Julien Delagrange (born in 1994 in Kortrijk, Belgium, resides and works in Harelbeke, Belgium) is best known for his black and white charcoal drawings, executed in an utmost personal and recognizable technique, building the image with various thin layers of charcoal dust, and his vibrant oil paintings using historical painterly conventions in a post-conceptual manner. Human figures populate surreal scenery, marked by an atmosphere of existential unease. Delagrange is interested in the human condition from an anthropological perspective. If we strip away our clothes, societal constructs, daily activities, and accumulated knowledge that has led to science and prosperity, can we rediscover what and who we truly are? Are we still able to remember our nature, to feel it, or perhaps even to align and make peace with it? Or do we continue to fight and suppress our—often irrational—urges, leaving us alienated?

Delagrange is represented by Galerie Sabine Bayasli in Paris, France, and Space60 in Antwerp, Belgium. His works are featured in various international private collections, including the Smith Collection in Australia and the Mennuni Collection in Switzerland. Notable exhibitions include the solo presentations Human Preservation (2021) at Verduyn Gallery in Moregem, Belgium; Dark Matter (2022) at Space60 in Antwerp, Belgium; Les Images de Rêves (2022) at Galerie Sabine Bayasli in Paris, France, Rites Oubliés (2024) at Galerie Sabine Bayasli in Paris, France; Artificial Empathy (2024) at Space60 in Antwerp, Belgium; and the inclusion in group exhibitions at Külhaus (2020) in Berlin, Germany; Galerie Sabine Bayasli (2024) in Paris, France; Art Brussels (2025) in Brussels, among others. Delagrange was selected as a finalist for the Prix Artistique de la Ville d’Antoing. 

Julien Delagrange was trained as an art historian, having graduated (magna cum laude) and holds an MA in Science of Arts at Ghent University, Belgium, resulting in an artistic practice that is strongly intertwined with his activities as a writer and curator. Delagrange has worked for the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium; the University Library in Ghent, Belgium; and the Jan Vercruysse Foundation in Brussels, Belgium. He is the editor-in-chief of the hybrid art platform Contemporary Art Issue. He has contributed as a freelancer to various exhibition catalogs, magazines, galleries, and educational programs as an art critic, guest lecturer, or jury member—actively contributing to the debate of contemporary art both as an artist and thinker. Notable publications as an author include ART.BE (2025) published by MER. Books/Borgerhoff & Lamberigts in Ghent, Belgium; Funny Games (2023) published by DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague, Czech Republic; and High on Hope (2022) published by Crosslane Projects in Kendall, the United Kingdom; and Apologia (2021) published by CAI in Kortrijk, Belgium.