Julia Desiree Merican
is a writer and editor living in London.
Julia Merican is a British-Malaysian (+ Singaporean) writer from Kuala Lumpur. She is currently completing an MA at the Royal College of Art, and finding writing in the third person quite a lot of fun.Her words have appeared in various print and digital publications, and once, quite excitingly, on an unfurling scroll in a gallery. She often finds herself thinking about transitory or ruined spaces, how heritage is made and broken, and the art of living so gently you barely make a sound.
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2024
protecting the flame
2023
allom! amatai! allom! / signs of the times / gallery in a state of undress / diasporic dysphoria
2022
gift exchange / the directness of apples / dressing up for noodles / a silent dwelling / "let the land be" / monitoring the belt and road initiative
2021
cosmopolitan reveries / turmoil within and without / a conversational art with larissa pham / how i settle myself / the gendered politics of 'mustang' / at the core of it
2020
the cerebral and the sensual / meta morphosis / unlucky / 'hidden lines' exhibition text / jb blunk estate x francis gallery / being foreign, abroad and at home
2019
'fragmented bodies' wall text / the allure of the italian summer / hungry ghosts
2024
the DODO issue #4 / the DODO issue #3
2023
SEARCH vol. 2: kitsch / the DODO issue #2 / the DODO issue #1
2021
ORB autumn issue / ORB spring issue / cereal vol. 21
2020
cereal vol. 20 / from the lighthouse issue #1