JULIA WARR

Born in San Jose, California.

Lives and works in London, England and Saugerties, New York

1999 B.A. Fine Art, Goldsmiths College, London.

1999 Wardens Prize, Goldsmiths College

2020-21 Turps Correspondance Course

Selection of painting shows, performances, film screenings and residencies:

Painting

2025 Shortlisted for RA summer show

2025 'In the middle, Somewhat Elevated', Lido Stores, Margate, Solo show (painting) PV 17.5

2024 Upstate Art Weekend, Lexington, NY (painting) group show, curated by Jill Benson

2023 'The Goddesses', Terrace Gallery, London, pv 12.04.23

2023 'Pieces of Perfection', Solo (painting) Union Club, Greek Street, London

2023 'The Wild Thought', The Lido Stores, Margate 04.02-24.02.23 (painting)

2022 'Seeing with the lights out' Terrace Gallery at Patchworks (painting)

2021 'Julie's Bob' Terrace Gallery, Leyton, London (painting, curated by Julia Warr)

2021 'Studio Confetti' Terrace Gallery, Leyton, London (painting, curated by Karl Bielik)

2019 'A Hand Stuffed Mattress', Terrace Gallery, Leyton, London (painting)

2016 John Moore’s Painting Prize, at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (painting)

2010 "Schowstukken" Published by Atelier Rijksbouweester

2010 ‘8 Days a Week’, Esquire Space, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY (solo painting show)

2008 Works on Paper, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, curated by Paul Bloodgood, NYC (printing)

2007 Yvon Lambert Project Space, NYC with Brickley, Mellor, Short, and Duravcevic (painting).

2007 'Things from your Life' curated by Paul Bloodgood, Queens, NYC. (painting)

2007 “Portraits”, Veluws Museum, Nairac, Holland (painting)

2006 “KLF: Strictly Painting”, curated by Paul Hunt, Chelsea, NYC (painting)

2005 ‘Talk to Her’, Tomas March Gallery, Valencia, Spain (solo painting show)

2003/2005 Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam (solo painting)

2000/2003/2005 Michael Janssen, Cologne (solo/group painting)

2002 Edward Mitterand Gallery, (with Thomas Grunfeld), Geneva (painting)

2000/2002 Massimo de Carlo Project Space, Milan (solo/with Clare Woods)

Film Screenings

2019 Welcome Collection, London 'Misbehaving Bodies' 'Revisiting Genesis' film installation (Oreet Ashery)

2017 Selected for Open Screening for artists at the Whitechapel Gallery (film)

2016 Selected for 'City Lights' Film Festival, NYC for 'My Friend Maia' (film)

2016 'My Friend Maia' Selected for WOF film festival, Brighton (film)

2016 'Revisiting Genesis', dir. Oreet Ashery (interview/performance), selected for Jarman Award in 2017

2016 'Sketching' Screening at Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadlers Wells, London (film)

2016 Winner Joie de Vivre Film Festival in Creative category for 'Sketching' (film)

2015 Harvest Film Festival, 2nd Prize for "FARM" 6’15", Documentary category.

2014 ‘Spindrift’, ASC, Erlang House, London, SE1. (drawing/painting solo window installation)

2014 "SOLO" (film), 'A Fete Worse than Death' Red Gallery, London EC2 (film)

2012 ‘My Friend Maia’ 4'24", screening at 92Y (cur. Catherine Tharin), NYC, USA (film)

Performances

2021 'Remolino De Suerte', Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY (performance, with Iván Navarro, Courtney Smith

2020 'Long Table' discussion on 'Lament', South London Gallery, London (with Abbas Zabadi)

2016 'Grasses' Performance for Anthea Hamilton at Serpentine Sackler Gallery, The Magazine Sessions.

2016 Performance for Brian Belott with Billy Grant, J J-Villano, M.Thurber, T. Reeder) Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (performance)

2016 April-June Residency, Crossing Paths Interdisciplinary Workshop, Dance Research Studios, London (dance/movement)

2015 "Unformed", for Lit Crawl London, Literary Kitchen Festival, at The Yard, Peckham (curator/performance/dance/song).

2015 "Room 408", Erlang House, SE1 (curator/performer/artist - wall painting/film/performance/song)

Residencies

2024 1 month residency at British School at Rome for painting (non scholarship)

2017/18 Selected for SDPT at Dance Research Studio, London (Choreography/improvisation)

2015 SDIPT: Residency, Dance Research Studio, London, with Susan Kempster, choreographer (improvisation/movement)

Press

2004 Program Gallery, London (solo painting show) + Art Forum review, by Barry Schwabsky + Independent by Sue Hubbard

2001 Julia Warr, Monograph, Pub. Edition43, Cologne, Germany.

2003 Contemporary Magazine Issue 58, 212121 The Painting Issue

Collections

Goldsmiths, University of London

British Airways

Raad voor de Rechtspraak, Den Haag

ABN AMRO Art Foundation, Holland

Stuyvesant Collection, Holland

Collection of Kate Moss, London