Marion Pons Koch: Monstresses, Memory, and Cinematic Vision

Paris-based artist Marion Pons Koch, trained in Creative Direction and Communication, works across photography, drawing, and painting. Her practice resists categorization, blending documentary impulses with imaginative transformation. Influenced by cinema, music, and mythology, she cites photographers William Eggleston, Raymond Depardon, and Dolorès Marat, and artists Niki de Saint Phalle, Louise Bourgeois, and Henri Matisse. A turning point between 2024 and 2025, marked by emotional difficulty and unemployment, led to successful open calls, three exhibitions, and her first publication. Her painting 'La Grande Bleue' from the 'Monstresses' series (acrylic on canvas, 90x60 cm) features a powerful creature embodying vulnerability and strength. She plans to complete the Monstresses cycle (10-15 paintings) and advance new series: a photographic project on adolescent girls' mental health, and an exploration of family histories, including her maternal great-grandmother who died in Algiers at thirty and a paternal ancestor who changed identity.