Julia Boix-Vives

Bio

Julia Boix-Vives is a French artist based in the Netherlands. After studying multimedia art at the Beaux-Arts in Grenoble and sculpture at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, she specialised in video art and performance in Paris. Her practice of dance and Kinomichi (a Japanese movement art) inspires a deeply physical approach to her work with materials and objects, as well as a particular focus on movement in her videos and performances. 
For over a decade, contemporary jewellery has become an integral part of her artistic practice, culminating in a Master’s degree in Jewellery and Object, awarded with great distinction in 2024 from the PXL MAD School of Arts in Hasselt, Flanders, Belgium. She exhibited at DIVA in 2026, the diamond museum in Antwerp, after a 3-month artist residency in 2025.  
Julia explores the tensions between visual arts and jewellery/object art, redefining the function of ornamentation and its relationship to the body. She draws inspiration from the universal history of the woman's ritual in front of her mirror, creating a highly personal, dreamlike universe where Gesture takes centre stage. 

Statement

Powder Memories - The Woman in front of the Mirror, stories and gestures 

Julia Boix-Vives explores the tensions between fine arts and the art of jewellery and objects by redefining the functions of ornamentation and the relationship to the body. Inspired by the universal ritual of a woman in front of her mirror, she creates a highly personal dreamlike universe where gesture becomes the principal character. 

In her latest jewellery creations, she incorporates beauty accessories such as makeup brushes, powder puffs, sponges, and exfoliating nets, combining them with precious stones and metal. At times, she integrates the "extra-plastic" force of an antique object, inspired by its history and symbolism. Her jewellery and objects invite the viewer to experience a poetic gesture. 
Julia also choreographs her jewellery in videos, perpetuating the vertiginous immersion of the ritual of the woman in front of her mirror. 

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