Statement

My installations are a playful response to the architectural space they inhabit. They are grounded in painting: the study of shape, color, space, and light. They are ephemeral and immediate.

I am fascinated by the illusionistic qualities of film and theater, which really just mirror the illusion of reality that we experience daily.

My process is to prepare half of the installation at home and complete the remaining half on site during the 2-3 days of gallery install. It is not until I arrange what I’ve prepared on site and respond with paint and collage materials that a work reveals its narrative to me. I am always excited to discover the relationships between the found, altered, and handmade objects. They tell me, I don’t tell them. The entire process is intuitive, responsive, and subconscious. My intention is for the work to read first as an oversized collage and then for the viewer to discover small areas of detail and humor.

The excitement of not knowing what the final results will yield or how I might respond is what fuels my practice.

Bio

Julie was born in Washington, DC at George Washington University Hospital Center. She was raised in Silver Spring, MD and attended public school. From a very young age, Julie was attracted to the visual, performing, and literary arts, making her very bad at math. In high school Julie acted in Shakespeare and sang and danced in musicals. She was also a host of a cable access show called Art Strands. At the University of Maryland, Julie studied painting and film criticism, graduating in 2002 with honors. She spoke at her graduation ceremony. Next, Julie spent 3 years as a buyer and manager for a heath food store and later worked next door to the White House for the International Association of Fire Fighters. In 2006, Julie moved to Seattle to earn her MFA in Painting from the University of Washington. Since graduating in 2008, she has had multiple exhibitions, is a recipient of the Artist Trust GAP Grant, a member of SOIL Artist-Run Gallery, and a dancing taco for the music project The Branflakes. Julie's friend Nola gave her the moniker Q.O.E. (Queen of Everything). Julie is currently attempting to live up to this name.