Joelle Moureau

Joëlle Moureau (1990) is a Belgian based emerging artist, born and raised at the coast. After moving to the city of Antwerp, Joëlle started making paintings, mainly of a figurative, contemporary nature.

The artist has been developing her own painting style, with somewhat naïve perspectives and often layered acrylic colour effects, on a self-taught basis. A big inspiration hereby was the 19th century painting scene, with artists such as Van Gogh, Gaugin, Lautrec, Chagall, etc...

“What intrigues me in art, is when there’s a soul in a painting. For me paintings are in some way an extension of the painter. My art is often a reflection of my own feelings, which give the paintings their atmosphere.”

Themes in Joëlle’s work are the little man/woman in the street, own life experiences, nights at the pub, stories and places that speak to her imagination as well as places where she lived. These scenes are often a mix of reality and fiction.

In 2022, Joëlle’s work was selected for the Yoc open call and shown at a group show in Galerie Dessers (Hasselt). This was followed by a solo show 'Unknow Pleasures' (November 2023) at gallery Art-Uur (Lier). Paintings for this show were created under the influence of the music of Joy Division, from ...

Self taught

2022 selected for Yoc groupshow at Galerie Dessers (Hasselt)
2023 solo show 'Unknow Pleasures' at gallery Art-Uur (Lier)
2025 solo show ‘From Dawn till Dusk’ at Kavka (Antwerp)