Julien Porisse

I was born into a bohemian art life, my grand parents were gallery owners in the late 1940's until 1989, and my father was a Montmartre painter, who began painting outdoors in Kenya in the 1950's, returned to Paris, and began painting on the artist's square "Place du Tertre" from 1958 to 1966, after which he opened his first of two atelier/Galleries in Montmartre. I grew up in Montmartre, and of course my first task was to prove to my father that I could draw, and paint really well, maybe get to live from this activity, or should I say "this life". I have dedicated a large chunk of my life to painting, studying art, doing art residencies. Investigating unknowns more than certified paths. However, it all clicked much later in my life at the start of my 40's I decided to go fully into painting. Added up I have been painting for over 25 years. I studied art at school in England from 1971 until 1981. I did both a foundation course and a degree BA at Leicester Polytechnic, followed by a Masters at the Paris Beaux Arts (École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris). From 1984 to 1986 I painted and did portraits in Montmartre. Since 2008 my career has been entirely art orientated. I opened a Gallery the Blast Matignon Gallery, in ...

Julien Porisse

1962 (Glossop,UK)
1971-1975
Grace Dieu Manor, Leicestershire,UK
John Satterswaithe art teacher, professeur d'art
1975-1981
Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire,UK
John Satterswaithe Head of Art Department
1977
Galerie Atelier 53
1981-1982
Leicester Polytechnic - Foundation Course Fine Art
1982
Foundation Exhibition, Kimberlin Library, Leicester, UK
1982-1984
Leicester Polytechnic - B.A. Degree Fine Art
1984-1985
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts de Paris - Atelier Pierre Caron

Solo Exhibitions


2019
“Diversidade” British Cultural Center, São Paulo, Brasil


"A Cidade e a Praia" Esporte Clube Pinheiros, São Paulo, Brasil


2016


"Cor, Forma, Luz" - Galeria Rabieh, São Paulo, Brasil


2014


"Constructions Aleatoires" - Blast-Matignon Gallery, Paris, France


"Construções Aleatórias" - Galeria Sergio Caribé, São Paulo, Brasil


2012


“Twins” - Banco do Brasil, New York, USA


“Spirit Diggers” - Blast Gallery, Paris, France


2011


“Spirit Diggers” - Banco do Brasil, New York, USA





Group Exhibitions


2023
Florence Biennale XIV, Firenze, Italia
2022
Salon d’Automne, Paris, France
2017


"Oito Papéis" - Galeria Rabieh, São Paulo, Brasi
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2016


Salon d’Automne, Paris, France


2015


Salon d’Automne, Paris, France


2014


Salon d’Automne, Paris, France


2nd Dublin Biennal, Dublin, Ireland


“Oras Bolas” - MAC – PE, Museo de Arte Contemporâneo de Pernambuco, Olinda, Brasil


Salon d’Automne de Perpignan, Perpignan, France


2013


Salon d’Automne, Paris, France


“Atlantico Contemporaneo”, - Galeria Espaço Eliana Benchimol Rio de Janeiro, Brasil


Biennale di Firenze IX, Firenze, Italia


2012


Galerie W Landau, Paris, France


2011


“Tales of Breukelen” - BWAC (Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalit...