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Based in Finistère, Jérôme Clochard continues his research between France and abroad, asserting work after work his unique place in the landscape of contemporary mosaics. After an initial career as a scuba diver in La Défense, he trained in mosaics in 2001 with masters from the Ravenna school, before founding his Absolut Mosaïque workshop in 2005, which combines contemporary creation, decoration and heritage restoration. He collaborates with major players such as Vinci and Eiffage, working on emblematic sites such as the facade of Printemps Haussmann, the mosaics of the Opéra Comique, and the pavement of the Opéra Garnier, the restoration of which earned him the Geste d'Or prize in 2016, which he won again in 2017 for his work on the Phoenix car of the Belmond British Pullman train. His partnership with the Belmond/LVMH group continued in 2019 with the creation of six sets for the legendary Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (V.S.O.E.). That same year, he was honored by Ateliers d’Art de France, which published the monograph Fragments d’Émotions, and received the Métiers d’art et Patrimoine bâti prize. A committed artist, he participated in COP 21 in 2015 with the installation Atlantes, presented at the Tropical Aquarium in Paris, evoking the fragile balance between nature and humanity.

His work, deeply influenced by abstract expressionism and the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, explores inner rhythm, light, and the subtle movements of tesserae, blending mosaic, painting, and sculpture in a contemplative quest.