Artist Statement
|
Through the immediacy of image-making, I find a meaningful channel for ideas that hover and live in my sub-conscious mind. These images flicker, find form and dissipate once exposed to my conscious observation. These nebulous confines attempt to capture and define these glimpses or moments in time. Primitive elements and imagery are transformational and aid in the fabrication of meaning.
Capturing the beauty of a given moment in time be it ephemeral or definitive, informs my work. The work lives within the realm of the unconscious or sub-conscious mind. In a place where knowing meets uncertainty and familiarity is felt. The competing nature of the human experience and the quirks of memory that seem inherent in our nature are represented through figurative pictorial devise coupled with mediums that aid in the obfuscation of intention. Currently, in my original commissioned art I am working with various combinations of ink, encaustic, gouache, resin, acrylic, and digital photography. Color is experienced through the presence of light so by choosing to work with such luminous mediums, the color in the works are enriched and their experience intensified. I am interested in creating or alluding to a physical surface sensibility or dimensionality on a 2D plane. - Julia Abbott Artist/Photographer/ Image-Maker |
|
Born in Houston, TX, Julia Abbott is a contemporary artist and photographer whose work is widely recognized for its abstract fluid forms and scenes derived from nature.
Upon receiving a B.A. in Communications and Design from the University of Houston, she moved to London where she studied painting and art history at The Courtauld Institute of Art at University of London, England. Following her art studies and education, Abbott moved to San Francisco where she continued to paint and showed in numerous galleries, as well as, meeting her Finnish husband. She then moved to Atlanta and then to Antigua, Guatemala for two years. Evolving her techniques and honing her vision. Following this time, her signature vibrant color stories and organic shapes became hallmarks of her art. Abbott spends summers in Finland at her family’s lake cabin in Kivijarvi where she finds inspiration from nature and the simplicity of form which is reflected in abstract forms of her painting and photography. Today, Abbott’s work continues to evolve with her new “VIVIFY” Series. Gaining recent acclaim with her inclusion in 2023 New Texas Talent at Craig Head Green Gallery in Dallas and Gallery exhibitions. Her work has been exhibited worldwide, in London, Antigua, San Francisco, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, and Helsinki, as well as, being published in a variety of periodicals including New Art International, Stroll, and New American Paintings. Abbott currently resides in the Houston Heights with her husband Vesa, their daughter Viviana, dog Luna, cat Sunny Boy and two birds Mustikka and Tuutti. 
|