Julien Deiss.
Julien Deiss (b. 1983) is a German-French artist who lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark. He holds a Master of Fine Arts, having studied at Kunstakademie Düs- seldorf, École supérieure d’arts de Brest and The University of Lund, with teachers such as Siegfried Anzinger, Markus Lüpertz and Reinhold Braun. He has exhibited at galleries across Europe and in Australia and has participated in numerous solo shows in Denmark as well as in Germany at galleries like Von Fraunberg Gallery, bb- Contemporary, FFFZ Kulturforum and Galerie Schloss Neersen. He has taken part in international art fairs in Copenhagen, Herning, Aalborg and Dornbirn, and his works feature in the art foundation Stiftung Kleine Kunstdialog West/Ost’s collection. In 2019 he co-authored the book Undervejs med mennesker. Skitser til en æstetisk inspireret samtalepraksis (People in process. Sketches for an aesthetically inspired conversa- tional practice) together with psychotherapist Tina Lauritzen. Most recently, his works have been exhibited at the parliament in Düsseldorf at the exhibition “resonance; con- versations with a statue”.
“One must always start with something
I apply quickly, '“collage like”, experienced and contrived things on canvas.
I fall out with myself, I work, I forget myself, forget the image, stumble over details, throw myself some obstacles in the way, I inverse, I decideco determine, I follow, I am submissive, haphazard, indiscriminate, naive. Without fear!
Because I know that later you can remove all traces of what is needless. From then on, the danger is over, because the idea of the “beginning“ has left an indelible mark meanwhile. This is what initiates me to start, launching my ideas, has moved my feelings.”
- Words by Julien Deiss
