Julien’s work acts as a mirror, reflecting a nostalgic pull toward familiar figures and objects. Yet, as Marcel Proust noted, “The images chosen by memory are as arbitrary, as narrow, as elusive, as those formed by imagination and destroyed by reality.” With this awareness, Julien offers us humanity, the body as a focal point. His work explores what connects us, questioning the ties that make us individuals who observe and exist alongside one another.

Jules Julien is a meticulous craftsman, balancing doubt and humanity in his work. His art blends meaning and emotion, using color, imagery, and symbolism with a refined sensitivity. Through this, he explores the human experience, its struggles and joys, inviting us to reflect on what connects us all. Whether subtle or bold, his work challenges reality, shifting personal truths into universal concepts. By weaving together familiar figures and objects, he creates a world where symbols and stories intertwine. Beneath the precision of his imagery lies a deeper, more complex realm, one where superheroes take the form of Eros and Thanatos, and tensions give rise to chimeras that are both captivating and unsettling.

Julien is a remarkable artist with a truly singular approach, what he creates is unlike anything else, and no one does it quite like him. His digital illustrations are entirely hand-drawn, line by line, dot by dot. The precision, patience, and dedication this requires is hard to imagine. Each vector drawing is made up of hundreds, often thousands, of lines, layers, and intricate shading. The result? Works that are so detailed and refined, we’ve had visitors in the gallery mistake them for photographs.

"A lot of his work is inspired by books, quotes or films. The illustrations have an incredible contemporary and poetic feel and some of his work could easily be the artwork for a future Romain Gavras movie."