Malika Rousseau

Originally from the Outaouais region, Malika Rousseau lives and works in Montreal. She holds a bachelor's degree in visual and media arts from UQAM and earned a diploma in fine crafts techniques specializing in jewelry from the École de Joaillerie de Montréal. Through her artistic approach, she aims to revalue manual know-how by emphasizing the direct relationship with the material, where making and manual gestures become preferred acts.

Malika lives and works in Montreal. She holds a DEC in fine crafts specializing in jewelry and a Bachelor of Visual Arts from UQAM. She teaches at the École de Joaillerie de Montréal and continues to improve her technique through various workshops. She founded her contemporary jewelry company in 2021. Malika Rousseau creates jewelry that accompanies us in our intimacy and our everyday lives. These high-quality creations are durable and last over time thanks to their refined design. She wants to balance her jewelry between beauty, elegance, design, and comfort. For Malika Rousseau, the MAKING and the manual gesture are of great importance. She values technique and places great importance on the quality of her pieces, which she creates with great care. Malika enjoys exploring different techniques and perfecting the mastery of her art, which distinguishes her creations.

Malika Rousseau tente de déconstruire la tradition de la joaillerie classique en transformant sa matière première par une approche plus exploratoire, brute et sculpturale. Lorsqu'elle crée ses bijoux, elle adopte une approche ludique où elle joue avec son matériau bien-aimé l’argent sterling. Elle explore et privilégie des techniques telles que la fusion et différentes mises en forme puisqu’elles lui permettent d’engendrer un dialogue direct entre le feu et l’argent. Lors de la création de ses pièces, elle explore le métal d’une manière instinctive et recherche l’équilibre entre beauté formelle et fonctionnalité.