About The Artist

Julian Baslyk was born and raised in Montreal. He began to create abstract, colorful artworks at a young age. He has studied at numerous institutions including Dawson college fine arts, painting and drawing at Concordia University and painting at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, however, Julian considers himself to be mostly self-taught. He started exhibiting in 2009 where he had his first solo show at Gallery Luz in Montreal which included 9 intaglio monoprints from his Colored Lines series. He became a member of the Montreal Art Center in 2012 where he participated in many group exhibitions and where he had 2 multi-disciplinary solo shows in 2012 and in 2014. These exhibitions featured many paintings, drawings and intaglio prints. Julian has also exhibited in various restaurants, coffee shops and galleries in the Montreal area. Julian has taken part in many group art events and group exhibitions in Montreal over the years. He has had his artwork in 3 publications, first being in the 2013 version of State of the Art - Artist book, and in 2014 his artworks were published in the Hidden Treasure Art Magazine, and a third in the July 2018 edition of the magazine from the Montreal gallery called 'Usine106u.' His most recent solo show was called 'Harmonious Junctions' at the Matahari loft which featured 22 paintings and 2 intaglio prints. He has since exhibited in numerous group shows in 2018 at gallery Usine106u. Julian will soon graduate from Concordia University in the painting and drawing program and will consider pursuing a graduate degree in the arts.