Biography
Julie Umerle is an abstract painter who lives and works in London's East End. Born in Connecticut, USA, she moved to London with her family at the age of five. She earned a First Class degree, BA (Hons) Fine Art, from Falmouth University, Cornwall, and was awarded a Masters of Fine Arts degree in 1998 from Parsons School of Design in New York, NY.
Julie makes work that explores the processes of abstract painting. Her practice is an investigation of materials and perception of the image. She paints in series that are consistently open-ended, exploring similarity, repetition and difference within each group of work. Recent paintings explore the parameters of geometry, colour and space.
Julie 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
2020 The Hampshire Art Show, Nadia Waterfield Fine Art, Andover, Hampshire
2019 Aesthetica Art Prize, Aesthetica Magazine, York Art Gallery, York
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 Beach, 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 Art Miami, Caridi Gallery, Miami Beach, Florida
2009 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2009 London Art Fair, Contemporary Art Projects, 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
2021 Arts Council England Award
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