JustineFormentelli, Conchiglia VI, 2024, Acrylic On Paper Mounted On Board 14.8x21x2cm

"Whether using climatological phenomenons, icebergs, shells or botanical references, I am interested in  the intersection of the self grounded in a body and the world around. Through abstracted forms, I look at how the internal and external interact with each other and question the blurry border between the two. As I attempt to make a space emerge from the encounter of abstract marks, I am reflecting on all the visible and invisible currents, energies  and flows traversing  and permeating us.

I also see these organic forms as windows or portals to an interior and private realm which have the potential to spill out and merge with the surrounding empty space. I am interested in the idea of the truly personal, private and also what is unknown to us such as forgotten memories, transference of the past, the subconscious... and how the interaction between the perpetual shifting environment and ourselves can trigger change and a potential new configuration of elements."

Justine Formentelli spent her childhood living in the Caribbeans, the island of Reunion and Morocco. After 11 years in the United States, where she studied Illustration and worked as a production designer at Harper’s Bazaar, she traveled around the world for a year before settling back in Europe. She is now based in London with her husband and two sons. She recently graduated from City and Guilds of London Art School with an MA. She has participated in numerous exhibitions in the United States and Europe.

2016-18: MA Fine Art, Distinction, City and Guilds of London Art School
1995-98: BA Fine Art, Atlanta College of Arts (now SCAD) USA, Illustration, Communication and Design