Playa as polas - 1 (2024) Painting by Julien Jubault

French painter living in Barcelona, I have always been fascinated by abstraction. Naturally, I gravitated toward abstract expressionism as a form of expression—both because of the endless possibilities it offers and because abstraction has given me my most powerful artistic emotions. My interest in the 1940s and 1950s began with history, my first passion. Then came art, decoration, and the literature of that period, all of which shaped my visual culture and deeply influenced my artistic choices.

To paint is to fix time—to represent a moment, an idea, a landscape. Over time, this activity has become a vital necessity. My creative process begins with an initial project—both intellectual and visual—that evolves through the application of successive pictorial layers. Corrections and refinements gradually transform the final outcome, in search of a form of optical balance. Organic shapes, memories, and sensations are simplified, transformed, and sometimes distorted in my work, as part of a process of visual materialization. My work also explores perspective and depth through the use of simple forms and structuring lines, which are then softened through layering and contrast. I work primarily with acrylic on canvas, adding oil paint, walnut stain, and mineral elements to create texture and relief.

Deeply attached to Spain, and to the landscapes of Galicia in particular, I remain strongly rooted in my origins. It was in the countryside of western France that I first experienced the full beauty of nature and the plant world. As such, my work carries a fascination with the natural and its contemplation, nurtured by a sensitive observation of the spaces we live in. Abstraction makes it possible to transform the visible, offering us new images and impressions to nourish the gaze. It is this freedom that I have chosen as the foundation of my artistic expression.

• Nationality: FRANCE
• Date of birth : 1981
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary French Artists