b. 1987
b. 1987
Julian Charrière (b. 1987, Morges, Switzerland) is a French-Swiss artist based in Berlin, Germany, whose work bridges the realms of environmental science and cultural history. Known for his conceptual, research-based practice, Charrière’s works incorporate techniques and knowledge from scientific disciplines including geology, biology, physics, and archaeology. In his photographs, sculptures, videos, and installations, materials from nature are transformed via technology, intertwining natural history with the history of human development. Charrière frequently travels to some of the most remote regions of the planet, including Antarctica and the radioactive Bikini Atoll, to explore and record the indelible traces human civilization leaves upon the natural world.
Charrière has exhibited his work – both individually and as a part of the Berlin-based art collective Das Numen – at museums and institutions worldwide, including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, Texas; MAMbo- Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Italy; MASI Lugano, Switzerland; the Parasol Unit Foundation for Art, London; the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne, Switzerland; the Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Thyssen-Bornemizsa Art Contemporary, Vienna; the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; the Reykjavik Art Museum, Iceland; the K11 Foundation, Shanghai; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, amongst others. His work has been featured in the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India; the 12th Biennale de Lyon, France; the 13th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice; the 57th Venice Biennale, Venice; the inaugural Toronto Biennial of Art, Canada; and the 14 Bienal de Artes Mediales de Santiago, Chile. From 2011-2013, Charrière was a student at the Institut für Raumexperimente (Institute for Spatial Experiments), led by Olafur Eliasson. In 2013 and 2015, Charrière was awarded the Kiefer Hablitzel Award / Swiss Art Award, and in 2018 was the recipient of the GASAG Art Prize.
Charrière currently lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
Buried Sunshines Burn | HZK.B4P, 2023
heliograph on high-polished stainless steel plate, stainless steel frame, museum glass (ArtGlass 70)
image: 39 3/8 x 31 1/2 inches (100 x 80 cm)
framed: 40 15/16 x 33 1/16 x 1 9/16 inches (104 x 84 x 4 cm)
unique
(JCh-411)
Julian Charrière
Buried Sunshines Burn | 1Z.CX0, 2023
heliograph on high-polished stainless steel plate, stainless steel frame, museum glass (ArtGlass 70)
image: 86 9/16 x 57 inches (219.8 x 144.8 cm)
framed: 88 9/16 x 59 1/16 x 2 inches (225 x 150 x 5 cm)
unique
(JCh-382)
Controlled Burn | Cooling Tower B.1, 2023
archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on aluminum Dibond, framed (aluminum), ArtGlass anti-reflective glass
image/paper: 86 5/8 x 59 1/16 inches (220 x 150 cm)
framed: 87 3/4 x 60 3/16 x 1 9/16 inches (222.8 x 152.8 x 4 cm)
edition of 5 with 2 APs (#1/5)
the work is accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity
JCh-374.1
Controlled Burn | Cooling Tower A.7, 2023
the work is accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity
archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on aluminum Dibond, framed (aluminum), ArtGlass anti-reflective glass
image/paper: 59 1/16 x 86 5/8 inches (150 x 220 cm)
framed: 60 3/16 x 87 3/4 x 1 9/16 inches (152.8 x 222.8 x 4 cm)
edition of 5 with 2 APs (#3/5)
(JCh-377.3)
Controlled Burn | Open-Pit Mine G.4, 2023
archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, mounted on aluminum Dibond, framed (aluminum), ArtGlass anti-reflective glass
image/paper: 86 5/8 x 59 1/16 inches (220 x 150 cm)
framed: 87 3/4 x 60 3/16 x 1 9/16 inches (222.8 x 152.8 x 4 cm)
edition of 5 with 2 APs (#3/5)
the work is accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity
JCh-375.3
Julian Charrière
Not All Who Wander Are Lost, 2021
glacial erratic rock, drill cores, aluminum, brass, copper, stainless steel
37 5/8 x 196 1/16 x 31 1/8 inches (95.5 x 498 x 79 cm)
unique
(JCh-205)
Julian Charrière
Thickens, pools, flows, rushes, slows, 2020
obsidian
38 3/16 x 43 5/16 x 33 7/16 inches (97 x 110 x 85 cm)
(JCh-298)
And Beneath It All Flows Liquid Fire, 2019
The work is accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity
4k color film, aspect ratio 16:9, stereo sound, continuous loop
Edition of 5 with 2 APs
(JCh-15)
Towards No Earthly Pole - Sovetskaya, 2019
archival pigment print on Hahnemühle FineArt Pearl, mounted on aluminum dibond, framed (alder), Mirogard anti-reflective glass
paper: 31 1/2 x 39 3/8 inches (80 x 100 cm)
framed: 32 3/16 x 40 1/16 x 1 5/8 inches (81.8 x 101.8 x 4.2 cm)
Edition of 5 with 1AP
(JCh-327)
An Invitation to Disappear - Sanggau, 2018
archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag, mounted on aluminum dibond, framed, Mirogard anti-reflective glass
paper: 59 1/16 x 73 13/16 inches (150 x 187.5 cm)
framed: 60 9/16 x 75 5/16 x 2 inches (153.8 x 191.3 x 5 cm)
edition of 3 with 1 AP
the work is accompanied by a signed certificate of authenticity
JCh-287
Metamorphism XXXXI, 2016
artificial lava and molten computer waste
65 15/16 x 11 13/16 x 11 13/16 inches (170 x 30 x 30 cm)
JCh-69
Nutmeg - First Light, 2016
large format color photograph, double-exposed through radioactive material, archival pigment print on Hahnemüle Photo Rag, mounted on aluminum Dibond, Red Palmira veneered frame, Mirogard anti-reflective glass
paper: 59 1/8 x 73 7/8 inches (150.2 x 187.7 cm)
framed: 60 1/2 x 75 5/16 x 1 5/8 inches (153.8 x 191.3 x 4.2 cm)
unique
JCh-237
The Blue Fossil Entropic Stories I, 2013
archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag
various dimensions
Centre Pompidou, Interview with Julian Charrière for his nomination for the 2021 Prix Marcel Duchamp
Julian Charrière | Towards No Earthly Pole | Sean Kelly, New York | 2020
Parasol unit foundation for contemporary art, Julian
Charrière in conversation with Ziba Ardalan, January 21, 2016
Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Artist Interview: Julian Charriere | Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2014, September 2, 2014