“Mujeres del Mundo” – Women of the World
The series “Mujeres del Mundo” (Women of the World) by artist L’Empreinte Jo V combines delicate drawing and precise graphite work with strong, inspiring feminine presence. The pieces raise questions about freedom, gender, power, and awareness.
Art With a Red Heart
The signature of L’Empreinte Jo V is unmistakable – refined monochrome portraits centered around a small red heart that drips downward like a tear. This recurring mark has become her emblem across the walls of Paris.
The heart is not decoration. It’s a statement about pain, humanity, and love, love that insists on existing even in a world of concrete, dust, and traffic noise.
Women of the World
The series is dedicated to women who left a lasting cultural, political, and intellectual mark throughout history. Frida Kahlo, symbol of art, identity, and pain; Simone de Beauvoir, the French philosopher and feminist who wrote, “One is not born a woman, one becomes one”; Angela Davis, the African-American activist identified with the Black Power movement.
Each figure was chosen not only for her personal contribution but for representing a universal voice – a voice of resistance, free thought, and courage to stand against convention.
The words “Mujeres del Mundo” define the project’s spirit perfectly, a connection between worlds, cultures, and shared female struggles.
Strength Through Gentleness
One of the most touching aspects of L’Empreinte Jo V’s work is the balance between strength and tenderness. Her lines are soft, almost fragile, and the black-and-white palette creates a sense of calm and sensitivity. Yet against the urban setting, this gentleness becomes a striking contrast, delicate femininity surviving and thriving within a masculine, gray environment.
Each piece becomes a visual feminist declaration, poetic, human, and profound.
A Personal Mark
The name L’Empreinte Jo V, meaning “the imprint,” reflects the artist’s intention to leave a trace, emotional and human. Working on the streets of Paris in recent years, she uses her art as a tool for emotional and social expression. Her artistic style gives visibility to figures who are often marginalized or forgotten.
Her process carries a ritualistic element: each piece is treated as a personal homage to its subject, always accompanied by the small red heart symbolizing empathy, sorrow, or longing.
Street Art as an Act of Love
In a noisy environment of concrete, cars, and colorful graffiti, L’Empreinte Jo V’s choice to paint in black, white, and a single red heart is a statement. Her art doesn’t shout, it whispers. It doesn’t demand attention but invites a quiet gaze, a moment of reflection, a breath, and a sense of closeness.
The viewer standing before her wall isn’t just admiring technical precision; they feel as if they’re meeting a real human being, someone who has seen, suffered, loved, and fought.
Through this, the artist transforms city walls into an open book of women whose stories remain engraved in our collective memory.
“My art was born from the need to leave a human mark in a world that’s grown too cold,” wrote L’Empreinte Jo V in one of her posts. “Every small heart is a breath of love.”
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Among the artists whose works appear in the series of posts on street art and graffiti in Paris: SETH (Julien Malland), C215 (Christian Guémy), Vhils (Alexandre Farto), KASHINK (Maëva Martinez), Vale_Stencil (Valérian Lenud), The Pop Suréalist, The End of Animals (THE END), L’Empreinte Jo V (La Dactylo), IPDO (I Pixel di Oplontis), Mathieu 1976 (Mathieu Dussaucy), DJERADI LUDOVIC (Ludovic Djeradi), JR, Invader, Miss.Tic, Jef Aérosol, Blek Le Rat, Speedy Graphito, Hopare, Astro, Ardif, Ludo, Levalet (Charles Leval), Jo Di Bona, Monsieur Chat (Thoma Vuille), Zevs, Combo CK (Combo Culture Kidnapper), Alëxone Dizac, Tilt, Lek & Sowat, L’Atlas, Romain Froquet, Philippe Baudelocque, Jérôme Mesnager, Vinie Graffiti, Kalouf, Maye, A-MO, Clet Abraham, OakOak, Ender, Mosko et Associés, Codex Urbanus, Ella & Pitr, Dourone, Shaka (Marchal Mithouard), Raphael Federici, Pboy, Sismikazot, Kurar, Gregos, Tarek, Jace, Nasty, Doudou Style, FKDL, RNST, Zepha, Jerk 45, Onemizer, Bault, Polar Bear, Céz Art, Guy Denning, SP38, Zeer, Dume, Tanc, Kaldea, Antistatik, Reso, Woizo, MadC, Jober, Abys, Guaté Mao, Psyckoze, MonkeyBird Crew, Mantra, Aude Villerouge, Loraine Motti, Jean Faucheur, Jibé, Bom.K, Gris1, Aéro, JBC, Le MoDuLe De ZeeR, D*Face, Shepard Fairey, Banksy, 2Shy, Aroe, Babs, Bates, Brusk, Can2, Case Maclaim, Chanoir, Create, Darco, Dize, Gyz, Insane 51, Jaba, Jonone, Katre, Marko 93, Noé2One Mizer, Pro176, Remio, Schuck2, Snake, T-Kid, Tony Noel, Vision, Zenoy
Street Art in Le Marais Paris
Street Art Along Canal de l’Ourcq
LUDOVIC – Urban Chaos
Mathieu 1976 – Angels in Paris
IPDO – The Smurfs on the Wall
The Women of L’Empreinte Jo V
The Pop Suréalist
KASHINK – Paris’ Female Voice
Spot 13 – Paris
La Promenade Plantée – Paris
Street Art Avenue Paris
Street Art in Montmartre
The Giant Mural Project in Paris
THE END OF ANIMALS
The Belleville Character
VHILS – Carved in Stone
59 Rivoli – Alternative Art in Paris
The Children of SETH
Vale_Stencil – Colorful Stencil Art


