West Eden

Julien Spiewak

Biography

Julien Spiewak (born 1984, French) lives and works in Paris. He graduated with a Master’s degree in photography, and is a photographer and researcher who questions the relationship of the photographic image with the human body as an artistic expression.

Since 2005 he has produced a series entitled ‘Corps de Style’, working first in private collections, then in museums, where he introduces fragments of naked bodies into the rooms. He has carried out the project in the Prince’s Palace of Monaco, the Museum of Hunting and Nature in Paris, the Doria Pamphilj Palace in Rome and the Ariana Museum in Geneva, among many other locations. In 2024 he photographed Wat Suwannaram Ratchaworawihan, Siri Sala Private Thai Villa and So Heng Tai in Bangkok for ‘Rang Ruam Samai’, his first exhibition in Thailand.

His works are in many public and private collections, including Paris Musées, the Arario Museum in Seoul and the Museu de Arte do Rio in Rio de Janeiro. He is represented by NM Contemporary Gallery in Monaco, Espace_L Gallery in Geneva, Alvaro Alcázar Gallery in Madrid, and West Eden in Bangkok.

Selected works

Julien Spiewak, Temple decoration King Rama I, 18th century, Dream. Wat Suwannaram Ratchaworawihan, 2024
Temple decoration King Rama I, 18th century, Dream. Wat Suwannaram Ratchaworawihan, 2024
Pigment print
23 x 18 cm, edition of 5
Julien Spiewak, Thai style golden lamp, Dream, Shayna. Wat Suwannaram Ratchaworawihan, 2024
Thai style golden lamp, Dream, Shayna. Wat Suwannaram Ratchaworawihan, 2024
Pigment print
40 x 30 cm, edition of 5
Julien Spiewak, Middle table in carved wood redoré mat and glossy burnished, Italy, 18th to 19th century style, Julien. Prince’s Palace of Monaco, 2018
Middle table in carved wood redoré mat and glossy burnished, Italy, 18th to 19th century style, Julien. Prince’s Palace of Monaco, 2018
Pigment print
70 x 50 cm, edition of 5
Julien Spiewak, Monk’s seat, 21st century, Alex. Wat Suwannaram Ratchaworawihan, 2024
Monk’s seat, 21st century, Alex. Wat Suwannaram Ratchaworawihan, 2024
Pigment print
40 x 30 cm, edition of 5
Julien Spiewak, Kneeling novice monk in wood, Alex, Buddhist ceremonial fan in bronze. Siri Sala Private Thai Villa, 2024
Kneeling novice monk in wood, Alex, Buddhist ceremonial fan in bronze. Siri Sala Private Thai Villa, 2024
Pigment print
40 x 90 cm, edition of 5

Exhibitions at West Eden

9 January - 9 March 2025
Rang Ruam Samai

Selected exhibitions

Solo exhibitions
2024
Corps de Style / Monaco Art Week
NM Contemporary Gallery, Monaco
2024
Corps de Style
Castle of Bardi, Italy
2023
Monaco-Dolceacqua 500
Prince’s Palace of Monaco; Castle of Doria, Dolceacqua, Italy
2022
Balzac/Spiewak
Mairie du 16e, Paris
2022
Le Chef-d’œuvre inconnu
Art Basel / Photo Basel
2021
Le Chef-d’œuvre inconnu
Espace_L Gallery, Geneva
2021
Corpo de estilo entre Brasil e França
FotoRio, Rio de Janeiro
2018
Corps de Style - Unseen
Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam
2018
Corps de Style / PhotoEspaña
Galería Alvaro Alcázar, Madrid
2016
Corps de Style
Galerie phd, Paris
2015
Corps de Style
Salt Art Gallery, Gwangju; Debec Plaza Art Gallery, Daegu; Art Space, Busan, South Korea
2014
Meubles habillés de corps, meubles allongés sur corps
Trunk Gallery, Seoul
2008
Corps de Style
Galerie NKA + Pascal Polar, Brussels
2005
Un monde Karen
Maison européenne de la photographie, Paris
Group exhibitions
2024
PhotoBasel / Art Basel
Espace_L Gallery, Basel
2024
Réalités Fragmentées
Espace_L Gallery, Geneva
2023
Roma Arte in Nuvola
NM Contemporary Gallery, Rome
2023
PhotoLondon
Espace_L Gallery, London
2020
Art Paris Art Fair
Espace_L Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris
2018
Salon Revilliod
Ariana Museum, Geneva
2017
Feito poeira ao vento
Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro
2016
Leopoldina
Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro
2010
Prix HSBC pour la Photographie, nominated
HSBC Champs-Élysées, Paris
2008
Déplacement
Musée du Montparnasse, Paris

Collections

Museu de Arte do Rio, Rio de Janeiro
Arario Museum, Seoul
The Museum of Photography, Seoul
Museum Van Loon, Amsterdam
Maison de Balzac, Paris
Museum of Hunting and Nature, Paris
Museum of the Romantic Life, Paris
Doria Castle, Dolceacqua, Italy
Prince’s Palace of Monaco
Municipality of Monaco

Publications

Rang Ruam Samai
Exhibition catalogue, West Eden, 2025.
Julien Spiewak x Fashion
Éditions Espace_L, 2024.
The Unknown Masterpiece of Honoré de Balzac
Éditions Espace_L, 2021.

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