JACQUELINE DE MONTAIGNE is a Portuguese fine art painter and muralist whose dramatic, nature infused figurative art can be found in international galleries and the prominent international street art scene where her unique and exclusive use of classical gilding techniques in an urban context, has become her signature.

 

​De Montaigne is a self-taught artist and former Human Rights NGO Director with an academic background in medical ethics, health sciences and psychology, who only decided to pursue her art career in 2018. During this short time, Jacqueline has participated in various prominent international artist residencies and Biennales with her work represented in both private and public international art collections.  Currently with over 120 public large scale murals in her portfolio, Jacquelines sought after art has also led to consecutive sellout solo exhibitions since 2019. 

Jacquelines public art has been ranked 35 in the worlds top 100 murals by Street art Cities in January 2023, with her mural The Language of Flowers situated in Lisbon's Largo Hintze Ribeiro, this is also the first time a Portuguese woman has been listed in the worlds top 100.

 

The artists work has a strong emphasis on storytelling through symbology where the cultural heritage of her artworks dynamic global locations are extensively explored as well as bringing awareness to local social issues and challenges. 
Nature also has a strong presence throughout the artist's work, bringing an ethereal calm where the chosen fauna and flora each have site specific symbolic or historic representation with Floriography (the language of flowers) delicately intertwined.                                                                                                                                                                                          

Watercolour is Jacquelines preferred medium which she fell in love with as a child, originally wanting to pursue scientific illustration.                          

Regardless of the surface she is working on, Jacqueline manipulates her materials to create the effects and fluidity of watercolours - whilst encompassing and illuminating her subjects with precious metals whether a small scientific grade watercolour, a large canvas or a 400m/2 public street art mural on a weathered concrete wall. Her watercolour style of painting also leaves a reduced ecological footprint as the water based paint and pigment is diluted and layered the same way as watercolours are.

 

Jacqueline currently divides her time between Cascais, Portugal and Príncipe island in the Gulf of Guinea, where she maintains a full time studio practice.

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GALLERIES 

 

Jacqueline de Montaigne's work is currently on show or available through:

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PORTUGAL 

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Because art matters, Lisbon - Portugal

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SPAIN

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g . gallery Barcelona - Spain

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ARTIST RESIDENCIES

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MoAC Biss, Biennale Art Residency, May 2025, Bissau, West Africa

São Tomé e Príncipe Biennale, August 2025, São Tomé e Príncipe, West Africa

Redbridge, 2023 - 2026, San Francisco & Lisbon, United States & Portugal

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MURALS / PASTE - UPs 2025

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Jacqueline will be creating murals/art installations independently commissioned or as part of a festival in the following countries in 2025

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Portugal 

Italy

São Tomé e Príncipe 

Guine Bissau

Italy

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COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS

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Collective show, G. Gallery, August 2025, Barcelona - Spain 

Collective show, Sete Sois, Sete Luas, May, Azemmour - Morroco

Collective show, Because Art Matters, October 2025, Lisbon - Portugal

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SOLO SHOWS

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São Tomé & Príncipe Collection I - launch, April 2025,, Lisbon

São Tomé & Príncipe Collection II - launch, November 2025 Lisbon

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