JULIEN PARANT-MARQUIS
BIO
Parant-Marquis’ imagery shows intricate scenes that simultaneously suggest aspects of the world represented while remaining firmly abstract. The forms of vines, tendrils, tentacles, caves, leaves, fangs, and bodily orifices are for moments discernible, but quickly fall out of focus. They are what art historian T.J. Clark would call realms of in- finite suggestion. Narrative structure is hinted at but ultimately remains impossible to grasp.
His practice is the incarnation of his obsession with the visceral experience of painting. As they take shape in his studio it is an intuitive and automatic process. Parant-Mar- quis’ frequently strives for brushwork that conceals the ways in which the paint was applied, with the goal of further mystifying the nature of his subjects. In an effort to deepen his visual vocabulary, he explores the cumulative effect of inventing his own symbols. They are signs not bound to any actual meanings, yet they give the impres- sion of an unknowable language, information forever concealed. Once these shapes are sketched onto new surfaces as anchor points, he then uses them to organically grow the compositions into larger and more complex materialized forms. -Timothy Hawkinson
Julien Parant-Marquis (b.1996) is a Montréal based artist working predominantly in painting, drawing, and sculpture. Parant-Marquis’ practice also visits experimental pho- tography. He has exhibited work in group shows in Montréal, Vancouver and Upstate New York, at venues including: Tap Artspace, Montréal; Baba Yaga, Hudson, NY; After- noon Projects, Vancouver; Espace Maurice, Montréal; Gama Gallery, Mexico City.
Parant-Marquis’ imagery shows intricate scenes that simultaneously suggest aspects of the world represented while remaining firmly abstract. The forms of vines, tendrils, tentacles, caves, leaves, fangs, and bodily orifices are for moments discernible, but quickly fall out of focus. They are what art historian T.J. Clark would call realms of in- finite suggestion. Narrative structure is hinted at but ultimately remains impossible to grasp.
His practice is the incarnation of his obsession with the visceral experience of painting. As they take shape in his studio it is an intuitive and automatic process. Parant-Mar- quis’ frequently strives for brushwork that conceals the ways in which the paint was applied, with the goal of further mystifying the nature of his subjects. In an effort to deepen his visual vocabulary, he explores the cumulative effect of inventing his own symbols. They are signs not bound to any actual meanings, yet they give the impres- sion of an unknowable language, information forever concealed. Once these shapes are sketched onto new surfaces as anchor points, he then uses them to organically grow the compositions into larger and more complex materialized forms. -Timothy Hawkinson
Julien Parant-Marquis (b.1996) is a Montréal based artist working predominantly in painting, drawing, and sculpture. Parant-Marquis’ practice also visits experimental pho- tography. He has exhibited work in group shows in Montréal, Vancouver and Upstate New York, at venues including: Tap Artspace, Montréal; Baba Yaga, Hudson, NY; After- noon Projects, Vancouver; Espace Maurice, Montréal; Gama Gallery, Mexico City.
EDUCATION
2021
Bachelor in Fine Arts, Painting & drawing, Concordia University 2017
Cégep Degree in Visual Arts, Cégep Marie-Victorin
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
Afternoon Projects, Vancouver, Canada
Thalassa, Timothy Hawkinson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
For every crypt there’s a passion, for every pension there’s a prisoner, Espace Mau- rice, Montréal, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
SARA’S, New York
Luminous Realms, Goodmother Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Tap Artspace, Plural Art Fair, Montréal, Canada Lineas Borrosas, Gama Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2022
Stat Sig., Tap Artspace, Montréal, Canada
Bliss, Baba Yaga, Hudson, NY
Gazing on the Wilds, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver, Canada Notre marais d’amour, In-situ installation, Montréal, Canada
2021
Shape Sequence and Story, Somewhere Gallery, Montréal, Canada
2021
Bachelor in Fine Arts, Painting & drawing, Concordia University 2017
Cégep Degree in Visual Arts, Cégep Marie-Victorin
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
Afternoon Projects, Vancouver, Canada
Thalassa, Timothy Hawkinson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
For every crypt there’s a passion, for every pension there’s a prisoner, Espace Mau- rice, Montréal, Canada
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
SARA’S, New York
Luminous Realms, Goodmother Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Tap Artspace, Plural Art Fair, Montréal, Canada Lineas Borrosas, Gama Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
2022
Stat Sig., Tap Artspace, Montréal, Canada
Bliss, Baba Yaga, Hudson, NY
Gazing on the Wilds, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver, Canada Notre marais d’amour, In-situ installation, Montréal, Canada
2021
Shape Sequence and Story, Somewhere Gallery, Montréal, Canada
SELECTED WORKS
Javelin, 2024. Oil on canvas.
Mare Humorum, 2024. Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 inches.
GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
2024
I Think I’m in Trouble, SARA’S, New York
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