Born 1973 in Argentina.
She lives and works in Stockholm.
“In her work, Julia Peirone takes the viewer to the boundary regions of puberty.” – Niclas Östlind, 2017
Since her debut at the turn of the century, Julia Peirone’s visual world is chiefly populated by girls or young women. Peirones series mirror aspects of vulnerability, shame, and sexuality in a time that is heavily influenced by social media and their affects on the creation of identities. The artist is looking for the gap between reality and construction.
Julia Peirones‘ oeuvre poses questions about the strengths and limitations of the photographic image and the way we encounter ourselves in them. The modern-day visual culture favors self-glorification and an obsession with abstract ideals of beauty. In her photography, Julia Peirone focuses on these notions to explore young, mostly female teenagers search for identity.
Peirones work has a proximity to the moving image. Her photographic series often show casting situations and preparations. Retakes, fleeting moments, and failures are given a prominent position. The pictures can hardly be defined as portraits in a conventional sense; rather, they investigate mental states and visual conventions that reflect the demands of the external world. The photographs often capture the frustration that young women suffer after having been imprinted by certain ideals.
The relationship between the model and the photographer, as well as those between the viewer and the viewed, is an aspect of several images by Julia Peirone. Their gazes almost never meet. The girls‘ eyes are shut or hidden by their hair. Tight tank tops and short skirts expose their skin. The artist stresses that “the girls in my pictures are victims of a gaze, but they are also strong and have power over your gaze”.
1999 – 2001 Konstfack, University College of Art, Craft and Design (MFA), Stockholm, Sweden
1996 – 1999 University of Film and Photography (BFA), Gothenburg, Sweden
Moderna Museet, Stockholm Sweden
Göteborg Konstmuseum, Göteborg, Sweden
SE Banken, Stockholm, Sweden
Kiasma Museum of modern Art, Finland
Stenersen Museet, Norway
Portrait Collection of The National Museum, Sweden
National Art Council, Sweden
Stockholm Stad
Göteborg Stad
Län i väst
Linköpings kommun
Norrtälje Kommun
Tyresö Kommun
Kulturförvaltningen i Göteborg
Sveriges Allmänna Konstförening
Several Private Collections
Swedish Arts Grants Comitte, 10-years working grant, 2017
Nominated for Nöjesguiden artaward, 2014
Swedish Arts Grants Comittee, Two year working grant, 2013
Shortlisted to Sovereign European Art Prize, 2011
Längmanska Kulturfonden, 2011
Swedish Arts Grants Comittee, Two year working grant, 2008
Iaspis, One year Studio Program at Acme in London, 2007
Helge-Axel Johnson travel grant, 2007
Swedish Arts Grants Comittee, One year working working grant, 2005
Författarfonden, One year working working grant, 2004
Northern Cities, Workshops/Exhibiton Project run by Northern Photographic Centre and Art Council of Oulo, 2003
Stockholm City Art Award, 2003
Hasselbladstiftelsen Resident program in Grez-sur-loing, France, 2001
Lunds Konsthalls Vänner- Award to a young promising artist, 2001
Helge-Axel Johnson travel grant, 2001
Girls, Girls, Girls (monograph), Publisher: Göteborgs Konstmuseum, 2017
Waiting for Red Pigtails (monograph), Publisher: Sailor Press, Graphic design: Matilda Plöjel, 2013
More than Violet (monograph), Publisher: Art & Theory, 2012
Contemporary Swedish Photography, Publisher: Art & Theory, 2012
Konstnärer och deras Ateljéer, Publisher: Bladh & Bladh By: Anette Mörne, Anne Nyblaeus, 2012
Blind Smek Min Kind, Julia Peirone, (monograph), Publisher: Ordfront / Galago, 2002
Girls – A Female Gaze, Dorothée Nilsson Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2019
Girls, Girls, Girls, Arbetets Museum Norrköping, Sweden 2019
Tuija och Julia – Det ljusa mörkret, Åmells Konsthandel, Sweden 2019
Girls, Girls, Girls, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden 2018
Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simrishamn, Sweden 2018
Girls, Girls, Girls, Göteborgs Konstmuseum, Gothenburg, Sweden 2017
Twisted Cherry, Belenius Galleri, Stockholm, Sweden 2016
Coral Punch, Fotogalleriet Format, Malmö, Sweden 2016
Museum Anna Nordlander, Skellefteå, Sweden 2015
Bump, set, hit and spike, Stene Projects, Stockholm, Sweden 2014
Like a Hawk stealing for the prey, Dansens hus, Stockholm, Sweden 2013
Konstforum Norrköping, Sweden 2013
Galleri Se, Falun, Sweden 2012
Martin Bryder Gallery, Lund, Sweden 2012
Armory Show, Crystal Contemporary Art, New York, USA 2012
Crystal Contemporary Art, Stockholm, Sweden 2012
More than Violet, Linköpings Konsthall Passagen, Linköping, Sweden 2011
Magnus Åklundh Gallery, Malmö, Sweden 2010
Peter Lav Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark 2009
Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje, Sweden 2009
Uppsala Konstmuseum, Uppsala, Sweden 2009
The Solo Project, Basel, Switzerland 2009
Galerie f5.6, Munich, Germany 2009
Golden Me, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden 2008
Brandstrom Stockholm, Violet Vertigo, Stockholm, Sweden 2008
Hamnmagasinet/Konsthallen in Varberg, Sweden 2008
Black Blondes, Skärets Konsthall Skåne, Sweden 2007
Reconstruction of Presence, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, USA 2006
Galerie F5.6, Munich, Germany 2006
Night Spots, Brändström & Stene Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden 2005
Gallery Krista Mikkola, Helsinki, Finland 2005
Night Spots, Hässleholms Kulturhus, Hässleholm, Sweden 2005
Night Spots, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland 2005
Tyresö Konsthall, Tyresö, Sweden 2004
Reconstruction of Presence, Gallery Format, Malmö, Sweden 2003
Reconstruction of Presence, Gallery 54, Gothenburg, Sweden 2002
Reconstruction of Presence, CFF (Center of Photography), Stockholm, Sweden 2002
Pictura, Lund, Sweden 2001
Gallery Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden 2001
Publiderat – Fotoboken i Sverige, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden 2018
Landskrona Museum, Landskrona, Sweden 2017
Polyfoni, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Malmö, Sweden 2017
Our Winter Show, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden 2018
Golden Sunset, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden 2017
Shuffle, Martin Bryder Galleri, Lund, Sweden 2017
Our Winter Show, Steindsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden 2017
Belenius Nordenhake Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden 2016
Grundemark Nilsson Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden 2016
Borås Konstmuseum, Screens and Mirrors, Sweden 2016
Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum, Swedish Art: Now!, Stockholm, Sweden 2016
Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden 2015
Nutcracker, Belmacz Gallery, London, UK 2015
Avspark, Haninge Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden 2014
Circus, Belmacz Gallery, London, UK 2014
Det Synliga, Artipelag, Stockholm, Sweden 2014
Different Distances, Aperture Foundation, New York, USA 2014
Different Distances, House of Sweden,Washington, USA 2013
Different Distances, Swedish Photography ,Berlin, Germany 2013
Atletisk, Växjö Konsthall, Växjö, Sweden 2013
Polifony, Galleri Thomas Wallner, Simrishamn, Sweden 2013
Different Distances, Centre Culturel Suédois, Paris, France 2012
Braga – Encontros da Imagem, Portugal 2012
Skärets Konsthall, 10-års jubileum, Skäret, Sweden 2012
She’s in the picture, Center for Photography, Stockholm, Sweden 2012
Sport I konsten, Kristianstads Konsthall, Kristianstad, Sweden 2011
Nordic Darkness, Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Kristinehamn, Sweden 2011
Sport I konsten, Mjellby Konstmuseum, Sport I konsten, Halmstad, Sweden 2010
Skanstulls tunnelbanestation, Stockholm, Sweden 2009
LIPF- Lianzhou International Photo Fetival, China 2008
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK 2008
War within, Reinier van Ewijk Projects, Amsterdam, NL 2008
Transgressing Mind, Prague Triennale, Prague, Czechia 2008
Toys R us, Brandstrom & Stene, Stockholm, Sweden 2008
Stalking suburbia, The Westport Art Center, Westport, USA 2007
International Photo Magazine, Phillips de Pury & Co, New York, USA 2007
Miami Photo (Galerie f5,6), Miami, USA 2007
4Jahre f5,6, Galerie F5,6, Munich, Germany 2007
Barnet i samtidskonsten, Haninge Kulturhus, Stockholm, Sweden 2007
Northern Cities, Vorallberger Landesmuseum, Bregenz, Austria 2006
Labyrint, Botkyrka Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden 2006
Miami Photo (Galerie f5.6), Miami, USA 2006
Paris Photo (Galerie f5.6), Paris, France 2006
Northern Cities, Felleshuset, Berlin, Germany 2006
L.A Photo (Daniel Cooney Fine Art), Los Angeles, USA 2006
Dogs, Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg, Germany 2005
Northern Cities, Tromsö Art Association, Tromsö, Norway 2005
Northern Cities, Kerava Art Museum, Kerava, Finland 2005
Northern Cities, Oulu City Art Museum, Oulo, Finland 2005
Northern Cities, The Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland 2005
Unstable – new directions in Swedish Photography 1990-2004, Museum of Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden 2005
Blick – New films and videos from the Nordic and Baltic region, Kunstverein Munich, Munich, Germany 2005
AIPAD (Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery), New York, USA 2005
Still life and stilled lives, Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery, New York, USA 2005
Scandinavian Photography, Gallery Faulconer at Grinnells College, Iowa, USA 2005
New films and videos from the Nordic and Baltic region, Museum of Modern Art, Stockholm, Sweden 2004
Photography Now, Art Forum Berlin (Photography Now), Berlin, Germany 2004
Photofest 2004 Gwynne Warehouse Gallery, Hereford, UK 2004
Artforum Berlin, Berlin, Germany 2003
Sad Expo, Paris, France 2003
BB – Gallery Lars Bohmans Project Room, Stockholm, Sweden 2002
Swedish Style in Tokyo, Gallery Deluxe, Tokyo, Japan 2002
Wetterling Gallery – Graduating class of Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden 2001
Borås Museum of Art – Graduating class of HFF, Borås, Sweden 1999
Arles -Festival of Photography, Arles , France 1998
Malmö Museum of Art, Smitta, Malmö, Sweden 1997
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