Biography

Julie Umerle is an abstract painter who lives and works in East London. Umerle received a 1st class Hons degree from Falmouth University, Cornwall, followed by a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Parsons School of Design in New York City.

 

Umerle works in series that are consistently open-ended; exploring similarity, repetition and difference within each group of paintings. Her practice is an investigation of materials and perception of the image, exploring the materiality of paint and the processes of abstract painting.

 

Umerle has exhibited extensively in the UK and internationally, and is the recipient of  a number of awards from Arts Council England. Her work is represented in public and private collections worldwide including Deutsche Bank, Societe Generale and Pinsent Masons LLP.

 

In 2019, her memoir 'Art, Life and Everything' was published in London as a limited edition.

 

Selected exhibitions:

2019  Made in Britain, National Museum of Poland, Gdansk

2019   A Book About Death, Islip Art Museum, New York  

2018   Another World curated by Tracey Emin, Deutsche Bank Lounge, Frieze, London

2018   In Residence, The Marriott Canary Wharf, London (solo show)   

2018   Beyond The Surface, The Crypt, Marylebone, London

2017   Contemporary Masters from Britain, Yantai Art Museum, China (touring)  

2017   Creekside Open selected by Alison Wilding, APT Gallery, London

2016   Rewind, Art Bermondsey Project Space, London (solo show)

2016   Scope Art Show, Miami, Florida

2015   Contemporary British Watercolours, Maidstone Museum, Kent (touring)

2015    Present Tense, Swindon Art Gallery, Wiltshire

2014   Contemporary British Painting, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Yorkshire   

2014   Art Converters, studio1.1, London

2012   Art of Angel, Angel Underground Station, Islington, London

2011   Unearthed, Warton House, Stratford, London

2011   Fire Station Centenary, Acme Studios, London

2010   Cosmos or Chaos, studio1.1, Shoreditch, London (solo show) 

2010   Caridi Gallery, Art Miami, Florida

2009   Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London

2009   London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, Islington, London

2009   Postcards from the Edge, Metro Pictures, New York, NY 

2008   Start Your Collection, Contemporary Art Projects, Shoreditch, London

2008   Ten Paintings, DMH Stallard LLP, London (solo show)

2008   00 Nature, Contemporary Art Projects, Shoreditch, London

2007   Art in Mind, Brick Lane Gallery, London

2007   Arts Unwrapped, Acme Fire Station, London

2006   Below the Radar, Mantra Art, London

2005   Art4life, Christie's, King Street, London

2003   Four Artists, Woolff Gallery, London   

2003   Summer Show, Woolff Gallery, London

2002   Art4lilfe, Christie's, King Street, London

2001   Summer Show, Blue Gallery, Shoreditch, London

1999   14th Street Painters, Earl Gallery, New York, NY

 

Awards:

2015   Arts Council England Award

2008   Arts Council England Award

2007   Arts Council England Award

2005   Arts Council England Award

2001   Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Award