Julie Crenn holds a doctorate in art history and is an art critic (a member of the AICA), and an independent exhibition curator. In 2005, she obtained a Master’s in Historical Research and Art Criticism from Université Rennes 2; the work of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was the subject of her thesis. As part of her research into feminist and postcolonial practices, she was given the title of Doctor of Arts (history and theory) by the Université Michel de Montaigne, Bordeaux III. Her thesis focused on contemporary textile practices and artistic works that highlight the theme of memory, history, gender, and cultural and sexual identities.
As an art critic, she contributes regularly to the magazines Artpress, Africultures, Laura, Branded, Ligeia, n.paradoxa, and Inter, art actuel. As a freelance exhibition curator she worked on several projects: : La Graineterie (Houilles), MAC VAL, Musée d’art contemporain de Rochechouart, Musée des Beaux-arts de Dole, FRAC Réunion, Musée Thomas Henry in Cherbourg, ICAIO (Mauritius), Galerie Lot10 (Brussels), Artothèque de Caen, Maison des arts de Malakoff, Transpalette (Bourges), Le Cube – Independent art room (Rabat), Le Parvis (Tarbes), Galerie Polaris (Paris), FRAC Aquitaine, MIAM (Sète), CAC La Traverse (Alfortville), Espace de l’Art Concret (Mouans-Sartoux), FRAC Franche Comté (Besançon), Galerie Odile Ouizeman (Paris), Galerie Claire Gastaud (Clermont Ferrand), and Faux Mouvement – Centre d’art contemporain de Metz. In 2018, Julie Crenn was the artistic director of the Les Ateliers des Arques residency in the Lot.
Since 2018, Julie Crenn is associate curator at Transpalette – Centre d’art contemporain de Bourges programme.
