Suffolk-based painter Juli Fejer creates expressive landscapes that are at once familiar and strange. Intense colour, use of verticals and unusual perspectives bring energy and immediacy to her work. She is inspired by her personal experience of the healing power of nature, and the wider relationship between society and the natural environment. She is fascinated by the secret language of trees and their role in combating climate change.
The chronic pain condition fibromyalgia gives Fejer an acute sensitivity to smells, sounds and colours, which allows her to pick up the nuances of her surroundings. Her art practice includes acrylic on canvas, watercolour, and painting on her iPad.
Artist CV
In 2018, Juli Fejer began painting on her iPad to distract herself from the chronic pain of fibromyalgia. She was encouraged to take her talent seriously by therapist at St George's Hospital in South London. She quickly reconnected with a childhood love of painting and drawing and what had started as a pastime became her passion. She has no formal training in art, and worked in marketing and public affairs until 2002.
Juli Fejer is a member of ArtCan and of the VAA and an associate member of the Society of East Anglian Watercolourists.
Longlisted, Visual Artists Open, 2024, July 2024
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Shortlisted, Artist of the Year 2024, Visual Artists Association, June 2024
Artist in Residence, for the charity A Space Between
Shortlisted, Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 2024,
England Is a Forest, Small Works Gallery, Colchester & digital, June 2024
For the Love of Colour, Carre Gallery, Sleaford, June 2024
New Beginnings, Badger in the Wall Gallery, Yorkshire Dales, May 2024 (open call)
Then & Now, Virtual Exhibition, December 2023 (ArtCan)
Winter, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, October 2023 (open call by Water Street Gallery)
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Art Fair East, Norwich, December 2023
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Perspectives on Bury St Edmunds, October 2023 (Art in East Anglia Gallery)
Solo Artist Open House, August 2023
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Longlisted for VAA Professional Artist Award, July 2023
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Longlisted for Women in Art Prize, June 2023
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Sanctuary , Cambridge, May 2023 (group exhibition female ArtCan artists put on with a bursary from the Hollybush Prize.)
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Saltaire Arts Trail, Bradford, May 2023
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Shortlisted for the D31 Art Prize , April 2023, D31 Gallery
Unconsumed, Norwich, March 2023 (open call exhibition in the Shoe Factory art space)
Ensemble, Paris, February 2023 – (year-long exhibition with ArtCan)
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Mythical Woods, Stanton Guildhouse January 2023 – (year-long exhibition through open call)
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WaterWays, Babylon, Ely, September 2022 (open call Society of East Anglian Watercolourists)
Painting the Wetlands, London August 2022
Walking with Trees, Guildhall Studio, Bury St Edmunds, April 2022 (6 week Gallery exhibition in partnership with a photographer)
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Awash, Handa Gallery, Wells next the Sea, February 2022 (open call by Society of East Anglian Watercolourists)
Explore 01, New York, February 2022 (extended exhibition through ArtCan)
ING Discerning Eye, 2021
BBC 2 Documentary, on Summer Exhibition applicants October 2021
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition,
"Reclaiming Magic" September 2021
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Framed! Street Art Southfields Summer, 2021, (long-running public art project in south London)
Sussex Art Fair, July 2021
ING Discerning Eye, November 2020
The New Artist Fair, London, 2019
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