Artist Profile: Julian Fuentes

Overview
Julian Fuentes is a fiber-based artist newly rooted in New York City, whose current series of tufted works explore themes of mental health and emotional resonance. Drawing inspiration from his own poetry written during periods of depression, Fuentes translates internal landscapes into textured abstractions. His use of Polaroid-like framing and disrupted gradients is both an homage to analog photography and a meditation on fragility, memory, and healing. With a practice grounded in experimentation across mediums—from drawing and sculpture to 3D printing and tufting—Fuentes creates tactile environments that invite quiet contemplation.