Jessica Piard’s work explores the interplay between beauty, identity, and the unseen forces that shape our experiences. Drawn to the worlds of fashion and visual culture, she is captivated by how style and aesthetics transform into powerful narrative tools.
Her practice lives at the intersection of the visceral and the refined, investigating the tension between the polished and the raw, the familiar and the unknown. Much of Piard’s imagery centers on portraiture and personal storytelling, reflecting themes of self-discovery, growth, emotional complexity, and transformation. Her work often delves into the evolving nature of the self, examining how we grow, dissociate from, and reconstruct our identities over time. Through a distinctive use of color, mixed media, layered composition, and extensive post-production editing, her pieces exist between reality and dream. Rather than capturing a single moment, her images evoke a feeling immersing the viewer in imagined spaces that challenge the notion of beauty as superficial. Instead, Piard reveals beauty’s depth, texture, and emotional resonance. Her work examines how identity can be shaped, fragmented, and reimagined, inviting viewers to reflect on the psychological and aesthetic landscapes we use to define ourselves. |