EXHIBITIONS
JULIE MAURIN (b. 1993, Marseille) lives and works in London, UK. Maurin obtained her MA Sculpture at Royal College of Art, London (2020) She holds an MA in Accessories from La Cambre (ENSAV), Brussels (2017), and a BA in textile design from ENSBA Lyon, France (2015).
Maurin’s sculptural practice is born of material abandonment and reclamation. Foraging for manmade detritus from London streets and elements coughed up by the natural world, Maurin transforms discarded, forgotten and often broken parts of toys, jewellery, metal, bones and animal matter into uncanny and spirited sculptural works. Seemingly disparate elements come together to create eerie yet alluring silhouettes and symbolically-laden creatures that speak to a fascination with the abominable and the beautiful. A composite of material strata, points of reference range from ancient texts and rituals to TV programmes the artist watched as a kid.
Recent exhibitions include: ‘Fuego de Tierra (EARTH FIRE)’, Alice Black, London, UK (2024); ‘(m)other’ (solo), South Parade, London, UK (2022); ‘Soaking in Chemicals’ (solo), Dungeon, Detroit, USA (2021); ‘Nature Max’, GIANT, Bournemouth, UK (2021); ‘'Hope’ is the thing with feathers’, South Parade, London, UK (2021); ‘ TerrainVagues’, Limbo Space, Geneva, CH (2021), ‘Space Lapse’, Royal Society of Sculptors, London, UK, (2021); 'The days are just packed’, The Pool, Istanbul, TR (2020).
