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A little boy witch blowing bubbles

I am a visual artist, illustrator and author working primarily with watercolour, mosaic and mixed media. My work explores mythology, cultural memory and the ways identities take shape across time.

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Before focusing fully on art, I studied History, Anthropology and Linguistics in Toulouse, with additional studies in Art History. Those years of research continue to shape the way I approach my practice. I remain deeply interested in how cultures carry memory, how stories travel across generations, and how identities are built from layers of history rather than appearing suddenly in the present.

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I was born near Paris, but my life has been shaped by movement between countries and cultures. I lived in the United States and New Zealand before settling in Ireland in 2017. Encountering different social worlds, belief systems and ways of living has profoundly influenced the way I observe the world and the subjects I choose to explore in my work.

My practice often engages with mythology, particularly Irish mythology. I do not see myths as closed stories belonging to the past, but as living narratives that continue to evolve as people reinterpret them. Through painting, I try to create images where multiple identities and histories can coexist, allowing different layers of meaning to remain visible rather than reduced to a single interpretation.

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Alongside my studio practice, I work on collaborative and community-based projects, including family workshops and storytelling initiatives. I am currently illustrating In the Quiet Keeping of Ireland, a 45-card deck on Irish mythology, and my work has also appeared in Quare Éire: An Anthology of Queer Mythology.

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I live and work in Monaghan, Ireland, where the landscape, folklore and living traditions continue to feed my artistic practice.

Gathering the dew: Rituals in contemporary witchcraft and folklore
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© 2024 by Justine G. Cappelli.

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