Julianknxx
Julianknxx’s interdisciplinary practice merges his poetic work with performance, film and music, seeking to express the ineffable realities of human experiences while examining the structures through which we live. In casting his own practice as a ‘living archive’ or a ‘history from below’, Julianknxx draws on West African oral traditions to reframe how we construct both local and global perspectives. He does this through a body of work that challenges fixed ideas of identity and unravels linear historical and socio-political narratives.
Julianknxx has exhibited and performed in the UK and internationally at Whitechapel Gallery, London; Gulbenkian, Lisbon and Stedelijk Museum, Netherlands. Upcoming exhibitions and performances will take place at Art Basel, Basel, (2023); Barbican Centre, London (2023) andTate Modern, London (2023).
Portrait of Julianknxx. Photo by Marc Hibbert
Video: Julianknxx Jarman Award 2023 interview
Julianknxx, In Praise Of Still Boys (2020), film still. Courtesy the artist © Studioknxx
Video: In Praise Of Still Boys (2020), teaser
Julianknxx, In Praise Of Still Boys (2020), film still. Courtesy the artist © Studioknxx
Julianknxx, Black Corporeal (Breathing by Numbers) (2022), film still. Courtesy the artist © Studioknxx
Julianknxx, Black Corporeal (Breathing by Numbers) (2022), film still. Courtesy the artist © Studioknxx
Video: Black Corporeal (Between This Air) (2022), teaser
Julianknxx, On Freedom of Movement (wi de muv) (2022), film still. Courtesy the artist © Studioknxx
Julianknxx, On Freedom of Movement (wi de muv) (2022), film still. Courtesy the artist © Studioknxx
Video: On Freedom of Movement (wi de muv) (2022), teaser
Julianknxx, encounter?flee (Jolly) (2023), film still. Courtesy the artist © Studioknxx
Julianknxx, In A Dream We Are At Once Beautiful (2022), film still. Courtesy the artist © Studioknxx
Julianknxx, …?inawhirlwindofencounters, installation view, Gagosian, Rites Of Passage, 2023
