Julien Mignot is a French visual artist, photographer and filmmaker who has been active on the contemporary scene since the early 2000s. With a master's degree in geography, he developed an instinctive relationship with the visual arts at an early age, cultivating a practice that oscillates freely between photography, film and material research. His work is driven by a sustained exploration of time, texture and the physical presence of the image.
At the heart of his approach is a sensitive approach to portraiture, where intimacy gives way to visual abstraction. His images are distinguished by a precise attention to light, surface and duration, constructing spaces where stillness and movement coexist. His work has been widely published in the international press, notably in Libération, Le Monde, The New York Times and Vanity Fair, and includes portraits of figures such as David Lynch, John Cale, Lana Del Rey, Martha Argerich and Christian Boltanski.
Alongside his editorial and cultural collaborations, Mignot has developed a personal body of work that has been exhibited in galleries and festivals internationally. His latest series explore interiority and exteriority, memory and the passage of time, forming a radical and coherent body of work that positions the image as both material and experience.
Deeply committed to passing on his knowledge, he regularly teaches and mentors young artists at institutions such as ENS Louis-Lumière, Rencontres d'Arles and Venice, alongside Paolo Roversi, Sarah Moon and Antoine d'Agata. He also served for three years as artistic director of the Image Festival in Amman, under the auspices of the Institut français, promoting sustained dialogue between territories and visual cultures.
EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
2025 Horizons, Rencontres Photographiques de Lorient, France.
2025 Temps Présent, InCadaques Festival, Cadaqués, Spain.
2025 Tiempo Fuera, Mopasa, Mexico.
2024 Temps Présent, Paris Photo, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France.
2024 So Far So Close, solo show, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France.
2023 Eurazeo Prize, finalist, Paris, France.
2023 So Far So Close, solo show, Punto Blue, Seoul, South Korea.
2023 Temps Présent, Festival Planche Contact, Deauville, France.
2023 Carla Fernandez, l’avenir fait main, Le 19M, Paris, France.
2022 Today, Time Is Close, Paris Photo, Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris, France.
2021 Screenlove – Wait For Me, Nuit Blanche, Musée de la Musique, Paris, France.
2020 NNIPAS-BBL, group exhibition, Grand Thermes de La Bourboule, France.
2020 Le Photographe et Son Double, monographic exhibition, Centre Photographique Hôtel de Fonfreyde, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
2020 Screenlove, live performance with Rodolphe Burger, Venezia Photo, Venice, Italy.
2019 Swiss Life Prize, finalist, Paris, France.
2018 Screenlove – Wait For Me, Galerie Intervalle, France.
2018 Azimut, group exhibition, Le Bal, Paris, France.
2017 96 Months, Salon Approche, Paris, France.
2016 Les Invisibles, Leica Gallery, Solms, Germany.
2014 NNIPAS-SALT, Image Festival, Amman, Jordan.
2013 The Green Corridor, Image Festival, Amman, Jordan.
2005 For La Fiesta, Bourse du Talent Picto, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France.
EDITIONS / PUBLICATIONS
2025 Temps Présent, self-published, 72 pages, edition of 50 copies.
2024 So Far So Close, self-published, 16 pages.
2021 Tranchants, Éditions Filigranes, 344 pages.
2020 No Music No Life, Éditions Filigranes, 360 pages.
2018 Azimut, collective work initiated by Tendance Floue, #T.
2017 96 Months, Éditions Filigranes, 176 pages.