Julie Verhoeven

Julie Verhoeven is a London based Artist, Designer, Illustrator and Creative Director. She was born in Kent, England in 1969 and studied at Central St. Martins Fashion College in London. Verhoeven is most famous for her fashion illustrations; however she also produces sculptures and paintings. Initially, she started out as an assistant to John Galliano and later on designed for major designers such as Mulberry, Louis Vuitton and Versace. Also, her work has been exhibited at the Hayward Gallery and Rifle maker.

The very first thing that I noticed about Verhoeven’s work was that her work is incredibly abstract in the sense that she mainly uses a lot of her imagery, which in my opinion creates almost characters of a story. She selects sections that she will give more attention to detail to than other sections. For example, in the image above, the face and the accessories (such as the belt) has a lot more detail involved whereas the rest is left blank with a thin outline. She also adds a few extra elements to give it that very edgy, imaginative, abstract look to it, such as the fire, the circles, the umbrella and the water. I would say Verhoeven is one of my favourite artists of all time as she doesn’t go for a ‘perfect’ look, making her work different, unique and immediately eye catching.