French painter Justine Formentelli, born in 1973, spent her childhood living on the island of Reunion, in the Caribbean and in Morocco. Her nomadic beginnings still influence her work in her colour palette, the intricacy of her marks and a sense of movement. After 11 years in the United States where she studied Illustration and worked as a production designer at Harper’s Bazaar, she traveled around the world for a year before settling back in Europe. She is now based in London with her husband and two sons. She received a BA (Honours) in Illustration and Communication Design at the Atlanta College of Arts in 1998 and graduated with an MA in Fine Art with distinction, from City and Guilds of London Art School in 2018. She is now based in South London and works from her studio in Brixton.
She has participated in numerous exhibitions in the United States, Europe and Dubai. Her work has been selected for the Royal Watercolour Society Open 24, the ING Prize 2022, Works on paper II at Blue Shop Cottage 2020 and is now included in Soho House art collection as well as many private collections around the world.
INTERVIEWS:
2021 Live with Hannah Payne
2021 Live with Private View Blog
2020 Interview with the Art Five
EDUCATION:
2016-18:
MA Fine Art, Distinction, City and Guilds of London Art School
1995-98:
BA Fine Art, Atlanta College of Arts (now SCAD) USA
Illustration, Communication and Design
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
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 Didn’t Say. Thames Side Studios Gallery. London 2020
Rarefaction. Ione and Mann. London. 2019
Award:
The Fishmonger’s Menu Cover Design. 2017 selected by the Fishmongers’s Prime Warden HRH The Princess Royal.
COLLECTIONS:
Works in Soho House Collection and private collections around the world.
