Julia Schwartz

iceberg, abstract, emotional landscape painting by Julia Schwartz

Artist’s Statement

I have something like a virtual rolodex in my mind which contains not names and numbers, but years of study, reading, looking, shadows, dreams, art, and world events. Like a receptacle of experiences, my unconscious unfurls into a painting in the same way described by chaos theory, with one small seemingly unrelated movement having an impact on the piece as a whole.

It’s an evolutionary process, where initial mark making creates a conversation that I have with the canvas and the information in my mind. It’s not a literal dialogue but more of a visceral and nonlinguistic response to the image as it is being formed. There is a great continuity between my practice as an analyst and the work I do as an artist. Both deal with unconscious influences that affect the way we see, live, and interact. What I attempt to do in my paintings is visually fabricate some of those influences.

 

julia schwartz

april 2009

Solo Exhibitions

May 2010, “flesh and bone,” Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
July 2008, “nest,” Tracy Park Gallery, Malibu, CA
January 2008, “paintings,” TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Group Exhibitions

June 2011, Animal Magnetism, Bleicher Golightly Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
May 2011, DEEP, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA curated by Gace Kook-Anderson
May 2011, A New Day Fundraiser for Japan Bellrock Media, Santa Monica CA curated by Henry Lien
April 2011 Walpurgisnacht/One Night Stand, Beacon Arts,Inglewood, CA curated by Michal Arata
January 2011, “Anachronious Mind Tree” Caporale/Bleicher, Los Angeles, CA
November 2010, “worlds within,” Caporale/Bleicher, Los Angeles, CA
May-July 2010, Works 141-185, Marine, Santa Monica, CA
October 2009, nature and nurture, Bleicher/Golightly, Santa Monica, CA
September 2009, Bleicher/Golightly, Santa Monica, CA
June 2009, 12 X 12 show, BECA gallery, New Orleans, LA
May 2009, Semi-Precious, Santa Montana, CA
October 2008, “10 x 10,” TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
October 2008, 4th Anniversary Open House, HANGAR Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
August 2008, “National Juried Exhibition,” Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura CA
April 2008, “paintings from the blue world,” HANGAR Gallery, Santa Monica Art Studios, CA
December 2007, “Small Wonders III,” Pharmaka Art, juried by Holly Myers, L.A., CA
October 2007, “Anima Rising: Exploring the Androgynous Self,” The Advocate and Gochis Galleries, L.A., CA curated by Allison Moon
July 2007, “Paramorphosis,” TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
June 2007, “The Dream … the Subconscious,” Primo Piano LivingGallery, Lecce, Italy
June 2007, “OutAuction 2007,” benefiting the LAGLC, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
January 2007, “Best of the Best,” TAG Gallery, curated by Michael C. McMillen, Santa Monica, CA
December 2006, “Small Wonders II,” Pharmaka Art, LA, juried by Tyler Stallings
November 2006, “Off the Wall,” Riverside Art Museum
August 2006, California Open Exhibition, TAG Gallery, juried by Laddie John Dill
2003-2006, annual group show at Brentwood Art Center, L.A. CA

Catalogs, Press, Etc.

April 2012, Praeterita interview by Philip Hartigan                                                          Summer 2011 International Survey, directory of contemporary artists
June 2011, Studio Critical interview
December 2010, featured in 7 Rings, Artist’s Game of Telephone on Huffington Post
2010 Marine Works- 001-185, Year One Catalog, introduction by Shana Nys Dambrot
2010 Flesh and Bone, Catalog, essay by Shana Nys Dambrot
2010 featured in flavorpill top picks
Summer 2010 artwork featured in International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
2010 interview Nepotism Magazine
2010 cover art for book The Artist’s Mind
2009 cover art for book Explorations in Contemporary Self Psychology
Winter 2009 artwork featured in International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
2008 flavorpill
2008, addiccions.blogspot.com
December 26, 2007, “TAG Gallery hosts Group Show,” Palisadian-Post
December 6, 2007, “Anima Rising, L.A. Art Scene,” interview by Anna Romer, velvetparkmagazine.com
July 2007, “Extasy-On,” Dores Sacquena catalogue for PrimoPiano LivinGallery
2007, cover art for book Trauma and Human Existence
2004, drawings featured on “Miss Match” (television show)

Selected Public and Private Collections

Paul Benson, Santa Monica, CA
Elena Bonn, Westlake Village, CA
Douglas Brayfield, Santa Monica, CA
Sahara and Christopher Byrne, Ithaca, NY
Charlotte Coates-Wilkes, Baltimore, MA
William and Katalin Coburn, Westlake Village., CA
Peggy Dubois, Westlake Village, CA
Wendy and Michael Edlen, Pacific Palisades, CA
Gianni Nebbiosi and Susana Federici-Nebbiosi, Rome, Italy
Dennis Foster and Nina Schwartz, Dallas, TX
June Fujii, Santa Monica, CA
Brooke Guelker, Dallas, TX
Leslie Halperin, Los Angeles, CA
Karen Hassler, Santa Monica, CA
Sally Howard, Pasadena, CA
The Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, L.A. CA
Barbara Lampert, Palm Springs, CA
Karen and Dan Florek, Venice, CA
Milton Kaplan and Renee Leff, Tarzana, CA
Nichole May, Los Angeles, CA
Carol Mayhew, Los Angeles, CA
Lynn Neuburg, Los Angeles, CA
Elizabeth Razzano and Kevin Lincoln, Los Angeles, CA
Joan Rankin and Howard Ballon Los Angeles, CA
Estelle Shane and Arthur Gelber, Pacific Palisades, CA
Martha Slagerman, Los Angeles, CA
Margy Sperry, Los Angeles, CA
Penelope Starr-Karlin, Los Angeles, CA
Virginia Terhaar, Portland, OR

Press

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