Juliusz Grabianski is a visual artist based in London.
His practice investigates how digital mythologies are constructed and disseminated online.
Currently working with visual machine learning models and found imagery, he explores the role of technology in shaping our understanding of the future, at a time when grand narratives are rapidly dissolving. Drawing from Gen-Z aesthetics and online humour, his research-driven practice stems from an interest in memetics and the role of visual language in the formation of beliefs. Utilising shitposting as artistic methodology, his work aims to aid the viewer in developing alternative ways of thinking and understanding.
Alongside his visual practice, Juliusz’s writing has been published by Francisco Carolinum in Linz, Austria. He is also a co-founder of Kawaii Agency, a curatorial platform run with Bart Seng Wen Long.
His practice investigates how digital mythologies are constructed and disseminated online.
Currently working with visual machine learning models and found imagery, he explores the role of technology in shaping our understanding of the future, at a time when grand narratives are rapidly dissolving. Drawing from Gen-Z aesthetics and online humour, his research-driven practice stems from an interest in memetics and the role of visual language in the formation of beliefs. Utilising shitposting as artistic methodology, his work aims to aid the viewer in developing alternative ways of thinking and understanding.
Alongside his visual practice, Juliusz’s writing has been published by Francisco Carolinum in Linz, Austria. He is also a co-founder of Kawaii Agency, a curatorial platform run with Bart Seng Wen Long.
Exhibitions
2023
Panorama, Galería Fran Reus, Palma, Spain
Flop Era, Filet Space, London
Pretty Doomed, Ugly Duck, London
DOOMWASHING, AMP Gallery, London
Toughness and Tenderness, Bermondsey Project Space, London
2022
Pattern Recognition, Little Bird Place Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria
Cursed Images, Take Courage Gallery, London
ESC, VVOVVA, online
Musk4Mars, New Art City Festival, online
Coping Through, Copeland Gallery, London
2021
Kawaii Agency, The Wrong Biennale, online
Arebyte Plugin, The Wrong Biennale, online
Notes for the Future Monument, online
UAL Graduate Showcase, online
Lacuna, Burgh House, London
2019
Underarm Presents II, Matchstick Piehouse, London
Underarm Presents, Matchstick Piehouse, London
Education
2018-2021
BA (Hons) Photography, London College of Communication, University of the Arts London
2016-2017
CertHE, History of Art, Goldsmiths, University of London
Residencies
2023
Garage29 residency, Brussels, Belgium
2021
Digital Artist Residency, online
Publications
2023
An Architectural History of Virtual Space: Ownership and Power in the Metaverse, Meta.Space Visions of Space from the Middle Ages to the Digital Age, published by OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH, Linz, Austria
2021
“If only you could see what I’ve seen with your eyes”: Computational Photography and Human Memory, Emergencies: Notes for the Future Monument