Julien SALAUD

Julien Salaud is a French contemporary artist.

Julien Salaud (born in 1977, lives in Haute-Loire and works in Saint-Etienne) is an artist with an atypical background. After studying science, he turned to ethnology before moving to French Guiana for several years, where he worked in the rainforest to protect the environment. On his return to France, he began training in the plastic arts. In 2010, he was the revelation of the 55th Salon de Montrouge, and in 2012 his work was shown at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris.

After several exhibitions in France and abroad, he developed a new artistic approach in collaboration with the Maison Folie le Colysée in Lambersart for the Eldorado project (lille3000), drawing on human relationships and creating social links around his artistic practices. Nourished by his many travels and personal experiences, the artist has learned a great deal about the weight of feelings, the power of legends and the power of the imagination.

For several years now, Julien Salaud has been working with materials and techniques well known to the Amerindian peoples: beads, feathers, furs, arrow knots, weaving... He has also turned to working with wax, metal (lead and tin), wood, straw, plaster and more recently ceramics.

Today, he is developing his work with the aim of achieving an ecological balance through committed works and techniques that are as respectful as possible of the environment and natural resources.