BIO

Julia Flit is a Kazakhstani artist and photographer based in London. She began her career in 2012, working internationally with leading jewellery designers and producing campaigns published across Condé Nast titles.

During the pandemic, she shifted her focus toward fine art, developing an underwater self-portrait practice that explores emotion, identity, and states of transformation. Alongside photography, Julia has expanded into a conceptual, materially driven practice, creating mixed-media installations using aluminium, silk, plaster and experimental 16mm. Her work often investigates liminality, protection, memory, and the thresholds between visibility and dissolution.

Julia is accredited by The Association of Photographers and has received multiple awards. Her fine art has appeared on the covers of ArtMuse (2025) and Lens Magazine (2024). She continues to evolve her interdisciplinary practice, guided by themes of vulnerability, presence, and quiet resistance.

ARTIST'S STATEMENT

My work is a journey through the realms of my subconscious, providing a space to recognize and process emotions, seeking spirituality and deeper meaning in life.
Highlighting the transient nature of existence, I create multilayered photography underwater, the process that forces me to submerge and face my fears. This underwater realm mimics the liminal state of mind—an initiation just before meeting with one’s new self.
In the context of metamodernism, my art reflects the oscillation between hope and despair, sincerity and irony, striving to compress the indeterminacy of time into a single image, capturing moments in forms not normally visible to the naked eye.
I incorporate elements from Ana Mendieta’s earth-body works and René Magritte’s technique of obscuring faces, creating a dialogue between the visible and the hidden. Inspired by Yves Klein, I use my body as a brush to express intense experiences and feelings as the means to release pain and seek catharsis.
Water, a powerful symbol of rebirth, becomes my co-creator, infusing my work with spontaneity and collaboration.
Thus, my art invites viewers to embark on their own journeys of self-discovery, using these visual narratives to confront their inner fears and embrace continuous change and rebirth.

CV

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

Exhibitions & Fairs

2025-26 - The Wrong Biennale, "Code Error" Project, JS Gallery by IMC, worldwide
2025 - Code Error Project, Art With Me Winwood Festival/ Art Basel Official Off–Site Event, Miami, USA
2025 - Platforms Project Independent Contemporary Art Fair, "EDEN. Lost Coordinates“, JS Gallery by IMC, Old Tabacco Factory-Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens, Greece
2025 - Platforms Project Independent Contemporary Art Fair, "Beyond the Face“, JS Gallery by IMC, Old Tabacco Factory-Hellenic Parliament Library, Athens, Greece
2025 - JS Gallery, Artsy Viewing Room, online
2025 September “Kaleidoscope: Small Worlds”, Art MOZAIK Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, USA
2025 March, Group Exhibition The Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow UK

2024 November Mayfair PopUp Solo exhibition, London, UK
2024 November, Group Exhibition, Darkness, Decode Gallery, AZ USA
2024 October, Mixed Identities, Venice, Italy
2024 The Other Art Fair, New York, USA

2023 The Other Art Fair, London, UK
2023 Parallax Art Fair, London, UK
2023 The eighth edition of Photo London with Litehouse Gallery, London, UK
2021 GemGeneve with FLAIR gallery, Geneva, Switzerland

Awards
2025 IPA Official selection
2025 ITSLIQUID CONTEST 17TH EDITION Honourable Mention
2024 Chromatic Awards, Honorable Mention in Fine Art (Professional)
2023 Chromatic Awards, Honorable Mention in Fine Art (Professional) and Honorable Mention in Nudes (Professional)

Accreditations
The Association of Photographers, one of the most prestigious professional associations