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Instructions · What links here · Lara Julian (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Wikipedia) · Submitted 31 days ago by Anastesiya007 (talk: D · +) · Last edited 17 hours ago by CommonsDelinker

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Declined by Hoary 32 days ago. Last edited by CommonsDelinker 17 hours ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: I quote the template above: Please do not remove reviewer comments or this notice until the submission is accepted. That means what it says. Whether you believe that a comment is obsolete or mistaken, leave it. Hoary (talk) 03:24, 13 April 2025 (UTC)

Comment: One four-times-cited source is what's described as Mayfair Times. This is linked to the 84-page October 2020 issue of a magazine so titled. Please specify the title and page number(s) of the article within it.

Quoting DGG (writing in Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Lara Julian): "There do not appear to be any substantial critical studies".

For the autobio template, see Draft talk:Lara Julian. -- Hoary (talk) 09:26, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

Lara Julian (born 29 July 1981) is a Russian-born abstract artist living and working in London.^[1]

Early life

Lara Julian was born in Novosibirsk, Russia, in 1981.^[2] She grew up in a family of creatives: her father was a figurative painter, and her mother worked as an art historian.^[3] Immersed in this artistic environment, Julian began painting during childhood.^[2] Despite her early interest, she initially pursued a career in banking. While working at MDM Bank in Novosibirsk, she resumed painting in 2009 and began working towards a professional art career.^[2]

Professional career

In 2014, Julian moved to New York and spent a year at the School of Visual Arts before relocating to London to study at the Slade School of Fine Art.^[4] In 2023, she held a retrospective exhibition titled Optical Adventures: 10 Years of Painting Colour at Gallery 8 in London.^[5]

Work

Julian is known as a colour technologist, focusing on colour as an autonomous object.^[6] Her abstract works explore colour theory, the Munsell colour system, and juxtaposition techniques.^[2]^[7] She demonstrates how variations in colour placement and manipulation of colour properties affect visual perception.^[6]

Her materials include acrylic, oil, and watercolour.^[8] Her signature style features long, narrow vertical lines, vibrant colour gradients, and tactile textures.^[2] Julian also reinterprets classical works by abstracting and isolating their colour schemes, eliminating figuration and focusing solely on palette.^[4]

Influences

Julian cites Patrick Heron, Carlos Cruz-Diez, and Bridget Riley as key influences. She also draws inspiration from music and nature.^[4]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

2024 – Above the Park: Seasons of Abstraction, Park Modern, London
2024 – Resonant Abstracts, Peggy Jay Gallery, Burgh House, London
2023 – Seasons of Inspiration, MUST, Hampstead, London
2023 – Optical Adventures: 10 Years of Painting Colour, Gallery 8, London
2022 – The Colour of Time, J/M Gallery, London
2021–2022 – Lara Julian: Part 1 & 2, 67 Pall Mall, London
2019 – Lines of Reason, D Contemporary, London
2017 – Expressions, 65 Duke Street, London

Group exhibitions

2024 – An eXhibition of SMALL things with BIG ideas, White Conduit Projects, London
2021 – LEMA x No 20 Arts 2021, LEMA, London
2021 – Art From The Heart 2021, Zuleika Gallery, London/Woodstock
2021 – Garden of Colorful Mists, HAZE.GALLERY, Berlin
2019 – Approaches, D Contemporary, London
2018 – The Expanded Field of Drawing, Slade School of Fine Art, London
2018 – Unity in Variety VIII, 508 Gallery, London
2017 – Gabriel Fine Arts & Venice Art House Gallery, Venice (57th Venice Biennale)
2017 – City of Darkness and Light, 508 Gallery, London
2017 – Unity in Variety VII, The Nehru Centre, London
2017 – Universal Language, The Framers Gallery, London
2016 – Royal Arts Prize 2016, Edition III, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, London

References

^ lisaholleypalmer (2024-01-17). "The Artist". MJM Mind Jump Monthly. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Interview with Lara Julian". HAZE.GALLERY. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
^ "The Discerner Art Publication - September 2018". The Discerner. 2018-09-24. p. 6. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Mayfair Times". p. 38. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
^ "LARA JULIAN | Optical Adventures". Gallery 8. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
^ ^a ^b "Art Diplomacy: the Global Journey of Lara Julian". World Geostrategic Insights. 2025-03-01. Retrieved 2025-04-09.
^ wgi.world (2025-03-01). "Art Diplomacy: the Global Journey of Lara Julian". World Geostrategic Insights. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
^ "Ukraine Art News: Meet London-Based Artist Lara Julian" (in Russian). Retrieved 2025-04-09.