Julien Des Monstiers French, b. 1983
Born in 1983 in France, Julien Des Monstiers studied at the renowned Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he trained under Jean-Michel Alberola. Julien is a young artist, who despite his age, is widely acknowledged among the Parisian artistic scene. He is also the winner of the Antoine Marin Painting Prize in 2015.
Julien plays around with colour, texture, concepts and a forgotten artistic savoir faire, in the hope of placing art in a place where it had once been. He pushes the boundaries between fine and applied art and has radicalised his approach in recent years, focusing on the concept of tautology in painting. His paintings are, by nature, two-dimensional, but the artist nonetheless seeks to illustrate depth, layers, textures, and folds.
Julien des Monstiers’s work was featured in several exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the Galerie Christophe Gaillard. He now lives and works in Paris.
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Flowa Powa, Cuturi Gallery, Singapore
2020 Fantomes, Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris, France
2018 September, Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris, France
Maison des Arts, Arcueil, France
2017 Les Rêves Des Autres, Yishu8, Beijing, China
2016 A l'ombre des météorites, Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris, France
2015 - In Between -, Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris, France
Galerie d'Art Contemporain, Créteil, France
2014 Surfaces Monstres/Monstres Des Surfaces, Musée Bernard Boesch, La Baule / Le Pouliguen, France
2013 Supporter La Surface, Galerie Eric Mircher, Paris, France
2009 Les Chroniques Du Pole, Galerie Isabelle Gounod, Paris, France
Group Exhibitions
2020 In Full Bloom, Cuturi Gallery, Singapore
2020 Baggage Cabine, Kogo Gallery, Singapore
2019 Paris Peinture Plus, Galerie Slika, Lyon, France
2017 «Morceaux choisis» - a collective and multi-curated exhibition, Bubenberg,
Paris, France
J'ai 10 ans !, Galerie Christophe Gaillard, Paris, France
2017 Artissima, Torino, Italy
Independent Brussels, Belgium
Fantômes, Paris, France
2016 Le Temps De L'audace Et De L'engagement - De Leur Temps (5), institut d'art
contemporain association pour la diffusion internationale de l'art français (adiaf), Paris, France
2015 Crossover, Galerie ObRose, Paris, France
Prix Marin, Galerie Municipale Julio Gonzalez, Arcueil, France
Engagements: Collectionner, Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, France
2014 Free Wheels, Galerie Obrose, YIA Art Fair, Paris, France
Arte Video Night, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Celsius/ Paris Minimenta, Galerie Bertrand Baraudou, Paris, France
2013 Salon Jeune Creation, Galerie Jeune Création, Paris, France
2011 Drawing Now, Galerie Isabelle Gounod Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France
2010 Editions Pénible, group show of original "stickers", Galerie Mycroft, Paris,
France
2009 Docks Art Fair, Galerie Isabelle Gounod, Lyon, France
2008 Show Off, Galerie Isabelle Gounod, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris, France
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