Mrzyk & Moriceau

Born in: 2000
From: Germany, France
Lives and works: Montjean-sur-Loire, France
Represented by: Air de Paris
Website: http://1000dessins.com/
Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrzyk_%26_Moriceau

UN goals

QUALITY EDUCATION

Biography

Mrzyk & Moriceau is an artistic duo composed by Petra Mrzyk and Jean-François Moriceau. Predominantly working with black ink, their drawings are distinctive for their minimalist aesthetics and their round forms. Lines are the foundation of their artistic practice, and through their simplicity they stage episodes of their daily lives humorously, transforming them into fictitious and amusing scenes.

At times erotic and full of vitality, their sense of humour and openness has led them to collaborate extensively with French musicians, concocting animated videoclips for artists of the likes of Sébastien Tellier, Air, The Avalanches, and more. This closeness with the music arena and their taste for black and white drawings brings them close to Raymond Pettitbon’s work, who in the 1990’s created the cover for Sonic Youth’s album Goo.

Other attributes of their work connect them to surrealist artists like Roberto Matta, the duo and the latter also working with biomorphic forms. This trait is also visible in their work with children’s books.

Career highlights

Solo shows

2020, Le Portique, Le Havre, France: Never Dream of Dying
2008, Caixa Forum, Barcelona, Spain: Golden Eyes
2007, Le Parvis - Centre d’art Contemporain, Ibos, France: The Spy Who Loved Me
2006, LACMA, Los Angeles, USA: Mrzyk & Moriceau and Félicien Rops - You Only Live 25 Times
2004, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland: Never Say Never Again

Group shows

2014, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chengdu, China: Entre-temps, l’artiste narrateur
2008, MNAC, Bucharest, Romania: Animation/Fictions
2006, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France: Notre Histoire
2005, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Connecticut, USA: Contemporary Erotic Drawing
2005, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Populism