Julia Morganho – Poetry in Color, Layering, and Form
Julia Morganho is one of the powerful new voices in contemporary abstract painting. Born in Hamburg in 1981, the artist captures moods, states of being, thoughts, contradictions, and lyrical elements through color, layering, and converging forms.
Morganho’s works emerge from thoughts, emotional states, and inner tensions. Her painting deliberately eschews representation in favor of a reduced, precisely composed, and poetic visual language. Large color fields, geometric structures, and free brushwork enter into a dialogue with one another.
Morganho’s color palette is restrained, finely nuanced, and applied with control. While her paintings appear minimalist, they are defined by an inner dynamism. The unfinished and the disruptive play a central role in this process. For her, painting becomes a space for thought: images emerge from fragments that only come together to form a whole through their interaction.
This reductive approach corresponds with her academic foundation at the University of Fine Arts (HFBK) in Hamburg and the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). Her expertise in conception and identity forms the basis upon which she transforms the emotional immediacy of painting into conscious composition.
"I am drawn to the unfinished, the unexpected, and the incongruous. When I paint, I do not bind myself to external motifs. Representation is always present—what drives me is what lies beyond the mere image. My works stem from thoughts that I often put into words before they become paint. I write my pictures. I paint my text."
Julia Morganho lives and works in Hamburg.
Vita
1981 Birth in Hamburg, Germany
2002 Studies, Industrial-/ Product Design, University of Fine Arts, Hamburg (DE)
2004 Studies, Zurich University of the Arts, Focus: Trends and Identity (CH)
2009 Foundation of 'Studio The Kids of Love', Selected Design and Sevensisters (CH)
2010 Release of 'Hansestadt Zürich', independent art and design project (CH)
2012 Art Basel Pop-up Shop 'Studio The Kids of Love' (CH)
2013-2015 Product & Textile Design, Cologne (DE)
2016 Start of free artistic work, Hamburg, (DE)
2023 Abstract|Now, Groupshow, KulturEnergiebunker, Hamburg (DE)
2023 Tabula Rasa 23, Group Exhibition, Oberfett, Hamburg (DE)
2024 Je t'aime, Groupshow, ArteriA, Barcelona (ES)
2024 AnHAENGEN, Groupshow, xpon-art Gallery, Hamburg (DE)
2024 Tabula Rasa 24, Group Exhibition, Oberfett, Hamburg (DE)
2025 Connexion Emotionnelle, Rart Gallery, Crans-Montana (CH)
2025 La La, Soloexhibition, Fabrik der Künste, Hamburg (DE)
2025 komm. komm., Soloexhibition, Oberfett Flex, Hamburg (DE)
2025 Art The Haag, Blndsh.Gallery (NL)
2026 Universe, Group Exhibition, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Berlin (DE)
Upcoming
We are currently planning new shows in Munich, The Hague, and further locations.
Exact dates and details will be announced soon.
Current Galleries
Rart Gallery, Évian-les-Bains (F), rart-galerie.com
Blndsh.Gallery, The Hague (NL), blndsh.com
AllYouCan Art, München (DE), allyoucanart.de
For inquiries or collaboration proposals, please feel free to contact me.
