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ABOUT

Julien Vallon is a French visual artist whose practice examines the essence of our identity through our bodies. He has made a name for himself with works that celebrate movement and form. Julien's work is regularly exhibited and is part of prestigious museum collections.

Attracted by the narrative and emotional scope of cinema, he has directed several award-winning short films and is currently working on his first feature.

Julien listens to people's bodies, capturing a precise movement, an attitude, and proposes a reflection on our contemporary lives and their histories. Every gesture becomes a word, every movement a sentence. The idea that the body can translate thoughts and feelings, that it expresses itself as a language made up of attitudes and rhythms, defines Julien's visual quest.
He is a fervent advocate of women's empowerment and representation in the industry. His work often challenges societal norms, celebrating diversity and breaking conventional boundaries.

Institutional Commission

L’Usage Langage, 2024, MUCEM, Marseille (in production)

Archives Corps, 2022, Centre d’Art Contemporain de la Villa Noailles, Hyères

Permanent Collections

Julien's work is now part of the collections of several museums:

•Musée Bourdelle, Paris

•Musée Rodin, Paris

•Contemporary Art Center, Villa Noailles, Hyères

Selected Exhibitions

Sculpting the Senses, 2024, Musée des Arts Décoratifs de Paris

Rodin e la danza, 2023, MUDEC, Museo delle Culture, Milan

Pièces Personnelles, Biennale Internationale de la Photographie Contemporaine, 2022,

Clermont-Ferrand

All in this together, 2021, PhotoVogue Festival, Milan

Alchemic Couture, 2020, Stary Browar Art Gallery, Poznan

Archives Corps, Festival International de la Photographie, 2020, Centre Contemporain

de la Villa Noailles, Hyères

Variations, Paris Photo Festival, 2018, Paris

Love Brings Love, 2017, Saint-Germain Photo Festival, Paris

Photo-Roman, Havas Gallery, 2016, Les Rencontres d’Arles

Paysage du Souvenir, 2015, Galerie Premier Regard et Fédération des Aveugles de

France, Paris

selected publications

Rigid, 2024, Editions Valtess

Sculpting The Senses, 2023, Lannoo

The New Stijl, 2023, Mendo

The Collection of the Museum at FIT, 2022, Taschen

The World Within, 2021, Hangar Editions

35e Festival International de Photo, 2020, Editions Villa Noailles

+Photographie, Acquisitions des collections publiques, 2020, Le Bec en L’Air

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Brutes

This project examines a novel approach to representing the body and the feminine, challenging the dominance of the male gaze and striving to transcend the processes of sexualisation and objectification. By photographing women of all ages, shapes and skin tones, the intention is to celebrate a plural and contemporary femininity. This is to be achieved by creating an authentic dialogue between camera, model and artist. This work is conceived as an exploration of the body as a space for expression. It is a constant search for a different way of looking at things, a vision free of stereotypes.

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L’objectif est ici de célébrer une féminité plurielle et contemporaine, en créant un dialogue authentique entre l’appareil, le modèle et l’artiste. Cette série est une exploration de la représentation du corps et du féminin, une opposition au male gaze visant à dépasser la sexualisation et l’objectification systémique. Cette réflexion photographique est pensée avant tout comme une interrogation du corps en tant qu’espace d’expression, recherche constante d’un autre regard masculin sur le féminin, d’une vision dénuée de stéréotypes.

Brutes (2020-2024)

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