jonathan mencarelli
Mediums Used
Jonathan Mencarelli`s source of inspiration is Polynesian mythology and nature. He specializes in sculpture in the
round and direct carving, restoring life to seemingly inanimate matter. His artwork relies memory
which, forever changing, deforms and fragments objects in time, thus offering the spectator freedom
in interpretation.
He live on MOOREA island, the TAHITI sister island to 10 years ago, where he sculpting stone every day.
Sculptures by jonathan mencarelli
Credentials
Exhibitions
yes
Awards
2007 - Special Prize of Jury to Carrouselle of Louvres - Paris France
2002 - Sculpture First Prize President Prize Polynesians Artists Festival Tahiti.
After studying ART at school (Lycée Paul Gauguin in Papeete) and Fine Art School in Montpellier (France), he is obliged to leave his homeland in order to carry out his artistic research, he leaves Polynesia behind him even though it never leaves him.