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Julia Trops
 
 
About the Artist

“What you choose to see, you choose to experience”

These are the words that sum up Julia’s approach to life, art and process.

Although Julia is conversant with many media and supports, she primarily uses charcoal and ink because of their conceptual properties of earth, water and musk. This allows her to explore figurative shapes and form on a two dimensional surface, with saturated values in a simultaneously bold and sensitive manner. The marks on paper become notational and gestural, and describe the human form or concepts in a musical, rhythmic style.

With a deep respect for the formal structure within life and within art, a work will generally start with a composition of line. Always a door is open to synchronicity and chance, and marks are made with honest expression. Seldom will Julia go back to edit or adjust. The objective is to work quickly and efficiently in the space allotted, flow without thought; to abolish the idea of time in relationship to the creating. Darkness and light become forces which exist in balance on the page.

By working in this immediate way, the charcoal or ink may become thickly laid or remain as thin as air, the goal is to create a visceral feeling of pleasure, to be able to feel the darkness, or the light, the strokes, the energy; to feel the artwork above and below, inside and out. It is Julia’s desire that the viewer realize their relationship with the artwork. She wants them to see beyond their eyes, even after the artwork is gone.

 
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Untitled

2007
23 x 30

Abstract minimalist nude

Untitled

2007
23x30

Abstract nude

Untitled

2006
45 x61

Abstract minimalist nude

Untitled

2006
76 x 56

Abstract minimalist nude
 
Education and biography
Galleries
Tào Contemporary, Central Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Gallery Odin, Silver Star Mountain Resort, BC

Education
2001 - University of Lethbridge Bachelor of Fine Arts (Studio-Painting), Great Distinction
2000 - Medicine Hat College Visual Communications Diploma (Graphic Design) Honours

Honours, Awards and Scholarships
2001 - University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Fine Arts Dean's List
2001 - Phi Theta Kappa Honour Society Transfer Scholarship
1999/2000 - Medicine Hat College - College & President's Honour Roll
1997 – Medals: Canadian Forces Decoration, Canadian Forces Peacekeeping, Multinational Force and Observers

Listed in:
National Gallery of Canada’s Library and Archives
Canada’s Cultural Gateway (Government of Canada)

Exhibitions (Selected)
2006 – “A Year’s Work” – Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna BC (Solo)
2005 - “Existence in the Dream” - Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna BC (Solo)
2005 - “Figures”, The Old Schoolhouse Gallery, Qualicum Beach, BC (Group)
2004 – “Heart to Hearth”, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna BC (Group)
2004 - “Looking Back”, (Okanagan Mountain Park Fire), Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC (Group)
2003 - “Figuratively Speaking”, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, BC (Group)
2003 - “Life, Death, Becoming” - Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna BC (Solo)
2000 - “Chronos/Kronos” - Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB (Group)

Corporate Collections
2005 - RBC Dominion Securities, Kelowna, BC
2004 - Scott Remlinger, Attorneys at Law, Atlanta Georgia
2004 - Cochlear Implant Research Lab, Arizona State University

Professional Experience
 2005 Founder of Livessence Society of Figurative Artists and Models, Kelowna, BC
 Resident Artist, and Drawing Instructor in the Rotary Centre for the Arts
 Trained life drawing models for Instructional and non instructional classes
 University of Lethbridge 2001, presented and led topics for discussion in third year "Art Now" classes
 Logo & Drawings for Therapist Assistant’s Manual for Medicine Hat College, AB

Teaching Experience
2002-5 - Beginner and Advanced Instructional Drawing - Rotary Centre for the Arts (Adults and Teens)
2002-4 – Fundamentals of Drawing, Rotary Centre for the Arts & School District 23 (Child), Kelowna, BC

Professional Affiliations
 Kelowna Museums Society, Kelowna, BC
 CARFAC (Canadian Artists' Representation/le Front des artistes canadiens), BC 2003/4
 Arts Council of the Central Okanagan, Kelowna, BC
 Vice President, Alpha Tau Delta of Phi Theta Kappa Honour Society Medicine Hat College 1999

Volunteering and Donations
Founder/Founding Director – Livessence Society of Figurative Artists and Models, Kelowna, BC
Director, Kelowna Museums Society, Kelowna, BC
Director, Arts Council of the Central Okanagan, Kelowna BC
 
Future shows
Osoyoos Art Gallery, March - April 2007 Rhythms of Nature 3 person show
 
Website:  www.juliatrops.com
 
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