Julia Mitchell
Bio
Julia Mitchell paints from her studio in Schull, West Cork. Originally from South Africa, Julia moved to Ireland in 2016. She holds a BA Fine Art , an MA in counselling psychology and in 2021 completed a PhD in psychology which focused on a phenomenological understanding of art-making. In 2021 her painting was shortlisted for the Zurich portrait prize and she received Agility awards in 2021 and 2022 for residencies at the Burren College of Art and the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris. She has exhibited in solo, group and national shows in South Africa, and more recently in West Cork galleries.
Artist Statement
Through the action of painting – the accumulation of subjective, embodied, expressive gestures, an organic synthesis between external and internal worlds takes shape on the canvas. The medium of oil paint, with its thick viscosity, malleability and endless possibilities of colour is ideally suited to explore this process where observations, drawings and responses to the natural world have space to merge with the subjective lifeworld of the artist.
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Instagram: @juliamitchellpainting
Membership: Backwater Artists Network 
