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Giulia Grillo is an Italian photographic artist, currently living in London, known for her surrealist compositions as well as portraying herself as “Petite Doll” where she explores the depths of her imagination whilst she identifies what it means to be a woman today. Petite Doll seeks to take photography out of its conventional, comfortable, and objective role, manifesting and distorting intricate concepts in her work, from the unsettling to the cute, holding a mirror to contemporary society and its underlying fears and desires.

After studying for a Bachelor in Graphic Design at The Academy of Fine Arts in Italy and a Masters of Arts in UAL, always passionate about photography, Giulia decided to combine the idea of surrealism to transform herself into “grotesque characters” to push boundaries of what people imagine is possible. She creates her own props and sets with the use of polymer clay, SFX prosthetics, resin, plaster etc. often collaborating with artists and sculptures from around the world.

Despite the seemingly photoshopped appearance, she meticulously crafts and composes every detail in her works, making only minor adjustments in post-production. Using a wide array of symbolic objects, from elaborate sculptures to everyday objects because she believes that real objectives give a sense of materiality that cannot be achieved digitally.

She has entered the video art and NFT space to expand the dreamlike dimensions for the worlds she creates.

Each work carries a whole manifestation of an intricate concept, raising the big question between what is real and what is not with otherworldly images, whilst defying beauty standards. Using opposites to create a visual balance such as beautiful & grotesque her pictures are able to provoke a different thought process for each viewer.

The Reflection of Yourself, 2020
The Golden Egg
The Danger of Money
The Crab Girl Escaped from the Freak Show
You Are Here
Perpetual Connection
The Crab Girl
Bat-temberg Cake
She's Magnetic
Say When
The Intergalactic Diner
Made with pure flesh
Cherries On Top
Bacchus
Aphrodisiac
Sickly Sweet
Fishing for new friends
Insomnia
Emotional Baggage
Take me Back
The Claw Machine
The Living Cathedral
Heartquake
Wild roses
Time Freeze
The Poisonus Mushroom
Glazed Look
My favourite music
I'm All Ears
Overthinking
Missing
Triple Taste
Guilty Pleasure
Skin Hunger
The Origin of Ideas
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In a Parallel Universe
The Seasonal Fruit
Triple Smell
The widows
The Deep Sea Creature
The Countess
Sweet Tooth
Oventhinking
Open your eyes
My Favourite Music
The Frozen Food Queen
Moving On
Dangerously sweet
The Sweetest Piece
Mind Blowing
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Brain tea
Bee Sweet
Morning at the park
Love me, love me not
Brainwash
Cinnamon Pie
Afternoon Tea
The Birthday Cake's Birthday
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