Julien Fleurance grew up in the Parisian suburbs (Essonne), making frequent trips to Réunion during his childhood. When he was a teenager, his parents moved back to the island.
After a sports study program in Judo in Saint Denis, he moved to mainland France to pursue studies in sports and cultural animation in Dijon. During this time, he developed an artistic project that draws from the present moment, the malaise of time, and its plastic transcription.
Multidisciplinarity is a key and recurring element in his work. Passionate about street arts since his adolescence, and the freedom they imply, Julien Fleurance has created graphic works that combine drawing techniques, photography (both digital and analog), and video. His creations led him to explore the themes of movement and migration through several exhibitions, documentary productions, book editions, and workshops related to migrant populations, as well as memory work in urban neighborhoods. His work has been featured at the following venues: the Contemporary Art Biennale in Dijon, Villa des Arts in Morocco, the Agdal Cultural Center in Morocco, the Photographic Center of Marseille, the French Institute in Hamburg, the French Institute in Rabat-Fès, the Contemporary Art Center in Glasgow, and the Utopiales Festival in Nantes at the Museum of History and Memory of the Abolition of Slavery.
A few years later, expanding his research to his own family history, he created the series “Joie-Tropique” focusing on the importance of intergenerational dialogue, particularly around wild thinking versus civilized thinking and the patriarchal system.
In 2022, he started a musical and video project under the name “La Fleur.”
