Mrzyk &
Moriceau

Petra Mrzyk - Born in 1973 in Nuremberg, Germany.
Jean-François Moriceau - Born in 1974 in Saint-Nazaire, France.
Live and work in Montjean-sur-Loire, France.


Mrzyk & Moriceau is an artist duo composed of Petra Mrzyk and François Moriceau. They began their graphic collaboration in 1999 after meeting at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Quimper, France.

They are primarily known for their precise black-and-white ink drawings which alternate between the perverse and the playful. Borrowing and distorting conventions from commercial illustration and imagery from popular culture, the collaborative duo create simple, well-articulated drawings that behold a unique aesthetic of wit and absurdity. Throughout their work, playfully illustrated human body parts take on full human personalities; inanimate objects come to life; and everything is underscored with a whimsical, yet dark humor.

Their pop visions, often treated in black and white for greater visual effectiveness, took shape at a time when drawing was playing an increasingly important role in contemporary artistic production. Over time, Mrzyk & Moriceau expanded their visual language to other media such as wall drawings, ceramics and sculpture.




ARTWORKS

Untitled 2024 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm	Untitled 2024 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm	Untitled 2024 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm
Untitled 2023 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm	Untitled 2023 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm	Untitled 2023 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm
Untitled 2021 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm	Untitled 2021 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm	Untitled 2021 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm
Untitled 2020 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm	Untitled 2020 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm	Untitled 2020 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm
Untitled 2020 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm	Untitled 2020 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm	Untitled 2020 Ink on paper 43,2 x 31 cm
EXHIBITIONS

Meilleurs voeux de la Jamaïque MRAC Occitanie, Serignan 2023	Never Send Flowers Air de Paris, Romainville 2022	Never Dream of Dying Le Portique, Le Havre 2020
Never Dream of Dying Air de Paris, Paris 2018	Poppies are also Flowers Air de Paris, Paris 2012	You Only Live Twice Air de Paris, Paris 2008
Mrzyk & Moriceau / Félicien Rops: You Only Live 25 Times LACMA, Los Angeles 2006