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YULIA IOSILZON, RAFFLESIA

SAPLING GALLERY // ART DIRECTION // ARTIST'S EDITION PRINT

A collectible fragment of an amphibious myth.

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A signed, limited-edition giclée print developed in close collaboration with artist Yulia Iosilzon for Sapling Gallery. The original painting was part of a body of work exploring metamorphosis, hybridity, and amphibious femininity, grounded in a fictional text by curator Sonja Teszler.

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I worked closely with Yulia and Sapling Gallery to translate the painting into print while preserving its narrative density. Together, we embedded multiple fragments of hand-lettered text – drawn from Teszler’s writing – into the composition. Painted by Yulia and composed typographically by me, the text moves through the image in a rhythm that mirrors its internal structure. Rather than functioning as caption or commentary, these annotations were treated as an integral layer within the painting: spatially embedded, materially present, and narratively active.​ Every aspect of the edition – from typographic structure to material finish – was considered as a continuation of the artwork’s internal poetics.

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Artist: Yulia Iosilzon

Gallery: Sapling in collaboration with Hurtwood Books

Art Direction & Design: Billie Temple

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