Julee Latimer

Julee Latimer

Altona, Victoria, Australia

About Julee Latimer

I have been an artist for many years going full time when I moved to Australia in 2005. Born in the UK, my adult life has been a patchwork of cultures, the result of 12 overseas moves in 17 years. I think of myself as an abstract maker, currently working exclusively with paint. I am lucky enough to have two studios, one in Melbourne where I do most of the messy, practical stuff, and the other in Venus Bay where I primarily do my research and planning for my degree in Fine Arts. I am majoring in both Painting and Sculpture and these two disciplines combined greatly influence the way I work. I am interested in paint as a material which, I feel, is quite underrated as a dry rather than a wet material. My art practice is highly experimental and there are always many tests at various drying stages lying on every flat surface in both studios. I attempt to push the boundaries of what I can achieve with paint. I am influenced by Modernist thinking of paint as a pure material whose foremost quality is its flatness. My aims are to extend on this idea by proving that pliability is equally important. For me, it is the use of paint’s flexibility which gives me the freedom to create layered and fragmented paintings. My process involves pouring paints onto glossy surfaces which allow for their removal when dry. I use the skins in a similar way to fabric often cutting, tearing, and weaving. My inspiration tends to come from the paint itself rather than the outer or inner world. It is the desire to highlight paint as a material rather than to represent something specific that is important to me. As I will graduate in August 2019, my goals are to get back into exhibiting and entering Art Prizes. Prior to studying, I was represented in New York as well as Melbourne. I also sold and exhibited internationally. My intentions are to return to this.

Education:

BA Fine Arts (Curtin University) double major Sculpture and Painting (current).
Higher International Diploma, Interior Design (London Guildhall University).
Diploma Colour Therapeutics (UK).

Events:

My book Sculptural Secrets for Mosaic was published worldwide in Feb 2017 by Schiffer Publishing, USA.
A behind the scenes look at my studio practice following the conception - outcome of six of my sculptures, plus a gallery section of my work.
Available at all major online bookstores.

Exhibitions:

Selected:
Vortex of the Huetopia (Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, New York) - solo.
International Contemporary Mosaic (Udine, Italy)
Fragments to Fashion (Manyung Gallery, Vic) - solo.