Born in 1983, Julien des Monstiers lives and works between Faye-la-Vineuse and Paris.
Read MoreHe graduated from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris in 2008 (Jean-Michel Alberola studio). Julien des Monstiers received the Prix Marin in 2015, the Yishu8 and Mécènes du Sud awards in 2017, the Prix Pierre Cardin in 2019 and recently in 2022 the Prix de peinture Simone et Cino Del Duca.
To Julien des Monstiers, each painting constitutes a whole, the different styles of which can be understood in their entirety, that ultimately gives them meaning. A holistic painting that cannot be reduced to the sum of its parts and that eludes any pre-established definition. From borrowed shapes and gestures, with no hierarchy, to the medium's great stories but also to the history of its motifs, that of hunting scenes, floral decors or tapestry. A work painted on canvas or on wood, on the floor or on a wall, depending on its needs, in a constant back-and-forth motion. Imprints by transfer, as he has always done but also precise gestures, slow or swift, made with brushes of course, but also other miscellaneous tools. Everything is grasp-worthy for an artist who considers the chassis as a frame on which to built his own territory, made of borrowings and inventions.
Text courtesy Dumonteil Contemporary.
