Juliette LOSQ
Born in London (England), in 1978
With ink and watercolour, Juliette LOSQ creates a deep mesh that transports us to the border between the urban world and the wilderness. These strange and disturbing places plunge our eyes in the abundance of greenery in the midst of which teem graffiti, trash, crumbled walls, strange animals. All in shades of grey, green, brown, producing a mesmerizing poetry. She has been awarded several prizes in England and is part of the Saatchi collection.
EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS
VIDÉOS
BIOGRAPHY
FORMATION2007-2010 : Royal Academy Schools, Fine Art
2004-2007 : Wimbledon School of Art, BA Hons Painting
2000-2001 : MA Courtauld Institute of Art, 18C British ans French Art
1997-2000 : University of Cambridge, BA Hons History of Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
France : Paris (Galerie Arcturus)
South Korea : Séoul (BTAP, GS Tower)
Switzerland : Geneva (Le Salon Vert)
United Kingdom : London (Waterhouse and Dodd, The Fine Art Society Contemporary)
United States : New York (Theodore Art)
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
France : La Garde Freinet (Galerie Aalders)
United Kingdom : London (The Cello Factory, The Garden Museum, Long & Ryle Gallery, The Old Telephone Exchange, Luborimov Angus Hugues Gallery, Griffin Gallery, Mall Galleries,DOLPH Projects, Gallery 8, Horatio Junior Gallery, The Fine Art Society Contemporary, The Open West, All Visual Arts, Jerwood Space, John Jones Exhibition Space, SW1 Gallery, Royal Academy of Art, The Drawing Gallery) ; Devon (Burton Museum and Art Gallery) ; Liverpool (Walker Art Gallery) ; Shropshire (The Drawing Gallery) ; Wimbledon (College of Art)
United States: New York (Storefront Ten Eyck, Theodore Art, Ecoartspace); Miami (The Fountainhead Residency and Open Studio)
ART FAIRS
United Kingdom : London Art Fair ; The Cupar Arts Festival, Fife
United States: Pulse, Miami; Art Wynwood, Miami
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
United Kingdom : Newhall Women’s Art Collection, Cambridge ; Newhall College Art Collection, Cambridge ; All Visual Arts, London ; The Saatchi Collection, London
PRIZES
2018 : Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize (shortlisted); The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, London ; The Jackson’s Painting Prize, London (shortlisted)
2017 : The Contemporary British Painting Prize, London (shortlisted)
2016 : The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, London ; The Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize, London
2015 : Winsor and Newton Painting Prize, Colart (First Prize Winner) ; The Jerwood Drawing Prize, London (shortlisted)
2014 : The John Moores Painting Prize (finalist), Liverpool ; Visitor’s Choice Award (Winner)
2011 : The Catin Art Prize, Shoreditch (shortlisted)
2010 : Dunnoyer De Segonzac Award, Royal Academy of Arts ; Dovers Arts Club Award, Royal Academy of Arts ; The Gordon Luton Award for Fine Art, The Worshipful Compagny of Painter-Stainers (shortlisted)
2006 : British Institution Award ; Royal Academy Summer Show (First Prize Winner)
2005 : The Jerwood Drawing Prize, London (first Prize winner)
PRESS
WRITINGS
“ People are often confused as to whether they are looking at drawings, prints or paintings when they see my work in the flesh. I’ve borrowed parts from both watercolour painting and the process of etching. I build up the work like you would an etching plate, masking off areas then inking over them until the final image is ‘developed’ and revealed. I then add further detail and watercolour washes over this. I enjoy hovering between the different disciplines. Watercolour historically has connotations of feminine domesticity, or as being a sketching medium that is used in small scale preparatory works. I like the idea of turning these presumptions on their head in terms of the scale of the work and, to an extent, the disruptions to the landscape that I introduce.”
Juliette LOSQ