Born in San Jose, California.
Lives and works between London, England and Upstate, New York
1999 B.A. Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London.
1999 Wardens Prize, Goldsmiths College
2019-21 Turps Correspondence Course
Selection of painting shows, performances, film screenings and residencies:
Institutions
2025 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Show, London
2016 John Moore’s Painting Prize, at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Solo painting shows
2025 'In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated', Lido Stores, Margate
2023 'Pieces of Perfection', Union Club, Greek Street, London
2014 ‘Spindrift’, ASC, Erlang House, London, SE1. (drawing/painting/installation)
2010 ‘8 Days a Week’, Esquire Space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
2005 ‘Talk to Her’, Tomas March Gallery, Valencia, Spain
2003/2005 Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam (painting)
2000/2003/2005 Michael Janssen, Cologne (solo and group shows)
2002 Edward Mitterand Gallery, Geneva (with Thomas Grunfeld),
2000/2002 Massimo de Carlo Project Space, Milan (with Clare Woods)
Group painting shows
2026 Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Woodstock, NY
2025 9 x 5 Byrdcliffe Art Colony, Woodstock, NY
2024/23 Lexington House Art Colony, NY (collage/painting), curated by Jill Benson/Upstate Art W/E
2023 'The Goddesses', Terrace Gallery, London
2022 'Seeing with the lights out' Terrace Gallery at Patchworks
2021 'Julie's Bob' Terrace Gallery, Leyton, London (curated by Julia Warr)
2019 'A Hand Stuffed Mattress', Terrace Gallery, Leyton, London
2008 Works on Paper, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, curated by Paul Bloodgood, NYC
2007 Yvon Lambert Project Space, NYC with Brickley, Mellor, Short, and Duravcevic
2007 'Things from your Life' curated by Paul Bloodgood, Queens, NYC.
2007 “Portraits”, Veluws Museum, Nairac, Holland
2006 “KLF: Strictly Painting”, curated by Paul Hunt, Chelsea, NYC
Film awards
2016 Winner Joie de Vivre Film Festival in Creative category for 'Sketching' 3'5"
2015 Harvest Film Festival, 2nd Prize in documentary category for "FARM" 6’15"
Film Screenings
2019 Welcome Collection, London 'Misbehaving Bodies' 'Revisiting Genesis' installation (Oreet Ashery)
2017 Selected for Open Screening for artists at the Whitechapel Gallery
2016 Selected for 'City Lights' Film Festival, NYC for 'My Friend Maia'
2016 'My Friend Maia' Selected for WOF film festival, Brighton
2016 'Sketching' Screening at Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadlers Wells, London
2014 "SOLO" (film), 'A Fete Worse than Death' Red Gallery, London EC2
2012 ‘My Friend Maia’ 4'24", 92Y (selected by curator Catherine Tharin), NYC, USA
Performances
2021 'Remolino De Suerte', Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY (performance, with Iván Navarro, Courtney Smith
2020 'Long Table' discussion on 'Lament', South London Gallery, London (with Abbas Zabadi)
2016 'Grasses' Performance for Anthea Hamilton at Serpentine Sackler Gallery, The Magazine Sessions.
2016 Performance for Brian Belott with Billy Grant, J J-Villano, M.Thurber, T. Reeder) Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (performance)
2016 'Revisiting Genesis', dir. Oreet Ashery winner of Jarman Award in 2017 (JW in documentary interview)
2016 April-June Residency, Crossing Paths Interdisciplinary Workshop, Dance Research Studios, London (dance/movement)
2015 "Unformed", for Lit Crawl London, Literary Kitchen Festival, at The Yard, Peckham (curator/performance/dance/song).
2015 "Room 408", Erlang House, SE1 (curator, performance and painting)
Residencies
2024 1 month residency at British School at Rome for painting (non scholarship)
2017/18 Selected for SDPT at Dance Research Studio, London (Choreography/improvisation)
2015 SDIPT: Residency, Dance Research Studio, London, with Susan Kempster, choreographer (improvisation/movement)
Press
2010 "Schowstukken" Published by Atelier Rijksbouweester
2004 Art Forum review, by Barry Schwabsky, for solo show at Program gallery, London
2004 Independent newspaper review, by Sue Hubbard for solo show at Program, London
2001 Julia Warr, Monograph, Pub. Edition43, Cologne, Germany.
2003 Contemporary Magazine Issue 58, 212121 The Painting Issue
Collections
Goldsmiths, University of London
British Airways
Raad voor de Rechtspraak, Den Haag
ABN AMRO Art Foundation, Holland
Stuyvesant Collection, Holland
Collection of Kate Moss, London
