Brief Biography

Jules Julien is French artist born in 1975. He lives and work in Amsterdam. His work spans digital art, illustration, moving image, public art, and immersive installation. Known for his intricate hand-crafted visual language, Julien’s practice explores themes of identity, culture, collective experience, and emotional connection through highly detailed compositions and expansive narrative environments. He develops a visual language at the crossroads of an exploration and a personal diary, a reflexion on the meaning of colors, images and symbols. His work has been exhibited internationally and commissioned by leading cultural institutions and global brands.

Jules as the honor to be among the artits whose commissioned work will be featured across the Obama Presidential Center Museum in Chicago which opens in June 2026.

Solo Exhibitions & Installations

2015 — Pouvoirs, Fontevraud Royal Abbey
2015 — Anatomy of Identity, Archiginnasio, Bologna
2015 — Encounters, Labo Art, Milan
2015 — Encounters, Labo Art, London
2014 — Blue Series, Espaï Tactel, Valencia
2013 — Blackout, Rise Berlin Gallery, Berlin
2011 — Overall Mural, New-York
2010 — Aimer Marie, les Calvairiennes, Mayenne
2010 — Met Jules Julien, Pumpkin Film, Zurich.
2009 — Heartbreaker, Gyre Omotesando, Tokyo
2009 — Cadavres Exquis, Diesel art Gallery, Tokyo

Museum Commissions

2026 — All Together, digital immersive mural
Obama Presidential Center Museum, Chicago
2026 — Balance of Power, wall murals
Obama Presidential Center Museum, Chicago
2015 — Powers & Symbols, installation art
Royal Abbaye of Fontevraud, France

Group Exhibitions

2024 — My House is Your House, 12, Antwerp
2024 — Amsterdam Art Week, Pulitzer, Amsterdam
2021 — Open Files, West Bund Art Center, Shanghai
2019 — Fort Contemporain, Château de Mayenne
2018 — Essences Naturelles, Bains Douches, Laval
2016 — Cut That Out, KK Outlet, London
2016 — Tactility, Pocko Gallery, London
2016 — Fragments, Pocko Gallery, London
2016 — Paraisos, Las Naves, Valencia
2015 — Here Zine Tokyo, Beams gallery, Tokyo
2015 — Chapelle Fifteen, Mayenne
2015 — Just Mad Art Fair, Espaï Tacte, Madrid
2014 — Super Human, Plus gallery, Denver
2013 — Lyrics!, Hélène Bailly Gallery, Paris
2013 — Beyonderground, Hasselt
2013 — Being Dreaming, KK Outlet, London
2012 — Nouveau Design, MuVim Museum, Valencia
2012 — Cartoon Network, Jett Gallery, San Diego
2012 — Maison & Images, Dock en Seine, Paris
2011 — LWL 70’s, Keminstry Gallery, London
2011 — Pick Me Up, Somerset House, London
2010 — Nuit Blanche, Metz
2010 — No Man’s Land, French Embassy, Tokyo
2010 — Le Milieu, Montreal
2010 — Nuit Blanche, Mayenne
2009 — VO, Espace beaurepaire, Paris
2008 — Itunube, Madrid
2008 — Fool for Feet, Antebellum gallery, Los Angeles
2007 — Margalef & Gipponi gallery, Antwerp

Selected Clients

Apple
Camille Claudel museum
Cartier
Diesel
Financial Times
Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum
Louis XIII
Nike
Obama Foundation
Parfum de Marly
Range Rover
Smithsonian
Sony PlayStation
Soulages museum
Stromae
The New York Times
The New Yorker

Publications

2015 — Anatomy of Identity, edited by Fruit Prod
2015 — Skull Show, Bedford Gallery
2014 — Blue Series, artist book for Here is Zine Tokyo
2010 — Français! edited by Le Kiosque

Catalogues

2019 — Fort Contemporain, Le Kiosque
2015 — Chapelle Fifteen, Chapelle des Calvairiennes
2014 — Skull Show, Bedford Gallery
2013 — Lyrics! Hélène Bailly Gallery
2013 — Beyonderground Festival
2012 — Le nouveau Design Français, MuVim Valencia
2012 — Cartoon Network Anniversary
2010 — No Man’s Land, French Embassy

Books

2016 — Cut That Out, Thames & Hudson
2015 — Magic Paintbrush, Hightone Publishing
2014 — 50 Years of illustration, Laurence King Publishing
2014 — Illustration Annual, Design Matters
2014 — Citix60: Paris, Viction:ary
2013 — Illustration Now! Fashion, Taschen
2013 — Purple Book, Laurence King Publishing
2012 — Dark Stories by Dark artists, Cypi Press
2012 — Memories, Maggies
2011 — Book of Creation, Oracom
2011 — Fresh Box 3, Slanted
2011 — Illustration Now! Portrait, Tashen
2010 — Dark Inspiration, Viction:ary
2010 — The Beautiful, Gestalten
2009 — Hair’em Scare’em, Gestalten
2009 — Illusive 3, Gestalten

Press

2022 — 3x3 magazine, NYC (article)
2021 — Modern Weekly, China (interview & portfolio)
2021 — Currant magazine, The Netherlands (portfolio)
2021 — It’s Nice That, Midweek Mentor, UK (interview)
2020 — It’s Nice That, UK (interview & portfolio)
2020 — 3x3 magazine, NYC (interview & portfolio)
2020 — Mirror Mirror, The Netherlands (portfolio)
2019 — Cercles magazine, France (interview & portfolio)
2017 — Migrate magazine, South Africa (interview
2015 — Arte magazine, Italia (interview & portfolio)
2015 — Juliet, Italia (interview & portfolio)
2014 — Mas Mag, Spain (Portfolio)
2014 — ABC, Spain (artcile)
2014 — Apocrifa, Mexico (article)
2014 — Exerimenta magazine, Spain (interview)
2014 — Plateforma de arte contemporaneo (article)
2014 — Ten Mag, Spain (artcicle)
2014 — Neo2, Spain (article)
2014 — Fantastic Plastic Mag, Spain (article)
2014 — Lamono, Spain (article)
2014 — Juxtapoz, Latina America (article)
2014 — El Mundo, Spain (article)
2014 — Occimag, Spain (interview & portfolio)
2014 — Valstrom, UK (interview & portfolio)
2014 — Citi x 60, Hong Kong (interview)
2014 — Ladies & Gent, UK (interview & portfolio)
2014 — Inspiration Grid, USA (article)
2014 — Juxtapoz, USA (interview & portfolio)
2013 — Kraut magazine, Germany (article)
2013 — Peant Butter Thoughts, UK (interview)
2013 — Let’s Motiv, France (interview & portfolio)
2013 — Digital Arts, UK (interview & portfolio)
2013 — Nico magazine, Luxemburg (interview & portfolio)
2012 — Neo Collective, Spain (interview)
2012 — Famous, Russia (interview & portfolio)
2012 — Eight:48, UK (interview & portfolio)
2012 — Peanut Butter Thought, UK (interview & portfolio)
2011 — Computer Arts, UK (interview)
2011 — Etapes, France (portfolio)
2011 — IT Post, Hong Kong (portfolio)
2011 — The Fox is Black, USA (interview)
2011 — Nico, Luxemburg (portfolio)
2011 — Porte magazine, UK (interview)
2011 — Art Computer, UK (interview & portfolio)
2010 — Artco Monthly, Taïwan (interview & portfolio)
2010 — +ING, Japan (interview & portfolio)
2010 — Untilted magazine, USA (interview)
2009 — Man’s Nono, Japan (interview & portfolio)
2009 — Rolling Stone, Japan (article)
2009 — Spur, Japan (interview & portfolio)
2009 — Shift, Japan (interview & portfolio)
2009 — EyesCream, Japan (interview & portfolio)
2009 — The Japan Times, Japan (article)
2009 — NY Arts, USA (interview & portfolio)
2009 — DesignBoom, Japan (article)
2008 — Kinki, Switzerland (interview & portfolio)
2008 — Padfinder, Austria (interview & portfolio)