Photo credit: Maxime Brouillet

BIOGRAPHY

Julie Robert frequently works with salvaged and new construction materials. She explores the nature of the links between identity and territory to illustrate the singularity of a connection from a neurodivergent perspective. And to express the reconstruction of identity, she links raw materials to the geometry of modern architecture. 

Winner of a public art competition from the town of Belœil QC, her sculpture Point pivot, honors the memory of the 99 victims of Canada's biggest rail tragedy to date. A 5-person jury, which included Danièle Archambault, former Director of Collections at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts unanimously selected the monument. The structure won two Gold Certifications at the 15th edition of the Grands Prix du Design, Montreal QC, and was named a finalist for the Prix patrimoine Culture Montérégie in 2022, Longueuil QC. Julie was selected for the REM, a temporary public art project, as part of the Politique d'intégration des arts à l'architecture (1%) in collaboration with the 4 Montreal universities (2023). She was invited as one of the finalists in a public art competition (1%) for the town of Candiac QC, which commissioned her a few months later to adapt her proposal for the entrance to the town's linear park.

Julie is currently majoring in sculpture at Concordia University in Montreal, where she has been awarded a number of prizes and scholarships, including the Campaign for the New Millennium Award (2020 and 2024), given to a student for academic excellence. Her work has been shown at Art Mûr, Articule and CIRCA Art-Actuel in Montreal. Some of her works are also part of the collections of the towns of Belœil, Mont-Saint-Hilaire (2024) and Candiac (2024), as well as private collections.