Nathanaël Mikles

A French-American artist and illustrator born in 1981 and graduated from EnsAD in 2008, he lives and works between Paris and Montreuil. 

His multifaceted practice encompasses landscape representation, science communication, ecological inquiries, and current events. Drawing, painting, illustration, and comics offer him as many languages as he likes to explore these subjects with ever-renewed pleasure.

His original works aim to represent places shaped by contemporary environmental issues—spaces where natural and human phenomena redefine the individual's place within their environment. Illustration and comics allow him to convey complex ideas with lightness and humor, letting himself be carried along by movement and the unexpected.

Alongside his personal practice, he works with the Collectif Ensaders, where he creates three-handed drawings. Their multiplied creativity gives rise to abundant and quirky universes, nourished by the contradictions, excesses, and wonders of the contemporary world.

He regularly shares this practice through educational workshops and participatory installations with children and adults in schools and cultural institutions.