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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 

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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

STUDIO

STUDIO

STUDIOS

LONDON Bow Arts, NW1

UPSTATE, NEW YORK

© 2025 JULIA WARR
 

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