Thalya Jouin is a French-American visual artist based in Chicago, Illinois. She is currently completing her final year of her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She works in many mediums, but has a soft spot for weaving. Her work utilizes both traditional craft techniques and contemporary digital fabrication processes, examining the evolving relationship between making and mass production. She creates objects that question the boundaries between decorative and functional, merging markers of utility with ornamental details. At the heart of her practice lies a fascination with relics - artifacts that transcend the confines of time and usability. Her work has been featured in Kingfisher Magazine and SAIC Magazine, and she has exhibited in the group show Death Lullaby at Comfort Station in Chicago, Illinois

Education

2025 BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL (anticipated 2025)

Group exhibitions

2024 Death Lullaby Comfort Station, Chicago, IL

Publications

2023 Salganicoff, S. C. How it’s made: Crafting present archaeology with artist Thalya Jouin. School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

https://www.saic.edu/news/how-its- made-crafting-present-archaeology-artist-thalya-jouin

2024 Aikhionbare, Marley, and Lester, Rowan, editors. The Kingfisher Magazine , Mirabillia, no. IV, pp. 5–8.

Awards

2021 Honors Merit Scholarship , School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Selected professional experience

2025 Design Intern - Lelièvre Paris

2023 Lithography Intern - Idem Paris - Paris, France

2021 Assisitant Archivist - Jouin Manku Design Studio - Paris, France

2019 Intern - Sarah Sze Studio - NYC, New York