Fractal Artist - Amsterdam
Fractal worlds you can walk into
I’m Julius Horsthuis. I create immersive fractal environments such as films, planetarium experiences and large-scale installations for museums, festivals or concerts. My work has shown on Netflix, at Coachella and Art Basel and in domes and galleries worldwide.
SHOWN AND COMMISSIONED BY NETFLIX ATELIER DES LUMIÈRES, PARIS NXT MUSEUM ARTECHOUSE COACHELLA
77
FRACTAL SHORTS
13
MUSIC VIDEOS
4
FULLDOME FILMS
12
YEARS OF WORK
01 - WATCH
Finding worlds inside Mathematics
SHOWREEL - FRACTALICIOUS
My work is made almost entirely from fractals: landscapes generated from mathematical formulas and rendered in Mandelbulb3D. The structures are self-similar, so whether you zoom in or out the code appears to recreate the whole. When micro mirrors macro, scale becomes impossible to read.
I describe the practice as closer to a naturalist or a documentary film-maker than a painter. The spaces aren't designed — they're scouted for, navigated and composed within. They already exist inside the formulas.
02 - THREE WAYS IN
Pick the door that fits why you’re here
WATCH
Films & Music Videos
77 fractal short films spanning 2013 up to now, and 13 music videos including Meshuggah, Max Cooper and others.
BROWSE THE FILMS
EXPERIENCE
Installations, Domes & VR
Full-room works for immersive venues, four fulldome films for planetariums, and Recombination in VR. Remastered to each room’s exact geometry.
SEE THE IMMERSIVE WORK
WORK TOGETHER
Commissions & Licensing
Bring an existing work to your space, or commission something new. Installations, fulldome licensing, live and tour visuals, music videos, brand work.
CONTACT ME
03 - SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Where the work has been shown
2024 - 2025
2022
Atelier des Lumières - Paris
Foreign Nature in the nineteenth-century foundry on the rue Saint-Maur.
Noor Riyadh Festival, Saudi Arabia
Fractal Horizons in Riyadh
“Sci-fi cathedrals, the wall text says. It is not even an exaggeration. Digital art is much more than what you can see on your phone or laptop. You have to see it big.”