Julie Marabelle is a French multidisciplinary artist and illustrator, founder of Famille Summerbelle. She lives in Amsterdam.
Julie trained as an Environmental Artist for Architectural Spaces at the Ecole Nationale Supérieur des Arts Appliqués et des Métiers d’Art (Olivier de Serres) in Paris, followed by a degree in Set and Costume Design at Central Saint Martins in London.
In 2008, after spending a decade immersed in London’s vibrant creative scene, Julie embarked on a six-month journey around the world with her family. Inspired by her travels, she began creating intricate paper-cut maps using a surgical scalpel—a tool she had previously employed for crafting scale models in her theatrical set designs.
Cutting through large sheets, she envisions playful and delicate universes, drawing inspiration from the places she lived and visited. With nature as a major source of inspiration, Julie describes her work as a continuous exploration of shapes, patterns and colours that she expresses through paper cuttings, drawings and paintings.
Her dedication to detail and craftsmanship shines through in every piece she creates. She values how a work of art—whether intricately cut or vibrantly coloured—can evoke a sense of belonging and joy within people’s homes.
She has exhibited her work in Paris, London and Tokyo and has been commissioned to create exclusive paper cut maps and artworks for private and commercial clients such as Issey Miyake, Bonton Japan, The Londoner Hotel Macao, Spaces, the V&A, Mothercare, Sainsburys, PanaHome and 72 & Sunny among others.
She is represented in Japan by Edition Paumes.