Juliette Blightman

Prompting reflection on its own presentation and broadening conventional understandings of drawing, the performance slides between electronic messages, proximity and physicality and continues to employ Blightman’s technique of juxtaposition across various mediums. Large drawings of communication towers stand in the space, as models wear clothes designed by Blightman, and a specially commissioned soundtrack by London composers Wayne Binitie and Art Lewy enables the performance to unfold over the duration.  

Juliette Blightman lives and works in London, she incorporates drawing, painting, photography, performance, text and video to explore the relationship between art and life. Her works create a portrait of contemporary communication and existence. Her work has been presented in exhibitions at Kunsthalle and Kunstmuseum Bremerhaven (2025), Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Grimbergen (2024), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (2024), Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (2021), the Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art, Middelburg (2021), the Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (2016); Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz (2014); Hayward Gallery, London (2011); Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (2010) and the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2008). Along with performances and video presentations at Kunsthalle and Kunstmuseum Bremerhaven (2025), Liste Art Fair, Basel (2025), Basel Scial Club (2025), Lafayette Anticipations, Paris (2023); Museion Bolzano (2023); Haus am Waldsee, Berlin (2023); Fridericianum, Kassel (2020) and South London Gallery, London (2016). She is Professor of Expanded Painting at Kunstakademie Münster.