Justine Formentelli

Justine Formentelli spent her childhood living in the Caribbeans, the island of Reunion and Morocco. Decades after, the bright light and vivid colours of these places still influence her palette. After 11 years in the United States where she studied Illustration and worked for Harper’s Bazaar, a year traveling around the world and some time in Switzerland, Justine is now based in London with her family. She recently graduated with distinction with an MA from City and Guilds of London Art School. The aim of the program was to redefine and contextualise her practice, which gave a new direction to her practice. Figurative for a long time, her paintings gradually became more abstract, while remaining loosely informed by elements of the natural world.
She has participated in numerous exhibitions in the United States and Europe and has works in Soho House and many private collections around the world.
Justine mostly works on paper and canvas and has recently been developing sculptural pieces.
Her latest work is a profound exploration of inner landscapes through linear and abstract forms. Her bold gestures and layered elements form abstract compositions that possess a vivid energy. In an almost calligraphic mode, her paintbrush balance...

MA at the City and Guilds of London Art School.2016-2018.
BA at The Atlanta College of Arts (now part of SCAD). 1994-1998

The Waves Beside Them Danced. Arc Studios. 2024
Royal Watercolour Society Open. Bankside gallery. 2024
A Room of One’s Own. Irving Contemporary. 2024
Bury my songs. Terrace Gallery. 2024
London Art Fair. Darl-e and the Bear gallery. 2023
Sister Octopi. The Omnibus. 2023.
Selene. The Old Lock Up gallery. Devonshire. 2023
Landscapes Within. Darl-e and the Bear gallery. Woodstock, Oxfordshire. 2022
ING Discerning prize. Mall Galleries. London. 2022
2D project. Gallery Tracanelli. Grenoble, France. 2022
I celebrate myself. Lambeth County court. London. 2022
Between here and there. Migration museum. London. 2022.
Sister Octopi: a preview. DIFC Art Nights. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 2021
Delight. Greatorex Studios. London. 2021
Rhythm Adjust - part II. TM Gallery. London. 2021
21 Fathoms. ASC gallery. London, 2021
In Real Life. The Mayor Gallery. London. 2021
Landscape’s Unstilled Life. Darl-e and the Bear. Woodstock, Oxfordshire. 2021
Rhythm Adjust. The Auction Collective. Online exhibition. 2021
Art from the heart. In aid’s of Maggie’s. Zuleika Gallery. Online exhibition. 2021
Life on Venus. The Tub in collaboration with the Auction Collective. London. 2020-21
Works on paper II. Blue Shop Cottage. Online exhibition. 2020
What She Di...