As she is currently in residence in Auckland Te Ataata for 2 months, Alliance Française Wellington is thrilled to have the opportunity to welcome Julie Stephen Chheng! 

Having graduated from Arts Décoratifs de Paris, she works in the fields of books, design and scenography both on paper and digitally. From the studio Volumique, she wrote many books and apps : Poèmes en Pièces, les Aventures d’un Village, Labyrinthe, Moving Cards, le Petit Train Postal, la Pluie à Midi.

In 2014, she was the artist in residency at the Hong Kong Arts Center and in 2016, she became the laureate for digital arts at the Villa Kujoyama in Kyoto. In 2017, she presented Uramado at the Museum of Hunting and Nature and Pliés Coupés Décalés, a moving exhibition organised by the children book fair in Montreuil. Since 2018, she realises windows for Hermès in Tokyo and the Maison Hermès in Shanghai and exhibits Uramado AR, an experience in enhanced reality across the world

Dive into her work process, her artistic world, her past projects and get more insights about her new projects. She currently works on Fortune Teller and Lanscapes in Construction, two exhibition projects mixing traditional and digital practices. Through her research, Julie Stephen Chheng questions our relationship to nature and spirituality by confronting the mecanisms of interpretation, built on words and images. Her work revolves around playful and combinatorial narration inviting the spectator to place themselves amongst tangible and virtual universes.

Come to discover more about Julie's fascinating work!

📅 Friday, 16 August 2024, 6pm
📍 Alliance Française, 78 Victoria Street, Wellington
🎟️ Free entry (koha donation)