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Julie Umerle
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Biography
Julie Umerle is an American-born artist based in London. She studied at Parsons School of Design, New York and at University College Falmouth, Cornwall. Recent exhibitions include a solo show Cosmos or Chaos at studio1.1, London in January 2010, The Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, London in 2009, and London Art Fair, Project Space, in 2009. She received three awards from Arts Council England for her painting in recent years (2009, 2007, 2005) and a Gottlieb Foundation award in 2001.
Artist Statement
Umerle's paintings are a combination of precision and chance. Her paintings are formally rigorous. 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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