Meet The Artists
EDJI Gallery is delighted to present the artists of our upcoming group exhibition, titled 'Clay, Pigments & Fluff'.
On view from October 8 to November 8th, the show brings together Claire Nicolet, Iris Marchand, Jacques Merle, Aran Quinn, and Shishi San. For the past three years, our program has centered on figurative painting. With this exhibition, we set out to expand those boundaries by inviting artists working in mediums new to us. What connects them is a shared commitment to figuration in its broadest sense—whether through figures, landscapes, objects, or fragments of daily life—and a refusal of realism in favor of imagination.
SHISHI SAN
Brussels-based Shishi San works with tufting, embroidery, and crochet, turning textiles into sculptural forms. Her wool vases and tapestries bring craft into the realm of contemporary art, mixing bright colors and floral motifs with a sense of play and monumentality.
CLAIRE NICOLET
Claire Nicolet anchors the exhibition with landscapes that hover between reality and reverie. Plants, trees, and skies are heightened into presence, often through restrained, monochrome palettes. Whether on paper or canvas, her works transform familiar environments into scenes that feel immediate yet otherworldly.
JAQUES MERLE
Jacques Merle draws portraits that balance intimacy and theater. Often centered on archetypal figures such as centaurs, angels, and sirens, and inspired by tapestry traditions and mythology, his delicate lines place them in dreamlike worlds that suggest moments of transition, vulnerability, and stories left untold.
ARAN QUINN
Originally trained in illustration and animation, Aran Quinn now works in ceramics. His stoneware figures, couples, and creatures balance heaviness with humor, often slipping in playful details like a devil riding a snail. His clay forms feel at once raw, sensual, and direct.
IRIS MARCHAND
Marseille-based Iris Marchand works across painting, sculpture, and ceramics. Using materials like cardboard, fabric, and gesso, she builds layered surfaces where faces, bones, and gestures appear like fragments or relics. Her work feels like an excavation, pulling the present into focus through rough, tactile forms.
CLAY, PIGMENTS & FLUFF
Together, these five artists show how figuration can be rebuilt across mediums: clay, pigments, fluff, fabric, and line. Each treats material not as a limit but as an opening, transforming what is seen into something felt and imagined.
EDJI Gallery, Rue du Page 15, 1050 Brussels
Exhibition Dates: October 8 – November 29, 2025
Clay, Pigments & Fluff
Discover more about the exhibition and available works here