Artist statement
Biography: Julie Umerle was born in Connecticut, USA. She lives and works in London.
Julie Umerle trained as a fine artist at University College Falmouth and holds an MFA from Parsons School of Design in New York City. She has been the recipient of a number of awards, including an Individual Support Grant from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation (2001) and several Arts Council Awards for Artists (2009/2007/2005).
Her work is included in the collections of Deutsche Bank, Warburg Pincus, Pinsent Masons and Societe Generale as well as private collections both in the UK and abroad. She exhibits in the UK and internationally.
Influences:
Aesthetic and formal concerns.
Statement:
The composition of Julie Umerle's paintings is determined by a combination of precision and chance. Materiality of paint and attention to surface are countered by a strong compositional element within the structure of the work. Layer upon layer of paint is built up, each layer intersecting with the previous. The canvases are slowly worked, allowing gravity to direct the flow of paint. Umerle's paintings are about the physicality of paint. The simplicity and power of these images are their hallmark.
Qualifications and training
- 1998 MFA (Painting), Parsons School of Design, New York
Solo exhibitions
- 2010 Cosmos or Chaos, studio1.1, London
- 2008 'Ten Paintings', DMH Stallard LLP, London
- 1995 'Recent Paintings', Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry
Group exhibitions
- 2012 Art of Angel, Angel Tube Station, London (more info)
- 2012 Art of Angel, Candid Arts Trust, London (more info)
- 2012 Art/Converters!, studio1.1, London (more info)
- 2011 UNEARTHED, Warton House, London (more info)
- 2011 Open Studios, ACME Fire Station, London (more info)
- 2010 Parsons Alumni, Caridi Gallery, Miami, Florida
- 2009 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- 2009 London Art Fair, Contemporary Art Projects, Islington, London
- 2009 Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures, New York
- 2008 '00 Nature', Contemporary Art Projects, London
- 2007 'Art in Mind', Brick Lane Gallery, London
- 2007 'Arts Unwrapped', Acme Fire Station, London (more info)
- 2006 'Below the Radar', Mantra Art, London
- 2005 'art4life', Christies, London
- 2003 'Four artists', Woolff Gallery, London
- 2002 'art4life', Christie's, London
- 2001 'Summer Show', Blue Gallery, London
- 1999 '14th Street Painters', Earl Gallery, New York
- 1998 'MFA Thesis show', Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York
- 1998 'a to b' Drawing Salon, Cameron and Weiland, New York
- 1997 'Generations', A.I.R. Gallery, New York
- 1997 'Night of a Thousand Drawings', Artists Space, New York
- 1996 'Picacoc 3', Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia
- 1996 'British Abstract Art: Part 3', Flowers East, London
- 1996 'Cabinet Show', Blue Gallery, London
- 1995 'Fear of Flatness', Atlantis Gallery, London
- 1995 'The London Group', Barbican, London
Competitions, prizes and awards
- 2009 Arts Council England Award
- 2007 Arts Council England Award
- 2005 Arts Council England Award
- 2001 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award
- 1996 Parsons Scholarship
- 1996 London Arts Board Award
Web links - gallery/work/projects
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