Julie Ansiau
PHOTOGRAPHER
After getting a degree in photography from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris, and studying Art History at the Sorbonne, Julie Ansiau, born in 1970, won a few prizes : World Press Photo, Bourse du Talent Picto, Leica Ensad Prize. She assists Nan Goldin in her parisian studio and works as a photographer for French and Japanese media : She starts at Libération, Les Inrocks, Nova Magazine, Têtu… and then joins the ELLE team. Her pictures are seen in Vogue Nippon, Vogue Italia, Figaro Madame France, Figaro Madame Japan, Cosmopolitan, MilK, MilK Déco, Amica, Grazia, Be, L’Officiel, Harper’s Bazaar Japan, Elle Japan…
As of 2004, she started pursuing a more personal passion, creating all sorts of small multi-colored felt objects, which she draws, sews and embroiders, entirely by hand. She dubbed these objects « popquilts ». She’d always been fascinated by sewing, Typography and Pop Art, so she decided to take it a step further, learning how to embroider alongside the seamstresses of the haute couture workshops of the world-famous Lesage house. Her first major installation, « Votive Offerings », was exhibited at the Galerie Imaginaire of the Bon Marché in Paris. After that, Julie Ansiau created works for the windows of Colette and Agnès B, in Paris, Liberty in London, Isetan in Tokyo, and Bergdorf Goodman, in New York.
IG : @julieansiau
Client List: Fermob, IKEA, Truffaut, HomeAway, Disneyland, Pierre Frey, Guy Degrenne, Bien Fait, Antik Batik, Sotheby’s, Astier de Villatte, Le Bon Marché, Galeries Lafayette
