Julia Mariscal was born in Barcelona in 1981, where she actually lives and works. She did her studies in UK, finishing her BA (honors) at Goldsmiths College of Art and Design, and later she graduated with an MA at Chelsesa College of London.
Julia has recently performed at Teatre Lliure, Centro del Carmen and at Swab Art Fair. She has had solo exhibitions at Miquel Alzueta Gallery and Franco de Toledo Art Projects, in Barcelona; at Oblong Gallery, in London and at Grand Palais, in Switzerland.
Her work has been included in several group exhibitions, such as Bienal de Jafre, invited by Carolina Grau; Sant Andreu Contemporani, Barceona, -curated by Sema D’Acosta; La New Gallery, Madrid -curated by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso; Vyner Studio, Londres; Complexe des Jardines, Canada, -curated by Alexandra Laudo.
2008
— MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, London
2005
— BA Design, Goldsmiths College of Art and Design, London
2022
— Breathing inside the fold (Respirar en el pleg), Natura viva: musa i memesis, curated by Carolina Grau, el Centre Cultural el Casino de Manresa, Manresa
2022
— Ocells-textos-onades (Birds-texts-waves), Mulleres en acción: Violencia Zero, Moaña, Pontevedra
2021
— Onades-cremat, Peformance to present the work during the residency, Estruch, Sabadell
2020
— Ocells-textos-onades (Birds-texts-waves), Katharsis, Teatre Lliure, Barcelona
2019
— Ocells-textos-onades (Birds-texts-waves), Centre del Carme, Valencia, curated by Diana Guijarro
2018
— Ocells-textos-onades (Birds-texts-waves), Swab Art Fair, Barcelona
2017
— Ferment and chew, Género, Franco de Toledo for Mútuo, Barcelona
2014
— Oscillations, La gran màquina, Museum Trepat, Tàrrega-Spain
2013
— Oscillations, Franco de Toledo art projects, Barcelona
2012
— Oscillations, El estado mental, on-line radio, curated by Borja Casani, Madrid
2011
— Oscillations, Miscelànea, Barcelona
2022
— Breathing inside the fold (Respirar en el pleg), Natura viva: musa i memesis, curated by Carolina Grau, el Centre Cultural el Casino de Manresa, Manresa
2016
— The angle of a curtain, Loop Festival, The Laboratory -Miquel Alzueta, Barcelona
2015
— Forat al terra, The Laboratory by Miquel Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona
2013
— No moon, Demolden Video Project, Santander
— Pendulum, Franco de Toledo Art Projects, Barcelona
2009
— Horizontal Pleat, Oblong Gallery, London
2008
— To chew missing parts or Temporal Modes, Grand Palais, Bern
2022
— Extrapelo, National Museum of Decorative Arts, curated by Tomás Alonso & Jorge Penadés, Madrid
2020
— Ensayo antes de la actuación, Centro Cultural Las Cigarreras, curated by Diana Guijarro, Alicante
— Cosas extrañas que suceden de vez en cuando, 451 Gallery, curated by Cristina Ramos, Oviedo
2019
— Scum, Groc Studios, artist’s run space, Barcelona
— Fragmentos que representan el mundo, Centre del Carme, curated by Diana Guijarro, Valencia
2018
— Percepciones olfativa de colección olorVisual, Museo del Patrimonio Municipal de Málaga, Málaga
2016
— Sólids en un líquid, Gallery Weekend, duo exhibiton with Bruno Ollé, The Laboratory -Miquel Alzueta, Barcelona
2015
— The Common Ground, private house, Madrid
2014
— Page Specific, la exposición de Input magazine, Galería Combustión Espontánea, Madrid
— Los agricultores. Recolectar y/o manipular, SAC, curated by Sema D’Acosta, Barcelona
— Las Pointes, Passatge Studio, curated by Cristina Ramos, Barcelona
— Mute things, two person exhibition with Ángel Massip, Gallery Area 72, Valencia
— Music for Chamaleons, Summer Salon, Private house, London
— Presente Indicativo, Sant Andreu Contemporani, Fabra&Coats, Barcelona
2013
— Escampar els fems, Bienal de Jafre, curated by Carolina Grau, Jafre-Spain
— El décimo tramo, Jugada a 3 bandas, La New Gallery, curated by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso, Madrid
— TransFashionLab, Franco de Toledo art projects, Barcelona
— La Condició Narrativa, Art souterrain, curated by Alexandra Laudo, Montréal
2012
— La Condició Narrativa, La Capella, curated by Alexandra Laudo, Barcelona
2010
— Tornem al Futur, Senda, Barcelona
— Shape and Material, Vyner Studio, London
— Time Capsules. The Poetics and Politics of Memory in Art, curated by Lorena Muñoz-Alonso, The Gallery Soho, London
2009
— Magic carpet, Crypt Gallery, London
— Thirst, Oblong Gallery, London
2008
— Marking/Erasing, Viewfinder Photography Gallery, London
— WinterLight, Oxford Castle, Ovada Gallery, Oxford
In collaboration with the artist Rita Evans under the name The Objectifiers. We perform to develop our shared interest in time, material narrative and object as process.
2013
— Salt Factory Colour Clock – The Objectifiers, Urbanea, Torre de Ses Puntes, Mallorca
2011
— The Objectifiers, SALT, Charmette, private house, co-curated with Ariadna Serrahima, Barcelona
2009
— The Objectifiers, Late Night Radio, Tate Britain, London
— The Objectifiers,The Pictures, Bardens Boudoir, London
— The Objectifiers. The Magic, 176 Gallery, curated by Lail Arad, London
—Olor Visual
2020
— Fragmentos que representan el mundo, Centre del Carme, curated by Diana Guijarro, Valencia
2018
— Percepciones olfativa de colección olorVisual, Museo del Patrimonio Municipal de Málaga
2014
— Los Agricultores. Recolectar y/o manipular, exhibition catalogue, Sant Andreu Contemporani
— Page Specific, InPut magazine, num.2, Madrid
2013
— Horizontal Pleat, curated by Alexandra Laudo, b-guided magazine
2010
— Time Capsules. The Poetics and Politics of Memory in Art, exhibition catalogue, SpainNow!
2009
— Julia Mariscal. Horizontal Pleat, exhibition catalogue, Oblong Gallery
2008
— Marking/Erasing, exhibition catalogue, Viewfinder Photography Gallery, text by Pedro Vicente