About Juli
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Juli creates expressive landscapes using water-based paint on canvas, wood, paper and metal. Her work is based on moments of connection with place. Recently she has been reflecting on how grief changes the way she responds to familiar locations.
Juli came to art as a pain management technique. The chronic condition fibromyalgia gives her an acute sensitivity to light and colour which informs her palette.
The restorative power of time spent in woodlands is a recurring theme through her work. Juli’s paintings and her personal experience are testament to the possibility of reclaiming your life from trauma or disability
Juli's painting is rooted in her journey from isolated invalid to gallery artist. For decades she was locked in chronic pain, worklessness, and despair. When, in her late fifties, she reconnected with a childhood love of the visual arts, it changed her life.
In 2021, one of Juli’s paintings was selected for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, and she took part in a BBC2 documentary about the exhibition. The self-taught artist has participated in numerous fairs and group exhibitions including with ArtCan and the Society of East Anglian Watercolourists.
Artist CV
2026
Shortlisted, Handle with Care, Art for Planet Earth, September, ongoing
Shortlisted, Gut/Brain/ Immunity Art project with John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, ongoing
A Day in May Revisited, Auto Amor, Sevenoaks, September
Long listed for the VAA Artist of the Year
The Shape of Trees, Stiwdio Maleor, Snowdonia, August/October
En Plein Air, Rye Art Gallery, Sussex, August
Splash, ArtCan, Art Movement Gallery, London, August
Affordable Art Exhibition, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield, May
Spring Open, St Ives Society of Artists, St Ives, May/June
Under the Stalls Art Fair, Norwich, April
Southfields Art Festival, Southfields, London, March
Shelter, Outside In National Open Exhibition, Christie's London, January
2025
End of Year Show, Art of Isolation, Surrey Quays, London, December
Aqua Art, Miami Art Week, December
Art As Refuge, contribution to conference and digital publication through Outside In, November
Light in the Dark, Gallery Grounds, Southampton, November – December
Wandsworth Artists Open House, October
Art in the Park, Commonworks Gallery, Wimbledon, September
Cover Artist Time & Leisure Magazine, Wimbledon, September
People's Choice Winner, the Level Centre National Exhibition, September
En Plein Air Exhibition, Rye Art Gallery, Rye, August – September
Longlisted for the VAA Artist of the Year, August
National Open Exhibition Level Centre, Derbyshire, July – September
Longlisted for the VAO 2025, July
Outside In National Open Exhibition, from June
Southfields Art Festival, London, March
2024
Winter Open, Linden Hall Studio, Deal, December
Bobcat Gallery, Putney, December
Art Fair East, Norwich, November
Wandsworth artists Open house, October
Longlisted, Visual Artists Open, July
Shortlisted, Artist of the Year 2024, Visual Artists Association, June
Artist in Residence, for the charity A Space Between
Shortlisted, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
England Is a Forest, Small Works Gallery, Colchester, June
For the Love of Colour, Carre Gallery, Sleaford, June
New Beginnings, Badger in the Wall Gallery, Yorkshire Dales, May
2023
Then & Now, Virtual Exhibition, ArtCan, December
Winter, Water Street Gallery, West Yorkshire, October
Art Fair East, Norwich, December
Perspectives on Bury St Edmunds, October (Art in East Anglia Gallery)
Solo Artist Open House, August
Longlisted for VAA Professional Artist Award, July
Longlisted for Women in Art Prize, June
Sanctuary , Cambridge, May (group exhibition female ArtCan artists put on with a bursary from the Hollybush Prize.)
Saltaire Arts Trail, Bradford, May
Shortlisted for the D31 Art Prize ,
Unconsumed, the Shoe Factory, Norwich,
Ensemble, Paris, February – year-long exhibition with ArtCan
Mythical Woods, Stanton Guildhouse - year-long exhibition
2022
WaterWays, Babylon, Ely, September (Society of East Anglian Watercolourists)
Painting the Wetlands, London, August
Walking with Trees, Guildhall Studio, Bury St Edmunds, April (6 week Gallery exhibition in partnership with a photographer)
Awash, Handa Gallery, Wells next the Sea, February (Society of East Anglian Watercolourists)
Explore 01, New York, February (extended exhibition through ArtCan)
2021
ING Discerning Eye, London
BBC 2 Documentary on Summer Exhibition applicants October
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition,
"Reclaiming Magic" September
Framed! Street Art Southfields Summer, (long-running public art project in south London), featured in the South London Press
Sussex Art Fair, July
2020
ING Discerning Eye, November
2019
Featured in South London Press
The New Artist Fair, London