Julie Umerle
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'Eclipse'. Oil and acrylic on canvas.
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| Born |
Julie Umerle Connecticut, United States |
| Nationality | British, American |
| Education |
Falmouth University Parsons The New School for Design |
| Known for | Painting |
| Website | www |
Julie Umerle is an American-born abstract painter who lives and works in London.
Umerle was born in Connecticut USA and relocated to London with her family as a young child.
She studied French Literature at the University of Sussex and fine art at Falmouth University, Cornwall where she was awarded a First class Hons degree. From 1991 - 1996, Umerle worked as an artist educator at a number of London galleries including The Whitechapel Gallery, The Hayward Gallery and The Royal Academy to support her practice. She graduated from Parsons The New School for Design in New York City with a MFA in 1998; then lived and worked between London and New York for a further five years after completing her studies, before returning to the UK and settling again in London in 2003.
Umerle held her first solo exhibition at a squat in Frestonia's Car Breaker Gallery in London followed a few years later by a solo show 'Ten Years of Painting' at The Barbican Arts Centre. In April 1995, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum hosted Umerle’s first museum exhibition of paintings including works such as Paragon, Flock and Wrap.
She has exhibited in group shows at Flowers Gallery and the Royal Academy of Arts. Early exhibitions in New York were at Artists Space and AIR Gallery. Internationally, she has also shown in France and Germany.
Recent solo exhibitions in London include 'Rewind' at Art Bermondsey Project Space in 2016 and 'Cosmos or Chaos' at studio1.1 in 2010.
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