Julie Brixey-Williams

Julie Brixey-Williams (born, Essex, UK), graduated BA Fine Art (2000) and MA Art & Space (2001) from Kingston University, with a PhD from the University of Reading (2022) exploring material relationality with place, using systems operating in R.D Laing’s Archway communities. She is a multi-disciplinary artist, became a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors in 2012, and has been the recipient of several residencies including a Leverhulme-funded residency at the Association of Anaesthetists of GB & Ireland (London, 2004); The Observatory (Lymington, 2016); Cove Park Winter Programme (Argyll, 2018); and most recently Cill Rialaig (Ballinskelligs, Ireland, 2022).

I define myself as a contemporary sculptor, performer and edge-dweller, who believes in the power of the visibility of the small act to strengthen an enriched sense of self through our relationship with place. I inhabit my practice by constructing responses, forms and installations through the careful layering of multi-disciplinary media, using time as an essential element for listening and ‘being with’ each site. The outcomes of my place relationships manifest as poetic assemblages of objects, sculptural installations in a variety of materials including layered film and s...

PhD in Fine Art (Practice-as-R), University of Reading (2022)
Insynch dance/choreography course, Hounslow College ((2002)
MA (Scholarship with Distinction) Art and Space, Kingston University, Kingston University (2001)
BA (1st Class Hons) Degree in Fine Art (Sculpture), Kingston University, (2000)
Foundation Diploma in Fine Art, Middlesex University/City Lit (1997)
Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (MCSP with Distinction), St Mary’s, Paddington, London (1982)

Solo exhibitions include: Reorientated: A Conversation of Different Geographies, duo show with Michelle Loa Kum Cheung, A-Side B-Side Gallery, London (2017); Drawings we have lived, Barbican Centre, London (2010); U-Hang, Art Gene, Barrow-in-Furness (2006); Traces of the Invisible, The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain & Ireland, London (2005) and locationotation Laban Library, London (2001). Selected group exhibitions include The Royal Society of Sculptors On The Edge, Espacio Gallery, London (2023); A Patch of Sky, One Paved Court, Richmond (2023); The Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Show (2022; 2020; 2018); The Royal Academy Summer Show, London (2019); Vienna Calling, Galerie Art Pool, Vienna (2018); Prescriptions: Artists' Books, University of Kent (2017); Play, Hin Bus Depot, Penang (2017); Love and Peace, National Art Centre, Tokyo (2017); Disco, Michael West Gallery Newport (2003); Drawing the process, Kingston University (2003) touring to Birmingham Art Gallery, Loughborough University, Chapel Gallery, St. Helen’s, Hot Bath Gallery, Bath and Clifford Fisher Gallery; and the dance-drawing commission, Arabesque, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (2002).

Works are held in collections including The Yale Center ...