Aneesa Julmice b. 2001
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Aneesa Julmice is a Haitian-American multidisciplinary artist based in New York. Julmice investigates her fascination of black feminine existence within a digital age, and more specifically, how technology responds to black women.
Julmice is a self-taught painter working in digital mediums of various kinds. She uses portraiture as a means to explore the capabilities of the software she uses including Procreate and Photoshop, and works emphasizing black subjects and unique technology.
Julmice embraces her traditional skill sets while investigating the extent to which paintings are defined. She hopes to redefine the standard, by asking questions like, “How do paintings move?” and “How do they sound?” Julmice emphasizes the importance of representation in her work and strives to destigmatize digital mediums in the world of fine art.
In my work, I explore the consequential phenomena that occur from being observed online such as internet doxing, parasocial relationships, and overconsumption.
My most recent pieces such as “Doxed” and “Nude: Unaware” feature nude female figures whose identities are obscured by latex masks. Amongst the figures are pieces of technology such as cameras and screens that tell the narrative of social surveillance. These masks work to portray anonymity while the bare bodies of the subjects reveal a level of vulnerability. In essence, my work explores the phenomena of being exposed and “naked” online, especially for women; blurring the line between an individual’s true nature and how they are portrayed on the internet.
Parasocial relationships: one-sided relationships, where one person extends emotional energy, interest and time, and the other party, the persona, is completely unaware of the other's existence...