Born in 1986, Julien Creuzet is a French-Caribbean artist who lives and works in Paris. A visual artist and poet, he actively intertwines these two practices via amalgams of sculpture, installation and textual intervention that frequently address his own diasporic experience. Inspired by the poetic and philosophical reflections of Aimé Césaire and Édouard Glissant on creolization and migration, Creuzet’s work focuses on the troubled intersection of the history of Martinique and the events of European modernity.
Creuzet has recently had solo exhibitions at Palais De Tokyo, Paris (2019), Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard (2018), Bétonsalon, Paris (2018), Sketch Gallery in Bogotá (2017), Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Basse Normandie in Caen (2015), the Juvisy-sur-Orge Contemporary Art Centre, Galerie Doyang Lee in Paris (2013), and the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation in Turin (2012).
Recently, he participated in the 12th Gwangju Biennale (2018), the 6th Rennes Biennale (2018), the 11th Biennale Africaine de la Photographie (2017), the 14th Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art (2017), the Festival Hors Piste at the Centre Pompidou (2017), the Frac Pays de la Loire (2016), the 12th Biennale de l’Art Contemporain Africain de Dakar, Sénégal (2016) and the 2nd Kampala Art Biennale (2016), Uganda.
Julien Creuzet, Installation view, 2018
Julien Creuzet, Installation view, 2018
Julien Creuzet, Installation view, 2018
Julien Creuzet, Installation view, 2018
Julien Creuzet, ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE, High Art, Paris, France, 10.17 – 11.30.2019
Julien Creuzet, ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE, High Art, Paris, France, 10.17 – 11.30.2019
Julien Creuzet, ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE, High Art, Paris, France, 10.17 – 11.30.2019
Julien Creuzet, ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE, High Art, Paris, France, 10.17 – 11.30.2019
Julien Creuzet, ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE, High Art, Paris, France, 10.17 – 11.30.2019
Julien Creuzet, Palais de Tokyo, 2019
Julien Creuzet, Palais de Tokyo, 2019
Julien Creuzet, Palais de Tokyo, 2019
Julien Creuzet, Palais de Tokyo, 2019
Julien Creuzet, Palais de Tokyo, 2019
Julien Creuzet, I want to see the infinite blur, the pearl acid on the face, tear of rain, tear of us, flaming green, great fog, 2017, Rubbing on paper, 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
Julien Creuzet, Silent plant, I'm a dead leaf, a red-mouthed flower, you feel my petals lips, nervous vein, it's a pile of colors, green tube, monkey bridge, see you my signs, 2017, Rubbing on paper, 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
Julien Creuzet, I cried to change Skin reversed, Rumpled, I vomited, Purplish petals I have the green blues, Wild plant, Plant wise image of nightmare. It is the calm storm, A bubbling before yelling, 2017, Rubbing on paper, 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
Julien Creuzet, Jungle, jungle, big city, Drunkenness, my father’s rum, Drift, atlantic, Here I depress, I depict (...), 2017, Rubbing on paper, 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
Julien Creuzet, To hide, in a lost hole, In the black south. I’m not from here, But I was there, near you, close to you. I caress each tree, Roots, my earthly wanderings. Roots, tuber, Touching my brothers, in the ground, Tears, morning dew, Tears, brandy (...), 2017 Rubbing on paper, 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
Julien Creuzet, crying like a baby city, plastic idea, 2017 Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, dismal, life file, crystal, get lost at a glance, 2017, Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, gasoline, fires of god wandering, line of Peru, 2017 Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, peel, year, nothing else, 2017, Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, gasoline, fires of god wandering, line of Peru, 2017, Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, tangy crisis, help me, orange memory, 2017, Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, upset, gloomy, wonderful, sunset of moon, 2017, Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, Twirl, tongue, whirl, ego, 2018, Engraving on laminated plywood, 19 11/16 x 19 11/16 in
Julien Creuzet, Swirl, oil skin, coil, eco, 2018, Engraving on laminated plywood, 19 11/16 x 19 11/16 in
Julien Creuzet, Compass, heart, cloudy, fern Moist, heat, beat, wind, kisses, 2018, Engraving on laminated plywood, 76 3/4 x 76 3/4 in
JulienCreuzet_Thirst, Outdoors Thirst Christ, Drunk, 2019 Mixed media, 190x140cm
JulienCreuzet_Rooting, crossing, expect, brush, uncertain 190x140cm
JulienCreuzet_Fear in front of (...)CAN 2019
Julien Creuzet Toute la distance de la mer, pour que les filaments à huile des mancenilliers nous arrêtent les battements de cœur. – La pluie a rendu cela possible (…)
JCT_063_IMG006-web
Julien Creuzet, Installation view, 2018
Julien Creuzet, Installation view, 2018
Julien Creuzet, Installation view, 2018
Julien Creuzet, Installation view, 2018
Julien Creuzet, ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE, High Art, Paris, France, 10.17 – 11.30.2019
Julien Creuzet, ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE, High Art, Paris, France, 10.17 – 11.30.2019
Julien Creuzet, ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE, High Art, Paris, France, 10.17 – 11.30.2019
Julien Creuzet, ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE, High Art, Paris, France, 10.17 – 11.30.2019
Julien Creuzet, ALLIED CHEMICAL & DYE, High Art, Paris, France, 10.17 – 11.30.2019
Julien Creuzet, Palais de Tokyo, 2019
Julien Creuzet, Palais de Tokyo, 2019
Julien Creuzet, Palais de Tokyo, 2019
Julien Creuzet, Palais de Tokyo, 2019
Julien Creuzet, Palais de Tokyo, 2019
Julien Creuzet, I want to see the infinite blur, the pearl acid on the face, tear of rain, tear of us, flaming green, great fog, 2017, Rubbing on paper, 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
Julien Creuzet, Silent plant, I'm a dead leaf, a red-mouthed flower, you feel my petals lips, nervous vein, it's a pile of colors, green tube, monkey bridge, see you my signs, 2017, Rubbing on paper, 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
Julien Creuzet, I cried to change Skin reversed, Rumpled, I vomited, Purplish petals I have the green blues, Wild plant, Plant wise image of nightmare. It is the calm storm, A bubbling before yelling, 2017, Rubbing on paper, 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
Julien Creuzet, Jungle, jungle, big city, Drunkenness, my father’s rum, Drift, atlantic, Here I depress, I depict (...), 2017, Rubbing on paper, 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
Julien Creuzet, To hide, in a lost hole, In the black south. I’m not from here, But I was there, near you, close to you. I caress each tree, Roots, my earthly wanderings. Roots, tuber, Touching my brothers, in the ground, Tears, morning dew, Tears, brandy (...), 2017 Rubbing on paper, 14 3/4 x 11 1/2 in
Julien Creuzet, crying like a baby city, plastic idea, 2017 Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, dismal, life file, crystal, get lost at a glance, 2017, Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, gasoline, fires of god wandering, line of Peru, 2017 Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, peel, year, nothing else, 2017, Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, gasoline, fires of god wandering, line of Peru, 2017, Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, tangy crisis, help me, orange memory, 2017, Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, upset, gloomy, wonderful, sunset of moon, 2017, Archival pigment print face mounted to acrylic with custom engraving, 46 1/2 x 32 3/4 in
Julien Creuzet, Twirl, tongue, whirl, ego, 2018, Engraving on laminated plywood, 19 11/16 x 19 11/16 in
Julien Creuzet, Swirl, oil skin, coil, eco, 2018, Engraving on laminated plywood, 19 11/16 x 19 11/16 in
Julien Creuzet, Compass, heart, cloudy, fern Moist, heat, beat, wind, kisses, 2018, Engraving on laminated plywood, 76 3/4 x 76 3/4 in
JulienCreuzet_Thirst, Outdoors Thirst Christ, Drunk, 2019 Mixed media, 190x140cm
JulienCreuzet_Rooting, crossing, expect, brush, uncertain 190x140cm
JulienCreuzet_Fear in front of (...)CAN 2019
Julien Creuzet Toute la distance de la mer, pour que les filaments à huile des mancenilliers nous arrêtent les battements de cœur. – La pluie a rendu cela possible (…)
JCT_063_IMG006-web
2021 1.7
Nomination to the Prix Marcel Duchamp 2021
Julien Creuzet
2019 10.2
Frieze
The Camden Arts Centre Emerging Artist Prize at Frieze 2019
2019 9.30
ARTnews
Julien Creuzet wins the Camden Arts Centre Emerging Artist Prize at Frieze 2019
2019 9.14
Centre d’Art de Neuchâtel
Julien Creuzet at CAN – Centre d’Art de Neuchâtel
2019 8.19
Libération
Julien Creuzet at Arena d’Arles gallery
2019 5.2
NADA
Julien Creuzet at NADA House Governors Island
2018 3.1
Frieze
Julien Creuzet: After the Storm
2017 11.23
SKETCH
Julien Creuzet Solo Exhibition at SKETCH Gallery, Bogota
2017 9.20
Biennale de Lyon
Julien Creuzet at 14th Biennale de Lyon
2020 11.19–12.30
Julien Creuzet
cloud cloudy glory doodles on the leaves pages, memory slowly the story redness sadness bloody redness on the skin
2020 7.10–8.29
Elizabeth Atterbury, Geraldo de Barros, Jessica Campbell, Mary Helena Clark, Julien Creuzet, Victoria Fu, Aron Gent, Gordon Hall, Jennefer Hoffman, Norman Kelley, Sterling Lawrence, Laura Letinsky, Christy Matson, Christopher Meerdo, Jonathan Muecke, Erin Jane Nelson, Gordon Parks, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, RO/LU, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Greg Stimac, Andrew Norman Wilson
Interiors
2017 9.9–10.20
Julien Creuzet
Hiding behind the foliage. Search for Mygalia
Artist |
Exhibition |
Dates |
Type |
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Julien Creuzet |
cloud cloudy glory doodles on the leaves pages, memory slowly the story redness sadness bloody redness on the skin |
2020 11.19–12.30 |
Past |
![]() |
|||
Elizabeth Atterbury, Geraldo de Barros, Jessica Campbell, Mary Helena Clark, Julien Creuzet, Victoria Fu, Aron Gent, Gordon Hall, Jennefer Hoffman, Norman Kelley, Sterling Lawrence, Laura Letinsky, Christy Matson, Christopher Meerdo, Jonathan Muecke, Erin Jane Nelson, Gordon Parks, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, RO/LU, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Greg Stimac, Andrew Norman Wilson |
Interiors |
2020 7.10–8.29 |
Past |
![]() |
|||
Julien Creuzet |
Hiding behind the foliage. Search for Mygalia |
2017 9.9–10.20 |
Past |
![]() |