Cell Life by Justine Formentelli

Title: Cell Life
Artist: Justine Formentelli
Medium: Acrylic on paper 
Size: 84 cm x 60 cm 

"For me, Evergreen is not only about permanence, but about the quiet persistence of life: the way forms stretch toward one another, repair themselves, and carry memory through their layers. The imagery suggests ecosystems growing in slow motion, structures that endure by adapting, and a life force that moves beyond human time.

"Each piece is a glimpse into this unending cycle — a moment within a living rhythm that never stops." - Justine Formentelli, 2025

Justine Formentelli (b.1973) lives and works in London. She gained an MFA from City and Guilds of London in 2018. After completing a BA in Illustration from Atlanta College of Art, USA, Formentelli remained in the US working as a Production Designer at Harpers Bazarre. Her practice is deeply concerned with the external world and how it permeates us on a profound level, connecting us all by way of an existential flow that moves through and around us. Using transparent, watery veils of paint, she blurs the distinction between foreground and background, examining the interplay between inner self and outer world. Whether drawing inspiration from the human body, the vegetal realm, or the mineral world, Formentelli sets up encounters between different forms, which at times merge and fuse into one another.