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Biography

Born in 1979, Julien Airault is a French painter and sculptor.

A self-taught artist, Julien Airault has been interested in art for more than 15 years. His first steps as an artist are devoted to watercolor, a technique that attracts him by its lightness and technical constraints. He then realizes a series of exhibitions in portrait gallery in an expressionist style with which he will have a lot of success.

Following a change in his personal life, he decides to paint his first abstract canvases and the Chinese art scene of the second half of the 20th century becomes for him an inexhaustible source of inspiration and energy.

Fascinated by post-war painting and especially by the artists of the lyrical abstraction movement, he draws his artistic influences from illustrious artists such as Zao Wou-ki and Chu Teh Chun.

Success is immediate! On his canvases, matter is the vehicle of a real emotional lift. The spectator is immersed in an universe where softness and nervousness, tranquility and chaos, dream and travel come together.

Collectors are at the rendez-vous, the same ones who admire and own the works of the masters of lyrical abstraction.

In October 2021, the Sarto Gallery is proud to release its first monograph of the artist's career, which covers almost 200 pages.

His book "Une abstraction atmosphérique" is available at the gallery on request and on our website.

He also created a series of oil paintings of the Black Sea, which reflect his interpretation of the Mediterranean Sea at night. His poetic works captivate us. Julien has shown us that he can play with the codes of figurative art while retaining his creative freedom.

Exhibitions at Sarto Gallery

Julien Airault

Une abstraction atmosphérique

Abstractions

Exhibitions history

Silences

Airault by Ausset

Série blanche

2025

“Collectif” - Group Show - Galerie Sarto - Paris

2024

“Collectif” - Group Show - Galerie Sarto - Genève

2023

“Julien Airault” - Solo Show - Galerie Sarto - Paris

BAD - Art Fair - Stand Galerie Sarto - Bordeaux

PAD - Art Fair - Stand Galerie Sarto - Paris

2022

"Airault by Ausset" - Solo Show - Galerie Sarto - Paris

"Série blanche" - Solo Show - Galerie Sarto - Paris

Solo Show- Galerie Raugraff - Nancy

2021

Solo Show - Galerie AD - Montpellier

“Acte III” - Solo Show - Galerie Sarto - Paris

2020

“Acte II” - Solo Show - Galerie Sarto - Paris  

Solo Show- Galerie Raugraff - Nancy

2019

“Silences” - Solo Show - Galerie Sarto - Paris

“Beckrich” - Group Show - Galerie Raugraff - Nancy

Solo Show- Galerie Jane Griffiths - Val d’Isère

2018

“Élévation” - Solo Show- Galerie Vent des Cimes - Grenoble

“Poésie de l’instant” - Solo Show- Galerie Raugraff - Nancy

“Élévation” - Solo Show - Galerie Nicole Gogat - Le Touquet Paris-Plage

Lille Art Up - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Lille

“Salvation” - Solo Show - A2Z Art Gallery - Hong-Kong

2017

Lausanne Art Fair - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Lausanne

Lille Art Up - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Lille

2016

Luxembourg Art Fair - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Luxembourg

Art 3F - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Montpellier

Solo Show - Galerie Vent des Cimes - Grenoble

“Les Chemins de l’abstraction” - Solo Show - Galerie Nicole Gogat - Le Touquet Paris-Plage

Art 3F - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Lyon

Lille Art Up - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Lille

Art Karlsruhe - Art Fair - Stand Roy Sfeir - Karlsruhe, Allemagne

Art 3F - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Paris

2015

Art 3F - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Montpellier

Art 3F - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Mulhouse

Art Touquet - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Le Touquet Paris-Plage

Art 3F - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Bordeaux

“L’Abstraction en héritage” - Solo Show - Galerie Nicole Gogat - Aigues Mortes

Lille Art Up - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Lille

2014

Art 3F - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Bordeaux

St’Art - Art Fair - Stand Nicole Gogat - Strabourg