Born in Besançon in 2000, Jeanne Bouillard moves between Normandy, Franche-Comté and station platforms.

Starting from the unusual in public spaces and social relationships, she collects what she observes and draws what she feels. Her studies in publishing at ESAM in Caen and a semester in illustration in Hamburg have enabled her to use the book as a bridge between diary and documentary. She has broadened her horizons to include printmaking since taking courses at places dedicated to printing, such as La Métairie Bruyère (Parly) and Le Tache Papier (Dijon). Her stories are inspired by singular experiences, sentimental relationships and absurd dialogues – all situations that she deems conducive to (often) humorous storytelling.

Assuming a form of voyeurism, she seeks out narrative spaces where she can tell her story and reverse the roles of spectator and actor, as a form of unconscious exchange with those she writes about and who allow her to do so.

As a teacher of art for the general public (ésam, Caen), and a facilitator of handmade printing workshops for cultural events (Impressions Multiples, Caen, Rand!art, Besançon…), she seeks and proposes ways of making printmaking and drawing more accessible to all.