JUSTIN FITZPATRICK
Born in 1985 in Dublin, IRL
Lives and works in Paris, FR
Justin Fitzpatrick works with painting, sculpture and text to explore human consciousness through the prism of biology. He presents us with elaborate and fantastical paintings of mysterious figures and mutating forms; sinewy lines evoke art nouveau detailing, fused with gothic and macabre elements. Much of his work contains figurative elements transformed into static, infrastructural ones: the human body becomes mechanical, forming spaces to inhabit or transit upon. Highly stylised musculoskeletal structures seem visible through the skin, while ornate, vegetal forms and insects link his subjects to the earth, or point towards the interconnectedness of different species. Fitzpatrick’s work is informed by the science around cellular structures (in particular, mitochondria), metaphysical poetry, mythologies, and an array of archetypal figures, often viewed through a lens of class and sexuality.
Ballotta, La Ferme du Buisson, Noisiel.
Curated by Thomas Conchou
March 17 - July 28, 2024
© Emile Ouroumov
Exhibition "Mitochondrial Abba", Margot Samel, NYC.
May 05 2023 - June 10, 2023.
Exhibition "Angiosperm Telephone", Galerie Sultana, Paris.
November 19 - January 21, 2022.
© Gregory Copitet
Exhibition "To be a giant and keep quiet about it", Margot Samel, NYC.
July 17, 2022 - August 17, 2022
© Gregory Carideo
The exhibition presents a chronological narrative from soil to table. Beginning with seed germination and photosynthesis, moving through to consider agricultural and industrial labour, food preparation and fine dining, the exhibition culminates in a reflection on taste, class, objectification and spirituality.
As well as Fitzpatrick’s own painting and sculpture, Alpha Salad includes the artist’s curated selection of works from Leeds University Library Galleries and Special Collections, including work by Wendy Abbott, Duncan Grant and Käthe Kollwitz, in addition to photographs from the Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture.
Exhibition "Alpha Salad", The Tetley, Leeds.
January 26 - May 08, 2022.
© Jules Lister
Exhibition "la clinique du queer", Maison Populaire de Montreuil, Montreuil.
September 28, 2020 - February 13, 2021.
© Aurélien Mole
Exhibition "Omega Salad", Seventeen Gallery, London.
June 02 - August 16, 2020.
Exhibition "Máscaras", Galerie Municipale de Porto, Porto.
June 02 - August 16, 2020.
© Dinis Santos
Exhibition "When The Sick Rule The World", *ALTE FABRIK, Rapperswill.
February 22 - Mars 22, 2020.
© Niklas Goldbach
Exhibition "Le Combat de Carnaval et Carême", Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels.
January 11 - March 07, 2020.
© HV studio, Brussels.
Justin Fitzpatrick, "Urizen", Galerie Sultana, Paris.
November 28 - January 25, 2019.
© Aurélien Mole
Exhibition "A Pulsation of the Artery", Foxy Production, New York.
March 08 - April 19, 2019.
Frieze London 2018, London.
October 5 - October 8, 2018.
Exhibition "Underworld", Kevin Space, Vienna.
January 1 - Marsh 4, 2018.
(Right) Justin Fitzpatrick, Cat infected with daisies, 2017, Oil on canvas, 94 x 73 cm
(Right) Justin Fitzpatrick, Town planners (Demi-Urges), 2017, Oil on canvas, 140 x 109 cm
Exhibition "Uranus", Galerie Sultana, Paris.
September 02 - October 07, 2017.
© Aurélien Mole
Exhibition "F-R-O-N-T-I-S-P-I-E-C-E", Seventeen Gallery, London.
June 23 - July 29, 2017.
Exhibition "Lonesome Wife", Seventeen Gallery, London.
September 30 - November 16, 2016.
| GALLERY SHOWS: |
Group Show Cruella De-vil curated by Noam Alon Soft Touch Angiosperme Telephone Restons Unis |
| FAIRS: |
Frieze London Online Viewing Room. londres, United Kingdom ART BASEL OVR 2021. Worldwide, Worldwide Liste Art Fair 2023. Basel, Swistzerland Frieze Seoul 2024. Seoul, South Korea Art Basel Paris 2024. Paris, France |
| BIO: |
Selected solo exhibitions : Ballotta, La Ferme du buisson (Noisiel, FR, 2024); A Musical Instrument, Kerlin Gallery (Dublin, IRL, 2024); Angiosperm Telephone, Sultana (Paris, FR, 2024), Alpha Salad, The Tetley (Leeds, UK, 2022); Omega Salad, Seventeen (London, UK, 2020); Urizen, Sultana (Paris, FR, 2019); A Pulsation of the Artery, Foxy Production (New York, US, 2019); Underworld, Kevinspace (Vienna, AT, 2018); F-R-O-N-T-I-S-P-I-E-C-E, Seventeen (London, UK, 2018); Uranus, Sultana (Paris, FR, 2017); Animal Mundi, Barbican Arts Trust (London, UK, 2016) Selected group exhibitions : Arcanes, rituals and chimeras, FRAC Corse (Corte, FR), Cruella De-Vil, Sultana Summer Set (Arles, FR, 2024); Creatures and Masks, Fabian Lang (Zürich, CH, 2024); To be a giant and keep quiet about it, Margot Samel, (New York, USA, 2022); Fly, Robin, Fly, Mécènes du Sud (Montpellier, FR, 2021); Motor Ideal, Maison Populaire (Montreuil, FR, 2021); Our Vampires, Sperling (Munich, DU, 2021); La Clinique du Queer, La Maison Populaire (Montreuil, FR, 2020); Mascaras, Galeria Municipal do Porto (Porto, PT, 2020); Le Combat De Carnaval, Rodolphe Janssen (Brussels, BE, 2020); Salon de Peinture, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst (Antwerp, BE, 2019); Pastoral Love, Lucas Hirsch (Düsseldorf, DE, 2019); Room Raiders, Mathew Gallery (New York, USA, 2018); Material Art Fair with Galerie Sultana, (Mexico City, MX, 2018) |
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