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.

Get in touch at:[email protected]

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