Jacqueline de Montaigne is a Portuguese-British multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores people and nature as a singular, interconnected social-ecological system. Working across painting, muralism, installation and other media, she uses site-specific figurative representation, mimetic techniques and symbolism to record and archive the environments around her, documenting species, people, places and cultural narratives through her experience of them.

A self-taught artist with a background in health sciences and psychotherapy, de Montaigne has created more than 130 medium- and large-scale murals internationally, with work held in public and private collections. She exhibits internationally and regularly participates in residencies and biennales across Europe and Africa and was ranked #35 among the world’s top 100 muralists in 2023, becoming the first Portuguese woman to receive this distinction. Her visual language incorporates environmental research, botanical and zoological elements, Floriography and site-specific storytelling.

De Montaigne is currently studying Biology through Rice University, focusing on Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, with particular interest in endemic species and isolated environments.

She lives and works between Portugal and Príncipe Island, where she maintains a full-time studio and research practice.

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