Royale Belleville is a visual artist originally from Paris, France, currently living and working in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Inspired by a background as a firefighter, Royale explores the symbolic and emotional dimensions of fire, a recurring theme in series such as Alpha Burner, Interiors, and Chambre avec vue.
Working primarily with oil on canvas, the artist creates striking visual contrasts between serenity and destruction. Through these contrasts, the work invites reflection on transformation, detachment, and vulnerability — ultimately offering a meditation on personal and societal resilience in the face of adversity.
A distinctive feature of Royale Belleville’s practice is the integration of numeric codes from the Smorfia — the Neapolitan “book of dreams.” This 18th-century system assigns symbolic meanings to numbers from 1 to 90, translating people, objects, and actions into a kind of dream-language. These numbers and other esoteric symbols are frequently embedded into the compositions, serving as both visual motif and signature.

In 2010, Royale Belleville founded Studio Inferno III, an art and graphic design studio based in Amsterdam, further expanding the dialogue between visual art, symbolism, and contemporary narratives.