About Julia Flit
Julia Flit is a Kazakhstani artist and photographer based in London. She began her career in 2012, working internationally with leading jewellery designers and producing campaigns published across Condé Nast titles.
During the pandemic, she shifted her focus toward fine art, developing an underwater self-portrait practice that explores emotion, identity, and states of transformation. Alongside photography, Julia has expanded into a conceptual, materially driven practice, creating mixed-media installations using aluminium, silk, plaster and experimental 16mm. Her work often investigates liminality, protection, memory, and the thresholds between visibility and dissolution.
Julia is accredited by The Association of Photographers and has received multiple awards. Her fine art has appeared on the covers of ArtMuse (2025) and Lens Magazine (2024). She continues to evolve her interdisciplinary practice, guided by themes of vulnerability, presence, and quiet resistance.
Artist Statement
My work is a journey through the realms of my subconscious, providing a space to recognize and process emotions, seeking spirituality and deeper meaning in life.
Highlighting the transient nature of existence, I create multilayered photography underwater, the process that forces me to submerge and face my fears. This underwater realm mimics the liminal state of mind—an initiation just before meeting with one’s new self.
In the context of metamodernism, my art reflects the oscillation between hope and despair, sincerity and irony, striving to compress the indeterminacy of time into a single image, capturing moments in forms not normally visible to the naked eye.
I incorporate elements from Ana Mendieta’s earth-body works and René Magritte’s technique of obscuring faces, creating a dialogue between the visible and the hidden. Inspired by Yves Klein, I use my body as a brush to express intense experiences and feelings as the means to release pain and seek catharsis.
Water, a powerful symbol of rebirth, becomes my co-creator, infusing my work with spontaneity and collaboration.
Thus, my art invites viewers to embark on their own journeys of self-discovery, using these visual narratives to confront their inner fears and embrace continuous change and rebirth.
Exhibitions and Press
Selected Exhibitions & Fairs
2025 · JS Gallery by IMC, Platforms Project Independent Contemporary Art Fair, Athens, Greece
2025 · Group Exibition, “Kaleidoscope: Small Worlds”, Art MOZAIK Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, USA.
2025 · Group Exhibition, Glasgow Gallery of Photography, UK
2024 · Solo Exhibition, Mayfair Pop-Up, London, UK
2024 · Group Exhibition, Decode Gallery, Arizona, USA
2024 · Group Exhibition, Mixed Identities, Venice, Italy
2024 · The Other Art Fair, New York, USA
2023 · Photo London, with Litehouse Gallery, UK
Awards
2025 · IPA Official selection
2025 · Honourable Mention, ITSLIQUID Contest (17th Edition)
2024 · Chromatic Awards — Hon. Mention, Fine Art (Professional)
2023 · Chromatic Awards — Hon. Mention, Fine Art & Nudes (Professional)
Press
ArtMuse, Issue 17 (2025) – Cover + Interview
Lens Magazine, Final Issue 123 (2024) – Feature Article
Tilda6 (2024) – Interview
ArtistCloseUp (2024) – Online Interview
Accreditation
Member of The Association of Photographers (UK)