Statement

I make inkjet prints on translucent gampi paper, dampened before printing so the ink diffuses within the fibers. The process balances the precision of the machine with the fluidity of ink and moisture. Each image begins as a sketch, watercolor, or photograph, revised and refined over time until it becomes less about the subject itself and more about the act of seeing.

I’m drawn to the transparency and liquidity of the materials I work with—the way forms shift, meanings dissolve, and light passes through. These qualities guide both my process and my thinking. The finished prints are distilled and open-ended, like veils you can look at and look through at once. They invite reflection on how perception and imagination overlap, where meaning stays fluid, provisional, alive.

Bio

Julian Harake is an artist and architect based in Bozeman, Montana, where he teaches at Montana State University’s School of Architecture. His work merges digital imaging, drawing, and material experimentation to explore how perception takes shape through fragile, shifting surfaces. He has exhibited nationally, including in New York, Montana, and California. Julian received a 2023 Creatives Rebuild New York Artist Grant and completed a residency at the Center for Art, Science, and Technology in Santa Barbara. He earned his Master of Architecture from Princeton University, where he was awarded the Suzanne Kolarik Underwood Thesis Prize.