimensional effect and the touch of surrealism provided by the bubbles.

The Artist's Words

"The bubble is beautiful, the bubble is free, it flies away reflecting images of life, happiness, dreams, it also carries speech... In my works, the bubble is active, it is networked and it is the bubble that creates life, becomes a decorative element, transforms into a balloon, pearl, molecule, planet, star, etc. But, is it not ephemeral and does it not allow escape and dreams?"

"A work must be surprising and original while remaining touching..."

Prizes, Nominations, and Exhibitions

ZILLISHEIM, First Prize in Acrylic category for "Effervescente" at the International Painting Salon in October 2012, Municipality Prize in 2013, Public Prize in 2014.

SAINT-TROPEZ, Exhibition at the Dreem Street Gallery in January, February, and March 2014.

PARIS, CARROUSEL DU LOUVRE, Exhibition: "Art Shopping" on October 25 and 26, 2014 with the Mondial Art Academia

ILLFURTH, 2nd Prize in Acrylic category at the Art Salon on November 8 and 9, 2014

CERNAY, Special Mention and Public Prize at the "Chevalet d'Or" Salon from January 17 to 25, 2015

BAD SÄCKINGEN (GERMANY), Exhibition "Grand Salon 2015," Villa Berberich from January 10 to February 15, 2015.

DELLE, 3rd Art Salon, May 2 and 3, 2015

ILLZACH, 3rd Prize in Painting at the 16th Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, 2015

TOULOUSE, Antares Creativ, 2nd Contemporary Art Salon on May 29, 30, 31, 2015

LAUSANNE, Contemporary Art Exhibition, Summer Salon, Place Suisse des Arts

ZILLISHEIM, International Painting Salon in October 2015.

MONTREUX (SWITZERLAND), M.A.G, November 2015

STRASBOURG, exhibition at "Art Course" gallery, November, December 2015

CERNAY, "Chevalet d'Or" Salon from January 16 to 24, 2016

DELLE, 4th Art Salon, April 30 and May 1, 2016

SAINT-DIÉ-DES-VOSGES, GAV Salon 2016 from May 6 to 22, 2016

ILLZACH, 17th Painting and Sculpture Exhibition, 2016

ZILLISHEIM, International Painting Salon in October 2016

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