Bio:

Juliette Vaissière (b. 1995, France) received her BFA at the University of North Texas in 2018, and her MFA from the New York Academy of Art in 2020, where she was awarded the Art Merit Scholar Award. Working primarily in oil, Vaissière draws inspiration from her childhood in the South of France and the French Baroque and Rococo period as a means of processing and understanding modern-day consumerism.
Her current body of work focuses on imagined landscapes featuring topiaries and sculptures as placeholders for the human figure. Topiaries are also a poignant symbol of how far [we] are willing to go to control our environment: even the wild beauty of a bush or tree is seen as something to be pruned, trimmed, and controlled. 

She has exhibited in group shows primarily in New York and Los Angeles, including three benefits held at Sotheby’s, New York. In 2023, she participated in a four-person exhibition with Harsh Collective (New York, NY), and co-curated an exhibition for the Manhasset Public Library with artist and professor Thomas Germano. Vaissière has also been awarded several artist residencies and grants, most recently attending the Cuttyhunk Island Artist Residency in 2024.

She currently lives, works, and teaches in Shrewsbury, MA.