Jacqueline de Montaigne (Lisbon,1980) is an Anglo-Portuguese painter, mural and pasteup artist, who’s dramatic, nature infused figurative art can be found in international galleries and Portugal's prominent street art scene. 

Jacqueline is a self-taught artist with an academic background in medical ethics and health sciences and it was only in 2018 that she decided to pursue her art career full time. Her work is now represented in both private and public international collections with over 50 murals under her belt as well as having her art used in initiatives for social change in Belgium, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Brazil, Paraguay, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Guatemala and Costa Rica.

Jacqueline work is introspective and often autobiographical, where secondary texts, images and the visual identity of her figures are used to explore our true nature versus imposed beliefs and societal expectations.  

Nature also has a strong presence throughout the artist's work, bringing an ethereal calm where the chosen fauna and flora each have symbolic meanings. Swallows frequently appear in the artist's work, representing sanctuary, while birds in general represent resilience and the moths which are another common motif in her work represent metamorphosis whilst the different flowers are linked to specific memories.

Watercolor is her 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, she always tries to manipulate her materials to resemble the effects and fluidity of watercolors - often encompassing her subjects in precious metals whether a small scientific grade watercolor, a large canvas or a 400m/2 public street art mural on a weathered concrete wall. 

Jacqueline currently lives in Cascais, Portugal, where she maintains a fulltime studio practice.