YLA
lisa junius
Exhibited in: Young Luxembourgish Artists, Vol. 3
Born 1992 in Luxembourg
Lives and works in Luxembourg
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EDUCATION
2014-2016 MA Visual Arts - University of Strasbourg, France
2011-2014 BA Visual Arts, University of Strasbourg, France
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EXHIBITIONS
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// GROUP SHOWS
2023 YLA - Young Luxembourgish Artists Vol. 3, Bonnevoie, Luxembourg
2023 Group exhibition - 1000 Vases, Paris
2021 Kufa Urban Art, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2019 Group show, Kamellebuttek, Esch-sur-Alzette
2016 Group exhibition at CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
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// PROJECTS
2023 Mural - Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
2022 Mural - Saint-Paul, Ile de la Réunion
2022 Design for Luxair Airlines, Luxembourg
2022 Design for Rosport, Luxembourg
2022 Murals - Pontedera, Italy
2022 Murals, Cape Verde
2021 Commission, Painted doors, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg
2019 Commission, Triptych for Commune de Differdange, Luxembourg
2019 Ceramic collection for Klevering Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Mural - Leudelange, Luxembourg
2018 Mural for Kufa's Urban Art - Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
2018 Illustrated Tarot deck The Cosmic Woman Tarot
2017 Illustrations for Refinery29
2017 Illustrationd for Yogamagazine (NL and FR)
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Installation of Vases (Vessel V, Vessel VIII, Vessel VII, Vessel VI), 2023,
Mixed media on canvas
A dreamy blue atmosphere; organic shapes of leaves, flowers and waves; women floating in the night sky - this is what Lisa Junius’s work is all about. Whether it’s oil-on-canvas paintings, large-scale murals or glazed ceramic objects, a certain inspiration for calmness, intuition and a connection to nature can be found. The significant use of the color blue - predominantly night sky blue with details in lighter shades - is linked to it being recognized as the most spiritual of colors. It is the color of the sea and sky, of intangible depths and imagination. Blue is said to be the color of dreams and therefore of the spirit and mind itself.
Inner and outer worlds are shifted. The inside of a woman’s breast consists of flowers - the outside reveals spirals, like a flow of energy made visible. The spiral symbolizes cyclical time and the energy of life itself. It is one of the oldest signs that can be found on ceramics since 6300 BC and was linked to the image of the Goddess. The imaginary of circles, crescents, spirals is directly linked to the vase as a cultural object. The vase, vessel or jar is an object so simple and basic, and yet proof of human civilization. It transmutes from an everyday household item to an artifact with highly spiritual meaning.
Pottery as a craft is very much linked to women, since historically they have been seen as the ones in charge of creating objects for cooking, storing, serving, and carrying. Lisa Junius’s ceramic stool is another domestic object, a symbol of the home and the private space of everyday. But it might also be associated with power and worship, being highly decorated and not too made for daily use. Ordinary objects are put in a different light. The domestic is emphasized and revered. Intuitive female energy and dreamy blue tones are weaved into all of Lisa Junius’s art, connecting each and every piece to form a recognizable, organic, calming body of work.
exhibited works

Cosmic Dance, 2023,
Ceramics, Glazed

Thistle and Spiral, 2023,
Mural Project - Writers Block Murals,
Leeuwarden, The Netherlands