Julie Hamisky

Kasmin presents an exhibition of new sculpture by French artist Julie Hamisky. Immortalizing the most intricate details of the natural world, Hamisky continues to garner international recognition for her rigorous electroplating technique that belies the ephemeral forces of nature. In freestanding sculptures, mirrors, chandeliers, and fine jewelry, Hamisky’s transformative approach to casting organic matter preserves fleeting moments in time.

Casting fresh flowers, produce, and other forms from nature, Hamisky captures the winding veins and ornate textures of her materials with an unparalleled delicacy and precision, preserving the natural state of beauty before it decays. Often using a 3D printer to dramatically manipulate the scale of her material, Hamisky further transforms her works through an oxidation process that produces an expressive range of colors. Introducing new technologies to an age-old process, Hamisky continues to expand the techniques she learned from years of working alongside her father and grandmother, the celebrated sculptors Kim Hamisky and Claude Lalanne.

Julie Hamisky (b. 1975) suspends the delicacies of nature in time with her singular electroplating technique. Born in Fontainebleau and raised in the countryside south of Paris, she learned to work with plaster as a teenager in the studio of her father, sculptor Kim Hamisky. She began her art studies in Paris at the ESAG Penninghen School and the ATEP École d’Art et de Communication Visuelle, and during a formative year in Michoacán, Mexico, she studied lost-wax casting, traditional goldsmithery, jewelry, and blacksmithing under renowned sculptors James Metcalf and Ana Pellicer. She returned to France in 1999, where she worked in the studio of her grandparents, the celebrated French artist duo Les Lalanne. She lives and works in Montreuil, France, a growing artists’ hub south of Paris.