JN. MELLOR CLUB is a parisian artist duo led by Karine Arabian and Franck Blais. Together they create iconoclastic objects that offer opportunities for use, conditions for displacement and the possibility of their own mythology. Their deliberately unclassifiable production, at the crossroads of design, art and the poetry of everyday life, has enabled them to work for major luxury houses, to be exhibited in galleries, to take part in design fairs and to collaborate with artists and performers.
AWARDS :
Laureate NUIT BLANCHE KYOTO 2024
Laureate of the VILLA KUJOYAMA 2023, residency september to december.
Shortlisted for the Concours de la MONNAIE DE PARIS 2022.
Winner GRAND PRIX DE LA VILLE DE PARIS/Fashion 2021.
PRESS :
POPEYE Magazine : Town-talk, “Le choix de la beauté” (February 2024)
BEAUX-ARTS magazine : JN.Mellor Club, Artistes du luxe, par Selvane Mohandas du Ménil (October 2023)
Leather Fashion Design : portrait by Laetitia Blin (July 2023)
M le MONDE: Portrait by Valentin Perez (March 4 2023)
1EPOK FORMIDABLE : Séquence (January 2019)
EXHIBITIONS :
NUIT BLANCHE KYOTO 2024, Performance with Disconoma at Bridge Studio, september 2024,Kyoto.
UNIQUES(S), curated by J-F. Declercq/Le CID Grand Hornu, Centre Albert Marinus, April/july 2023, Brussels.
LA CASA AZUL, curated par Margherita Ratti, Oxilia Gallery, january 2023, Milano.
SYNCHONICITE, Remèdes galerie, november 2022, Paris.
BIENVENUE DESIGN during the Paris Design Week, september 2022, room 24,
Hôtel de la Louisiane, Paris.
Collaboration with the artiste VINCENT MESAROS, “Clou céleste”, september 2022.
LA BOCCA DELLA VERITÀ, may-august 2022, Brussels.
COLLECTIBLE Design Fair, La Bocca Della Verità’ booth, mai 2022, Brussels.
SHOPPING, A1043 Galery, décembre 2021, Paris.
ADC (Au-delà du Cuir), exhibition and dialogue with the artist BERTRAND LAMARCHE, november 2021, Paris.
TALENTS A SUIVRE : Gallery Joyce, octobre 2021.
Collaboration with the artist CHRISTELLE FAMILIARI, “les Lovers”, september 2021.
BIENVENUE DESIGN during the Paris Design Week, september 2021, Hôtel de la Louisiane, Paris.
GALERISTES Art Fair, A10-43 gallery, october 2020, Carreau du Temple, Paris.
POSSIBILITÉS A10-43 galery, october 2020, Marais, Paris.
EMERGENCES, Design biennial, october 2020, Pantin.
SALON D’ART CONTEMPORAIN, Bertrand Grimont Gallery, september 2020, Marais, Paris.
FONDATION BROWNSTONE, february 2020, Marais, Paris.
THE TIME IN BETWEEN George V art center, août 2019, Beijing.
RÉVÉLATIONS Fair, may 2019, Grand Palais, Paris.
