YLA
julien hübsch
Born 1995 in Luxembourg.
Lives and works between Mainz, Germany and Luxembourg.
EDUCATION
2018-2021 Kunsthochschule Mainz, Germany Expanded Painting, Shannon Bool Basisklasse, Thomas Schmidt und Heike Aumüller
2014-2015 Bauhaus Universität Weimar, Germany Fine Art (Painting), Sven Kroner
EXHIBITIONS
// SOLO SHOWS
2021 “ abstrait/to be continued”, CAW Walferdange, Luxembourg
2021 “Attracted by abstractions/fin des travaux le...”, POKY - Institute of Contemporary Art, Mainz, Germany
2018 “A Deeper Understanding”, Galerie Schlassgoart, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
// GROUP SHOWS
2021 YLA - YOUNG LUXEMBOURGISH ARTISTS, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg
2021 Brave New World Order, Junge Kunst Triennale, Casino, Luxembourg
2021 Art2Cure, BIL, Luxembourg
2021 “The Lost Banquet of Alice B. Toklas”, WIRWIR, Berlin, Germany
2020 “{7x2 / 2x7}”, Kunsthochschule Mainz, Germany
2020 “I couldn’t quite tell if it was me hunting the time or the time hunting me” in collaboration with Julia Gerke at POKY - Institute of Contemporary Art, Mainz
2020 Rundgang Kunsthochschule Mainz, Germany
2020 Salon du CAL, Luxembourg City
2020 “Batiment 4”, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2019 Rundgang Kunsthochschule Mainz, Germany
2019 Salon du CAL, Luxembourg
2018 Maison Mousset, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2017 “INTRO_peinture”, Galerie beim Engel, Luxembourg
2016 Salon du CAL, Luxembourg City
2015 8e Biennale d’art contemporain, Strassen, Luxembourg
2015 “BlauBlauBlau”, TUFA, Trier, Germany
// AWARDS
2015 Prix d’encouragement, 8e Biennale d’art contemporain Strassen, LU
// COLLECTIONS
2020 Collection des 2 Musées de la Ville de Luxembourg
2018 Collection de la Ville d’Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2017 Collection du Ministère de la Culture Luxembourg
« In my work I deal with contemporary aspects of Graffiti and analyze how urban spaces can be perceived. Through that I relate to the phenomenon of post-vandalism. I am interested in where and how traces are left, how these traces are dealt with, which ones remain and how the rest are removed. I also draw inspiration from urban landscapes like construction sites and try to extract their artistic values, for example by using found objects as source material. Based on this conceptual framework I develop various bodies of works that oscillate between sculpture, painting and environment. In this process, the painterly eye for composition and color and the specific choice of material play an important role. This symbiosis creates assemblages that function as painterly
interventions and at the same time as contemporary witnesses of an abstract urban space. »
Calva Nera IV, 2021,
33 x 23 cm,
Spray paint on ceramic tiles, concrete, acrylate, wood
exhibited works
Composition XY, 2020,
variable size canvas,
Spraypaint on tarp, neon tubes, plastic foil, styrofoam, plastic bars, tape
Red can, black bull I-III, 2020,
200 x 190 cm,
spraypaint, dispersion on canvas
The Buff, Red composition 1, 2020,
variables sizes,
Spraypaint on steel containers
unlikely japan, 2020,
222 x 190 cm,
Spraypaint, dispersion, acrylic on canvas, tarp, neon tube
The Buff Project, Yellow composition 2, 2020,
variable size,
Spraypaint on steel containers