Julie Umerle

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Biography

Julie Umerle is an American-born artist based in London.  She studied Fine Art at University College Falmouth and then at Parsons School of Design, New York, where she received her MFA . She currently lives and works in the East End of London.

Recent exhibitions include a solo show, Cosmos or Chaos, at studio1.1, London in 2010. Group shows include: Art of Angel presented by Art Below in London in 2012, Unearthed at Warton House, London in 2011, Parsons Alumni at the Caridi Gallery, Miami in 2010, and The Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, London in 2009. 

Umerle is the recipient of several awards from Arts Council England (2009, 2007, 2005) and a 2001 Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation award.

Artist Statement

Umerle's paintings are 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.

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Website www.julieumerle.com