Julie Lawrence
My artwork draws upon the mystical perspective of the visionary landscape tradition. I am based in the Wirral, and I hold a BA (First Class Hons.) and an MA in Fine Art from the University of Chester in 2009. After many years teaching in special Education, I have only recently begun to develop my practice professionally. My most recent exhibitions have included the Pastel Society’s annual open exhibitions at the Mall Galleries in London, where I was awarded the 2023 Yoshimoto prize. I am also really pleased to have recently contributed to the Drawing (Paper) Show catalogue and exhibition at the Bridewell Galleries, as well as the Platforms Project in Athens.
I work predominantly in pastels and water-based media, responding to a daily walk with my dog through local woods and heathland. I am fascinated by the way experiences of changing light and weather influence memory and perception, and while I contemplate the movement of my own shadow passing through the landscape, I consider how this is transformed by memory too.
The work invites notions of impermanence as I focus on the transience of my shadow moving through an ever changing sense of place. The work strives to make tangible a liminal sense of time which hovers between nostalgic association and something unknown.
Qualifications
BA First class ( Hons ) Art with Theology and religious studies, University of Chester
PGCE( Primary) ,University of Chester
Post graduate certificate in Special Needs Education.
MA in fine Art (2009) University of Chester
Awards
The Yoshimoto prize:The Pastel Society 2023 exhibition at the mall galleries, London
Aire Space studios and gallery, solo exhibition award at Coles Gallery, Leeds . 2023
National Open Art competition : North of England Artist of the Year and regional prizewinner 2017-2018
Waterside 1-0 solo micro-commission Manchester ( Solo exhibition and award)
Publications /Features
‘Anlother View’ On-line Feature spotlight on women landscape painters on wirral. 2024
Drawing Paper Show Liverpool 9th Edition 2023
Recent Selected Exhibitions:
2025
The Pastel Society 'Benchmark' Mall Galleries London 22nd January - Feb 8th 2025
'Overlooked' The World of Glass in Saint Helens 15th February -19th April 2025
2024
'Precious Little' Exhibition, The Old Lock up gallery 24th November-24th December
The Lake Gallery Open exhibition 2024 28th November-25th Jan 2025
'Figures in Space'..joint exhibition Dot Art Gallery Liverpool August 22nd 2024 - October 5th 2024
Liverpool Art Fair 27th June - August 2024
Ashes and Roses Dot art Liverpool May- 1st June 2024
'Home' Fronteer Gallery Sheffield 27th February
Pastel Society 2024 annual open exhibition , The Mall Galleries, London 24th Jan- 10th Feb 2024
Fronteer postcards exhibition 10th-20th January Fronteer gallery, Sheffield
"Sightseers" touring exhibition prosaic projects Sheffieild
The Liverpool collection Dot art Liverpool 24th November 2023- 3rd Feb 2004
Open art exhibition The World of Glass in St Helens November 2023-Jan 27th 2004
'Home' Fronteer Gallery Sheffield 27th February
Pastel Society 2024 annual open exhibition , The Mall Galleries, London 24th Jan- 10th Feb 2024
Fonteer postcards exhibition 10th-20th January Fronteer gallery, Sheffield
"Sightseers" touring exhibition prosaic projects Sheffield
2023
Coles Gallery, Leeds Solo exhibition (16th November- 8th December 2023)
Platforms project, Athens
Beneath the Earth group exhibition Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield 21st June- 8th Jully
Drawing Paper Show, (publication and exhibition )Bridewell Gallery ,Liverpool July
The Pastel Society, Mall Galleries, London 23rd May- 6th June
Contemporary Landscapes Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield 1st March-22nd March 2022
All the Small Things, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield 1st March - 22nd March 2023