Jamian Juliano-Villani was born in 1987 in Newark, New Jersey, and lives and works in New York. A painter working with sourced images, Juliano-Villani begins her process with visual references from books, magazines, and other print media she has collected since high school.
She often projects images of characters from cartoons and comic books onto her canvases, allowing her to build a narrative of disparate layers. With her rough aesthetic and bold palette, her approach has evoked references to Peter Saul. Driven by emotion and intuition, Juliano-Villani’s process often results in lengthy, demanding working sessions in her studio.
Juliano-Villani was most recently included in the 2022 Venice Biennale, Milk of Dreams. Juliano-Villani’s works have entered numerous public collections such as Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France; Aïshti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon; Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York, USA; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, USA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York, USA; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York.
Awards & Education
BFA, Mason Gross School of Arts, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, 2011
Group Exhibition At A Major Institution
2022
David Zwirner, A Maze Zanine, Amaze Zaning, A-Mezzaning, Meza-9, New York, NY
59th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
My Reflection of You, The Perimeter, London, UK
Dark Light, Realism in the Age of Post Truth, Aishti Foudation, Beirut
Ramiken, Averard Hotel, London, UK
2021
The Stand-Ins: Figurative Painting from the Collection, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
2020
JUNQUE, curated by Jamian Juliano Villani, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK
2020
Pioneers, Influencers, and Rising Voices: Women in the Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2019
Trouble in Paradise. Collection Rattan Chadha, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
DOG DAYS, C L E A R I N G, Brooklyn, USA
Trouble in Paradise, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2018
Low Form. Imaginaries and Visions in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, curated by Bartolomeo Pietromarchi, MAXXI, Roma, Italy
Infinite Blue, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Nothing Will Be As Before - Ten Years of Tanya Leighton, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, Germany
Difference Engine, Lisson Gallery, New York, USA
2017
The Policeman’s Beard is Half Constructed: Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Home. An Homage to Colin de Land, Massimo De Carlo, Milan, Italy
Something Living, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Unpacked: Contemporary Works from Private Collections of Northern California, Art Museum of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, CA
Self, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK
Animality - A Fairy Story by Jens Hoffmann, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Performance by the collective George De George Hair cuts Hair, Serpentine Pavilion, London, UK
Park Nights 2016, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
Goulding the Lolly, curated by Brian Belott, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, USA
The Politics of Portraiture, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Omul Negru, Galeria Nicodim, Bucharest, Romania
Inside Out, Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
FADE IN: INT. ART GALLERY – DAY, Swiss Institute, New York, NY
A Shape That Stands Up, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
I Pledge Allegiance, curated by Elisa R. Linn & Lennart Wolff, Stellar Rays, New York, NY
Flatlands, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Unorthodox, Jewish Museum, New York, NY
2015
Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
Women's Art Society II, MOSTYN, Llandudno, UK
Call and Response, Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York, NY
Believe You Me, 247365, New York, NY
2014
Beyond the Pale, Interstate Projects, New York, NY
Puddle, Pothole, Portal, curated by Ruba Katrib, Camille Henrot, Sculpture Center, Queens, NY
New Hells, curated by Isaac Lyles, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, NY
The Crystal Palace, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Hot House, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Far Out!, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY
Border Food, Loyal Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Cogwheels Carved In Wood, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of, Clearing Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
If The Shoe Fits Like A Glove, 247365, New York, NY
I Against I, David Shelton Gallery, Houston, TX
2013
Time Warp, Galerie Sho Contemporary Art, Tokyo,
Home Screen at Suzanne Geiss Company, Suzanne Geiss Company, New York, NY
Three Artists, Beginnings Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Style Points and Substance Pangs, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
Deep Cuts, curated by David Humphrey and Wendy White, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY Division 169, curated by Justin Adian, Wendy White, Rawson Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Personal Garage, curated by Erin Dunn, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
2010
BFA Thesis Exhibition, Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Jamian/Erik, Project Space, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA, NJ
2009
Blog, Amalgama Industries, Seoul, South Korea
Digi-a-go-go, Pop-Up Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Art Open, Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Super Art Show, Riverview Art Foundation, Easton, PA
Solo Exhibition At A Major Institution
2022
Jamian Juliano-Villani | Mike Kelley, The Ranch, Montauk, NY
2021
Try Explaining How You Feel, Kunsthall Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
Steak Wars, Pond Society Foundation, Shanghai, China
2020
Mrs. Evan Williams, JTT, New York, NY
2019
Let's Kill Nicole, Massimo De Carlo, London, UK
2018
Ten Pound Hand, JTT, New York, NY
2017
Sincerely, Tony, Massimo De Carlo, Milano, Italy
Hydra Workshop, Hydra, Greece
2016
The World's Greatest Planet on Earth, Studio Voltaire, London, UK
2015
Nudge the Judge, Tanya Leighton, Berlin, Germany
2015
Crypod, JTT, New York, NY
Detroit Affinities, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit, USA
2014
Gambler's Choice, Retrospective, Hudson, New York
2013
Me, Myself and Jah, Rawson Projects, New York, NY
Collected By A Major Institution
Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris
Aïshti Foundation, Beirut
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Included In A Major Biennial
56th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy, 2022
Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York, USA
