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Whimsical and naïve objects; accidental shapes turn deliberate, forming non-existent landscapes, creatures, and situations, all evoking something strangely familiar.

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My name is Julia Belozertseva [b. 1989], I am an artist and architectural designer based in London, UK. I also work under the name l-0, derived from the first letter of my name in Cyrillic [Ю], read as ‘Yu’.

From an early age, drawing and painting were central to my life. When I said I wanted to be an artist as a child, I was told that it was not a profession, and for a time I set drawing aside. This uncertainty eventually led me to architecture — a field I entered without fully understanding it, yet one that reconnected me with visual thinking, spatial memory, and image-making.

Alongside architectural projects, I continued to draw and paint. These works gradually evolved into an independent practice, culminating in my first series, Architectural Memories [2014]. The series transformed faint, almost forgotten impressions of places into visual form, marking a shift away from architecture as a profession and toward a more open artistic practice focused on memory, atmosphere, and how spaces linger in recollection.

My current work is inspired by ancient graffiti and by the marks nature leaves on surfaces — traces shaped by chance, erosion, and human presence. These marks often resemble imagined landscapes, creatures, or objects, hovering between recognition and abstraction. I follow these accidental forms and refine them into something more deliberate, allowing natural formation and human intention to overlap and leave quiet, ambiguous impressions.

I work with painting and ceramics, often beginning without a fixed outcome. Through layering paint or shaping clay, I respond intuitively to emerging forms before introducing control and detail. My practice moves between memory and imagination, creating spaces of uncertainty where familiar fragments remain unstable, inviting viewers to find their own associations and meanings.

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> Education:

2017–2019, Master of Arts with Distinction
in Architecture and Urbanism
MARCH in collaboration with London Metropolitan University

2007–2013, Architect
State University of Land Use Planning, Moscow


> Exhibitions:

2022
Archmoscow > In Search of Balance [group]

2021
Signal Music Festival > Temporary Art Installation [built]

2019
Zodchestvo > MARCH Architecture School [group]