Daru
ArtMX Artist
Daru
Pop iconography with a wink
Daru (David Nicolas) is a French artist known for pop iconography delivered with a wink — beloved characters recomposed with fashion codes, art-history references and an unmistakable sense of mischief. A Jessica Rabbit in a monogram, a princess in a Yoshi onesie, Snow White in a fashion campaign: his paintings put pop culture's icons in conversation with the luxury and fine-art worlds they secretly always belonged to.
The humor is the signature, but the craft underneath is precise — clean line, confident color, and compositions built like advertisements from a better universe.
On ArtMX
Daru's ArtMX works — DRAWN THAT WAY, HIGH MAINTENANCE, PEACHY, PUPPY LOVE, WONDER JESSICA, MIRROR MIRROR, GRANTED — span the main catalog and La Collection Privée.