JULIE GREEN
Biography
I am a mixed media artist working in Southern California.
In 1999 I moved to Los Angeles, where I completed two important bodies of work: The Mask Series and Toyland. In both, I recorded the not so subtle differences in social norms between Northern and Southern California. Throughout the 2010's, I concentrated on transforming the two-dimensional surfaces of my photographs by puncturing, weaving, stitching, and embroidering into them. From experiments in portraying shadows on paper constructions and photographing detritus in plaster, to building digital images incorporating text and woven portraits, my artwork began to shift toward include a more textural framework, e.g. Fleeting Perspectives: A Paper Ballet and Home as Hat - Flora as Fashion.
In 2020, I put down my camera and began to work with three dimensional materials. My abstract wooden reliefs has allowed me to explore shadow, depth, and light - not by capturing these elements on film, but to explore them in actual physical forms. Working in a new medium gave me the freedom to break free from two dimensional plane of photography. In 2024 I began constructing a silent symphony in paper pulp to accompany my Paper Ballet.
Along with the abstract wooden reliefs, these three distinct but interconnected bodies of work will be exhibited in a solo show at Keystone Art Gallery in June 2025.
Born from the stringed pieces in my silent symphony, I have begun working on a new body of work through abstract representation of sound waves - leading me to take a deeper dive into the construction of interactive pieces that will allow the viewer to actually play the art. I have begun to explore the the relationship between reverberation and form with a dialogue between wood relief and string. This next step in the evolution of my exploration into three dimensional space will bring me closer to uniting intangible concepts with a tangible piece of art.
Julie Green
March 2025
Portrait of the artist by Andre Smits for his project "Artists in the World"