JULIEN CREUZET

b. 1986, French Guiana

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Julien Creuzet Biography

A visual artist and poet, Julien Creuzet 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 is the recipient of the 2022 Etants Donnés Prize, the 2021 BMW Art Journey Award, the 2019 Camden Arts Centre Emerging Artist Prize at Frieze and nominated in 2021 for the Marcel Duchamp Prize.

He has participated in numerous institutional group exhibitions, including the Performa Biennal, New York (2023); 35th São Paulo Bienal, São Paulo (2023); 12th Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (2023); Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago (2023); Musée Tinguely, Basel (2022); National Gallery of Prague, Prague (2022); Wesleyan University Center for the Arts, Middletown, (2021); Manifesta 13, Marseilles (2020); Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, Paris (2019); Kampala Biennale, Kampala (2018); and Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (2018).

His work is part of collections at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Centre national des arts plastiques, Paris; MMK Museum, Frankfurt; Fondation Villa Datris, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue; Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette, Paris; Fonds d’art Contemporain, Paris; FRAC Fonds régionaux d’art contemporain, Bourgogne, Champagne-Ardenne, Grand Large, Ile-de-France, Méca, Pays de la Loire; Carré d’Art-Musée d’art contemporain, Nîmes; KADIST Foundation, Paris; amongst others.

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monarch old stone of another time before the foams of the sea weightless in the cotton of the clouds. bird ark will sing yesterday the praises old wish of tomorrow our archaeologies of our future desires by Julien Creuzet contemporary artwork sculpture

Julien Creuzet monarch old stone of another time, before the foams of the sea weightless in the cotton of the clouds. bird ark will sing yesterday the praises old wish of tomorrow (our archaeologies of our future desires), 2025 Bronze, black patina
160 x 80 x40 cm
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Nos diables rouges nos derives commotions De leau du large ivrogne de leau en etendue pour se laisser devorer Gorgone une surface pour setendre de leau une face se defendre miroir. Ne pas croiser nos yeux nos etats vitreux bien-heureux nos yeux et nos corps pierres. Etre tranchee reflet lache ou ruisselle sang hideux. Princesse ethiopienne dit a laide. Voir le jour noir de penombre. Nous nous sommes sentis bleuir liberte des palabres molaires des paleontologues. Analogue larmes coagulees dans les rigoles vieux coquillages. Ciel la mer est jumelle. Comment croire les deep fake vigie quand nos langues sont des peer to peer a nen plus finir. Louange sous ciel noir meduse nest plus dans le rhizome des meteores. Reels ands stories much too much much more than 15 seconds to get lost in the black oracle by Julien Creuzet contemporary artwork moving image

Julien Creuzet Nos diables rouges, nos dérives commotions : De l’eau du large, ivrogne, de l’eau en étendue, pour se laisser dévorer, Gorgone, une surface pour s’étendre, de l’eau une face, se défendre, miroir. Ne pas croiser nos yeux, nos états vitreux, bien-heureux, nos yeux et nos corps pierres. Être tranchée, reflet lâche, où ruisselle, sang hideux. Princesse éthiopienne dit à l’aide. Voir, le jour, noir de pénombre. Nous nous sommes sentis bleuir, liberté des palabres molaires des paléontologues. Analogue, larmes coagulées dans les rigoles, vieux coquillages. Ciel, la mer est jumelle. Comment croire les deep fake, vigie quand nos langues sont des peer to peer, à n’en plus finir. Louange sous ciel noir, méduse n’est plus dans le rhizome des météores. (Reels ands stories, much too much, much more than 15 seconds, to get lost in the black oracle), 2025 HD video, color, no sound
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Julien Creuzet Nos diables rouges, nos dérives commotions : De l’eau du large, ivrogne, de l’eau en étendue, pour se laisser dévorer, Gorgone, une surface pour s’étendre, de l’eau une face, se défendre, miroir. Ne pas croiser nos yeux, nos états vitreux, bien-heureux, nos yeux et nos corps pierres. Être tranchée, reflet lâche, où ruisselle, sang hideux. Princesse éthiopienne dit à l’aide. Voir, le jour, noir de pénombre. Nous nous sommes sentis bleuir, liberté des palabres molaires des paléontologues. Analogue, larmes coagulées dans les rigoles, vieux coquillages. Ciel, la mer est jumelle. Comment croire les deep fake, vigie quand nos langues sont des peer to peer, à n’en plus finir. Louange sous ciel noir, méduse n’est plus dans le rhizome des météores. (Ceto, Keto, Galliformes), 2025 HD video, color, no sound
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reve cauchemar trauma et insomnie sueur secretion et bactterie rejet et desir dos a dos nous avons passe la nuit a reflechir a nos archeologies du futur scotomisation vielle relique rame by Julien Creuzet contemporary artwork mixed media

Julien Creuzet rêve, cauchemar, trauma et insomnie, sueur, sécretion et bactterie, rejet et désir, dos à dos nous avons passé la nuit à réflechir à nos archéologies du futur (scotomisation, vielle relique, rame),, 2025 Wood, paint, composite material, varnish, paper
205 x 110 x18 cm
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Julien Creuzet rêve, cauchemar, trauma et insomnie, sueur, sécretion et bactterie, rejet et désir, dos à dos nous avons passé la nuit à réflechir à nos archéologies du futur (misérable, éthylique), 2025 Wood, paint, composite material, varnish, paper
194 x 125 x30 cm
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Julien Creuzet rêve, cauchemar, trauma et insomnie, sueur, sécretion et bactterie, rejet et désir, dos à dos nous avons passé la nuit à réflechir à nos archéologies du futur (famine, fusil et chute libre), 2025 Wood, paint, composite material, varnish, paper
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our perceivable universe our glassy eyes how many stars how many grains of rice to get lost at the speed of light the time of a breath on an empty stomach let us remain lying down. only oracle by Julien Creuzet contemporary artwork mixed media painting

Julien Creuzet our perceivable universe, our glassy eyes, how many stars, how many grains of rice to get lost at the speed of light, the time of a breath on an empty stomach, let us remain lying down. (only oracle), 2025 Wood, rice, paint
60 x 60 cm
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Julien Creuzet our perceivable universe, our glassy eyes, how many stars, how many grains of rice to get lost at the speed of light, the time of a breath on an empty stomach, let us remain lying down. (fe(u) village, fe(w) village), 2025 Wood, rice, paint
60 x 60 cm
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Contemporary art exhibition Julien Creuzet Nos Diables Rouges Nos Derives Commotions at Mendes Wood DM Brussels Belgium

Julien Creuzet Nos Diables Rouges, Nos Dérives Commotions Mendes Wood DM 4 September–25 October 2025
Brussels

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Contemporary art exhibition Group Exhibition Pays reve pays reel A proposal by Lucien Terras In dialogue with works from the Seroussi Collection at Esther Schipper Paris France

Group Exhibition Pays rêvé, pays réel: A proposal by Lucien Terras — In dialogue with works from the Seroussi Collection Esther Schipper Paris 4 June–1 August 2026
Esther Schipper Paris

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Dent cariee du Cretace. Dans la paume de nos mains meandre androgyne nacre delavee felure du sablier. Misericorde coffre tes murmures divinatoires sous les pieds de Andromede croton vert a points jaunes by Julien Creuzet contemporary artwork sculpture

Julien Creuzet Dent cariée du Crétacé. Dans la paume de nos mains, méandre androgyne, nacre délavée fêlure du sablier. Miséricorde, coffre tes murmures divinatoires sous les pieds de Andromède (croton vert à points jaunes), 2025 Steel, copper, composite material, resin, electrical wires, threads, acrylic paint
161 x 130 x60 cm
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Nos diables rouges nos derives commotions after sinking long contemplation holy blue subliminal desir occipital desire enchantons latmosphere autel coquillage by Julien Creuzet contemporary artwork sculpture

Julien Creuzet Nos diables rouges, nos dérives commotions, after sinking, long contemplation, holy blue, subliminal désir, occipital désire, enchantons l’atmosphère (autel coquillage), 2025 Wood, acrylic paint, plastic, copper, textile, threads, shell
234 x 82 x28 cm
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Encore une apnee encore un silence etourdi ton sourire de solitude tes mains crasseuses de gratitudes. our archaeologies of our future desires deux oiseaux by Julien Creuzet contemporary artwork sculpture

Julien Creuzet Encore une apnée, encore un silence étourdi, ton sourire de solitude, tes mains crasseuses de gratitudes. (our archaeologies of our future desires, deux oiseaux), 2025 Bronze, black patina
36 x 18.5 x11 cm
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News Performa 2023 to Revisit Art History’s ‘Big Bang’ Sam Gaskin Nora Turato, Haegue Yang, Julien Creuzet, and Nikita Gale will create new commissions for this year’s festival, which explores the radical contribution of conceptual art.

News Liverpool Biennial 2023 Seeks Slave Trade Reckoning Michael Irwin The event’s theme is ‘uMoya’, an isiZulu word whose meanings include ‘wind’. Sailing ships from Liverpool brought around 1.5 million slaves to the UK in the 18 th century.

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