Julie C. Fortier – Luis Adelantado Valencia

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Julie C. Fortier

The River Has Broken (Detalle), 2018. Olfactory sculpture, 152 porcelain beads from 3 to 40 cm in diameter, cotton rope, solid silver clasp, perfume. Variable dimensions. De part et d’autre de la rivière brisée. Cultural center Le volume. Vern-sur-Seiche, France. Photos Pierre Courtin & Julie C. Fortier

The Hunt, 2014. Olfactory installation, 100,000 perfume blotters, 3 scents. 900 x 450 cm. Art Center Micro-onde, Vélizy Villacoublay. Francia

The Hunt (Detail), 2014. Olfactory installation, 100,000 perfume blotters, 3 scents. 900 x 450 cm. Art Center Micro-onde, Vélizy Villacoublay. Francia

The Revenge of The Birds (Detail), 2019. Olfactory installation, 25.000 black perfume blotters, 1 perfume. Produced with the support of Rurart

The Revenge of The Birds, 2019. Olfactory installation, 25.000 black perfume blotters, 1 perfume. Produced with the support of Rurart

The Ember Eyes, 2019. Perfum. Vinyl text. Variable dimensions. Luis Adelantado Valencia, Spain

The Ember Eyes (Detail), 2019. Perfum. Vinyl text. Variable dimensions. Luis Adelantado Valencia, Spain

Wildscreens: The Charred Cedar, 2014. Olfactory drawing (3 perfumes) on 300 g perfume paper. Framed in silk-screened Plexiglas box. 75 x 55 x 4.5 cm. Luis Adelantado Valencia, Spain

Wildscreens: The Charred Cedar, 2014. Olfactory drawing (3 perfumess) on 300 g perfume paper. Framed in silk-screened Plexiglas box. 75 x 55 x 4.5 cm

Bio

The work of Julie Fortier is built around the processes of olfactory perception and memory, creating evanescent landscapes where the narrative is crossed by a memory or sensation that triggers an image. This vaporous character of the aromas takes the form of perfumes, installations and drawings, as well as culinary events.

She has had exhibitions at the Maison Rouge in Paris, Centre d’art Micro-Onde in Vélizy Villacoublay, 49 Nord 6 Est FRAC Lorraine in Metz, Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rennes, Lille 3000 at the Tripostal and the Emily Harvey Foundation in New York, among others. At the same time, her work forms part of collections such as MAK, 49 Nord 6 est, FRAC Lorraine or Ville de Rennes, to mention a few of the most significant.

News

Documents d’Artistes Bretagne

Le temps pour horizon. Château de Oiron, Oiron, France

De part et d’autre de la rivière brisée. Le Volume Centre culturel de Vern-sur-Seiche. Rennes, France

Wildscreens. Luis Adelantado Valencia. Valencia, Spain