Original artwork description:

“Augusta Mosaique 3 2024” is a striking mixed-media piece that delves into the intricate layers of human emotion and identity. Known for his innovative use of digital editing, photographic prints, collage techniques, spray paint, and epoxy resin, Jérôme Cholet creates a textured, almost tactile experience for the viewer. The artwork likely features the face of Augusta Alexander, fashion model, a recurring motif in Cholet’s work, capturing a spectrum of emotions through its strong, angular lines and subtle, organic elements like paint drops and paper tears.

The piece’s surface, treated with epoxy resin, gives it a unique, water-like finish that adds depth and dimension, making the viewer feel as though they are peering into the soul of the subject. Cholet’s ability to blend fragility with strength, joy with sadness, is evident in this artwork, inviting viewers to reflect on their own emotional landscapes.

This artwork by Jérôme Cholet is blending black-and-white photography with vibrant, colorized fragments. The central face, shown in grayscale, is interrupted by bold, hand-cut pieces of colored paper.

This artwork features a striking, modern collage that blends grayscale photography with vibrant blocks of color, creating a powerful contrast. The central figure is a close-up portrait of a person with short hair, emphasizing the eyes and mouth. The face is divided and layered with rectangles of bold, saturated colors—purples, blues, and reds—that interrupt and distort the image in an almost digital, fragmented style.

The eyes, one framed by purple and cyan, maintain a direct, captivating gaze, while the mouth is highlighted with vivid reds and pinks, giving the piece a pop of intensity. The blocks of color create a mosaic-like effect, evoking themes of identity, fragmentation, and emotion, as if the subject is being viewed through multiple lenses or states of being.

The dark background and textured edges enhance the modern, abstract feel of the piece, drawing the viewer’s attention inward toward the face and its expressive, layered details. The work conveys a sense of both disconnection and focus, leaving the viewer to interpret the underlying story behind the disrupted portrait.

IMPORTANT: None of my artwork is perfect, they are organic, there are drops of paint, tears in the paper, waves, glue residues. They are original!

Jerome Cholet is a prize-winning artist based in Germany whose paintings have been exhibited nationally. Through his art, he endeavors to find, create, access, and inspire others with new perspectives. In the creation of his collages, Cholet most often employs imagery from newspaper covers and social media photographs. His distinctive pieces are completed with graffiti techniques using spray paint on canvas or MDF boards.

Materials used:

Acrylic Paint, Paper, Epoxy Resin

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