Juliet Jespers Belgium

Juliet Jespers (b. 2002) lives and works in Antwerp. In 2024, she graduated from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, where she obtained a Master’s degree in Visual Arts, specialising in painting. For her master’s exhibition, she received the departmental prize for painting and was featured in the graduation edition of Metropolis M.

Jespers’ painting practice primarily involves oil paint on self-stretched canvases. Her work often draws inspiration from everyday impressions, such as song lyrics, posters, conversations with friends, and passing obsessive interests. She approaches these subjects in a spontaneous, humorous, and sometimes banal manner. Her technical approach is equally intuitive, almost naïve: she often paints directly from the tube, without mixing colours, allowing her instincts to guide her rather than adhering to conventional painting rules.

Since graduating, Jespers has regularly participated in group exhibitions within Antwerp’s art scene, including Past forward at Zeit art space, Uni at Annie Gentils Gallery, and Now Belgium Now, an exhibition that brings together emerging Belgian artists every five years. Most recently, she held her first major solo exhibition, #hashtag, at the art space L.*A.P., presenting a series of new works in which she experimented with text and written language in painting.