Julia Holtmann
Julia Holtmann is a German visual artist based in Ronda, Southern Spain.
After studying Visual Arts in Cape Town at the University of South Africa for a few years, she obtained a BA from the Design Department of the University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Germany and an MFA from the University of Málaga, Spain. She has exhibited internationally in group and solo shows.
As a medium that can be at once utterly immediate and protracted, rudimentary and virtuosic, drawing allows me to explore the concepts and correlations of presence, time and being. Regular walks, keeping a drawing journal, collecting and examining found organic matter are the foundation of my process focussed art practice.
I find clues in nature, where I am particularly drawn to the discarded and overlooked. Weeds or withered residues as traces of transformation become access points to explore the intersection between the banal and the sublime.
While letting my fluctuating, abstract spaces emerge from automatic processes, observation and memory, I intend to investigate the power of the inbetween-spaces over meaning, legibility and perception. I understand my intricate but undefined imagery as an embrace of ambiguity and an encounter with isness.
RESUME
Education
2022 MFA Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Málaga, ES
2013 BA Department of Design, University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, DE
Art Residencies
2024 SOWING SEEDS Art Junction Residency Udaipur, Kaman Art Foundation, IN
2018 YOUNG ARTIST IN RESIDENCE Salem Artworks, Salem NY, US
Solo Exhibitions
2024 MÁS ALLÁ DE LA SUPERFICIE (upcoming) two artist show, Casa de la Cultura Fuengirola, Málaga, ES
2018 TRACES Abandoned Train Station, Salem NY, US
2017 SPITZEN Toro Spacio Gallery, Ronda (Málaga), ES
2015 CONEXIONES + live drawing Drinks&Co Gallery Bar, Ronda (Málaga), ES
2014 ADD ART (two person show) BDO AG, Hamburg, DE
Group Exhibitions
2023 I LIKE YOUR WORK Fall Exhibition, online
2023 INT22 MVA Cultural Centre, Málaga, ES
2020 ÁNGELES CAÍDAS Sala Mingorance, Municipal Archive, Málaga, ES
2018 SALEM ARTWORKS LARAC Gallery, Glens Falls, US
2018 SALEM ARTWORKS North Main Gallery, Salem US
2015 INCUBARTE 7 Int. Art Festival Sala LaMetro, Valencia, ES
2015 ART OLYMPIA Toshima Ecomusee Town, Tokyo, JP
2013 KUNST IM REE Ree Location, Hamburg, DE
2013 REEPER REEPER Haus Hundertzehn Reeperbahnfestival, Hamburg, DE
2013 FUMETTO Schwimmbad, International Comic Festival Lucerne, CH
2013 LUKS #2 Das Lokal, Hamburg, DE
2012 MILK AND COAL. DIE MUTTER Das Magazin, Comicfestival Hamburg, DE
2012 THE UNCANNY Hall of justice building, Hamburg, DE
2011 REACTIVE LANDSCAPES Kinetic Installations Frappant, Hamburg, DE
2011 MÄRCHENWELTEN Goethe Institute Rome, Worldwide touring exhibition
2010 ICH ODER DU touring exhibition Hamburg, DE
Grants and Awards
2022 TBW DRAWING PRIZE longlisted
2020 STIFTUNG KULTURWERK - VG BILD-KUNST project funding
2015 ART OLYMPIA PRIZE shortlisted
2014 ADD ART scholarship
Publications
2023 I LIKE YOUR WORK Fall Exhibition Catalogue (US)
2023 PARADIGMA No. 25 Academic biannual cultural journal of the University of Málaga (ES)
2020 ÁNGELES CAÍDAS Exhibition Catalog Málaga City Council, Cultural Area (ES)
2014 ADD ART Exhibition Catalog BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (DE)
2012 FREMDE small book-edition published by MamiVerlag (DE)