About

Julien Charles André was born in Nice, France in 1980, to a family with a long history of architectural design and craftsmanship.

His great grandfather, A. Boutillier, was a master of printing with an atelier producing travel trunk labels for the most exclusive luxury hotels in Paris in the early 20th century.

Drawing inspiration from his great grand-father, Julien developed a strong interest in art and design, in particular, with colours, shapes and print-making.

He began collecting antique engravings from five years ago, and started experimenting colour variations and mixing with other media, mostly paper and goldleaf, to create collages on the side of his job as a luxury retail stores’ visual merchandiser.

In 2016, he went on an inspirational trip to Tuscany, Italy at Villa Lena Art Foundation, where he created his first series with a Greek Divinity Theme. After returning to London, he started exhibiting works in hotels and restaurants in between London, Paris and Aix-en-Provence – where he grew up. More recently, he has developed two new themes: Architecture and Animal Kingdom. He was also commissioned by his collectors and interior designers for various site specific works as well as bespoke framing for the art.

Without any formal art training, he creates the compositions based on how he experiences and interacts with objects and themes, and experiments around how to represent classical art forms in a contemporary setting. His works somewhat sit between neo-classical, pop-art and decorative items for interior design without clear boundaries.

His instantly recognisable style projects his belief that modern art shouldn’t have to be complicated or resulting in distance itself from the audience. He developed his own technique of creating 3D light-box effects through layering paper with striking colour reflection in goadleaf ‘shadows’. He approaches antiquities and ancient art with his modern and relaxed attitude.

He strongly believes that it is possible to achieve strong artistic vision with decorative purposes in mind at the same time. Each piece is uniquely created by the artist in its own universe of emotions, atmosphere and surreal settings, closely connected to experience and connections he has about the subjects.

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