Julie Lequin (Born in Laval, Quebec in 1979) is a French-Canadian artist. She received a BFA from Concordia University (Montreal, PQ) in 2001 and an MFA from Art Center College of Design (Pasadena, CA) in 2005. Her work is multidisciplinary; it includes video art, performance, watercolor, writing, props and costumes, as well as written lists, voiceovers and notes for scripts.

Julie’s first book and DVD project was published in 2007 by 2nd Cannons Publications, an internationally distributed, limited edition book publisher based in Los Angeles.  In 2009-10, she exhibited at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum in California, La Centrale Powerhouse in Montreal, White Columns and Horton & Liu gallery in New York City.

She was recently included in the Younger Than Jesus Artist Directory published by Phaidon and the New Museum and in publications such as Art Papers, C Magazine and Etc-revue de l’art actuel. Julie is a contributor to the ART OFFICE.

Julie is the 2011 recipient of the Joseph S. Stauffer Award, an honor given by the Canada Council for the Arts. She was also awarded fellowships from the Canada Council for the Arts and from the California Community Foundation as well as residencies at Yaddo, Art Omi, Macdowell Colony and Les Recollets in Paris.

In her spare time Julie likes: parties at home, to laugh in general, shopping at thrift-stores, midnight bike riding, to talk to strangers and cilantro on baguette. Julie is based in Montreal where she is working on her project TOP 30.

She can be reached via the internet at julielequin (at) gmail (dot) com.

View Julie’s CV (PDF)