Muriel Nisse is a french contemporary mask creator. She has studied object design at the National school of decorative arts in Strasbourg, before settling in Paris where she’s working part time as a wigmaker and mask maker at the National opera of Paris.

At crossroads of fashion, art and craftwork, her work is clearly oriented on hair material and embroidery use with a wide range of influences such as mythology, the flamboyancy of the New Romantics, fashion, aquatic creatures, gemstones and ethnics iconography, tribalism and subcultures.

She’s deeply willing to create new and singular type of imagery, to transform the codes of feminity and identification by making associations with plural disciplinary artists and photographers.

In 2026 she partners up with Dorian Gourg and launches ODESS, a creative studio where art, technological exploration and sensitive gesture converge. Through sculptural and wearable forms, ODESS’ work emerges from a cross-pollination of craftsmanship, material research, 3D Designs at intersection of art and fashion.

She's represented by gallery www.studioro.it in Milan, Italy.

Muriel Nisse’s exhibit showcases a diverse collection of handmade, modern masks. The masks draw upon various ethnic influences and ritualistic traditions, resulting in a unique biomorphic style. The incorporation of natural elements such as hair and textiles further enhances the masks’ distinctiveness and adds an organic feel to the pieces.

Contemplation on the nature of identity

After graduating from the School of Decorative Arts in her hometown of Strasbourg, the French artist Muriel Nisse pursued a career in the arts and honed her skills as a make-up artist and wig maker for the National Opera of Paris. She then went on to collaborate with Charlie Le Mindu, the renowned hair artist and designer famous for his daring and boundary-pushing creations.

Muriel Nisse's exhibit of handmade masks is not only a celebration of cultural diversity and ritualistic traditions but also a contemplation on the nature of identity. The masks, with their biomorphic style, blur the lines between the human and the natural world, inviting us to consider the interconnectedness of all things.

MAD Brussels, “Come as you are” with Laetitia Bica - May 2025

Studio RÖ, “Anabasis” performance with Matteo Melotto, Milan - April 2025.

Homo Faber Bienniale, "The journey of life", Giorgio Cini Foundation, Venice - September 2024.

Studio RÖ, Amanta Rouge Exhibition & performance with Scarlett Rouge, Milan - April 2024.

MAD Paris, “Des cheveux et des poils”, Paris - March to September 2023.

Studio RÖ, M.A.H.A.S Exhibition, Milan - April 2023.

L’Éclaireur Paris, show room, Pierre Louis Mascia Collection showcase, Paris - March 2022.
Coutume Studio, Exhibition, Bordeaux - December 2021.
Festival circulation, 104 Paris, Video performance in collaboration with artist Charlotte Mano - March 2020.
Innovative Costume of the 21st century - the next generation, Moscow - October 2019.
Arch of persona at Contemporary Cluster, Personal exhibition, Rome - December 2018.
Les embassades Soyeuses du Silk me back, New Chinese institute in Lyon - January2017.

Art Sablon, Brussels - April 2017.
Fetichism Obsessions in Fashion & Design,TRAPHOLT, Denemark - January 2016.
Espace Lézard, personal exhibition, Colmar - Mach 2014.
Atelier Territori, personal exhibition, Paris - November 2013.
MoBA “Fetichism in fashion”, Fashion international biennale, Arnhem, Netherland - June/July 2013.

Objection, Collective exhibition, CEEAC of Strasbourg - June 2011.
Galerie espace 42, Collective exhibition, Paris - Mach 2011.
Nuit des musées, Musée historique, Strasbourg - 2010.
Nuit des musées, Musée de l’œuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg - 2009.

Numero magazine Netherland, “Time Traveller" editorial - November 2025

Homo Faber exhibition catalogue, "The journey of life" - Septembre 2024

Beaux Arts Magazine, “Des Cheveux et des poils”, special issue devoted to the MAD exhibition - April 2023.

Innovative Costume of the 21st century, exhibition catalogue, Moscow - November 2021.

Diptyque, Akatre Studio magazine, Paris - September 2021.
Fraeulein magazine, collaboration with Michelle Elie et Sasa Thomann, Berlin - July 2021.
Vogue Italie, Sacred Soul, Phan VO, Italie - April 2021.
Animal Anatomy, Paris - October 2020.
VMAN, Studio Solve Sundsbo, London - September 2020.
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Issue 26, London - September 2019.

See your selsensing, Madeline Schwartzman, NewYork - September 2019.
DRY Magazine, by Charles Freger, isssue 7, Paris - Summer 2018.
INFRINGE, antropologie of hair, issue 3, Loondon - October 2018.
Sud Ouest magazine - Bordeaux, September 2018.
Cahier d’inspiration N°32, Show Room - January 2018.
King Kong magazine, Germany - March 2017.
See Yourself X, Madeline Schwartzman, black dog publishing, New-York - January 2017.

FORM magazine, N°269, Francfort - January/February 2017.
The Steidz, Online magazine - December 2014.
D.N.A, Strasbourg - March 2014.
Codigo, online magazine, Spain - February 2014.
Artnau, online magazine - November 2013.
M°BAATJE, exhibition catalogue, Arnhem - June 2013.
Z.A.Q magazine, N°6, Canada - May 2013.

Muriel Nisse is listed by the Homo Faber guide for art and craftmanship.

https://www.homofaber.com

Homo Faber is curated by the Michelangelo Foundation.