Artist statement
Julie McCalden operates in an areana of exchange where everything is in a perpetual state of becoming. She actively seeks new ways of working and imposes no artifical restrictions on her practice. There is always a political undercurrent to the work; her use of everyday materials and products from low popular culture, which she subjects to labourious processes, invite questions of work, value and time. Her interest in commercial imagery examines notions of desire while camouflage techniques bring interpretations of truth, reality and the ambiguousness of art itself as a medium capable of revealing hidden meanings to the fore.
Qualifications and training
- 2010 MA Fine Art, School of Creative Arts, University of the West of England, Bristol
Group exhibitions
- 2012 gal.li.mau.fry, Motorcade/FlashParade, Bristol
- 2012 Here Comes Everybody, Motorcade/FlashParade, Bristol
- 2011 TO PAY RESPECT TO THE GENEROSITY OF THE THREE-MINUTE PUNK-ROCK SONG, Crate Studio and Project Space, Margate
- 2011 FAZEBUK – asocialnetwork, Galerie Weltraum, Rumfordstr. 26, Munich
- 2011 Travel. Agency., Madescapes, Redcliffe, Bristol
- 2010 Smokescreen, Galerie Weltraum, Rumfordstr. 26, Munich
- 2010 Punctuated Space, The Beachcroft Space, Bristol
- 2010 D.I.Y., Surface Arts, Exeter
- 2010 From within the bungalow, a 1950's bungalow, Pill
Curated projects
- 2012 Bread & Roses, Motorcade/FlashParade, Bristol
Live/Performance
- 2011 Shit/Fuck - Girl Gang Performance at Ubersong, Chapter, Cardiff
Artist talks
- 2011 Arist Talk, University of the West of England, Bristol
- 2010 SMOKESCREEN Talk, Spike Island Associates, Bristol
Residencies
- 2010 D.I.Y., Surface Arts, Exeter
Projects
- 2011 Director at, Motorcade/FlashParade, Bristol
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2011 Grants for the Arts, Arts Council Funding, Motorcade/FlashParade, Bristol
- 2010 Spike Associates Project Fund Bursary, Spike Associates, Spike Island, Bristol
Publications
- 2012 Shoulder to Shoulder, Here Comes Everybody
Other
- 2011 Gang Member, Girl Gang, The World
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