Interview

Hello again! Critiques have just finished, which is giving be some weird withdrawal feelings...soon I will have to leave Florence and go back to life in Canada. How bittersweet it is. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here in Italy and am feeling much happier with the work I produced this semester. Working in a shared studio environment, an opportunity came up to be interviewed by a fellow student, Edison Osorio,  about my current work. Here is the link to his website and the video, please watch!

 Thanks, and Buona Pasqua!

cARTel nouveau

Well, my time in Italy is starting to come to an end. I have been hastily finishing up my artwork for critiques next week, and I thought it's about time for me to update my photos!! For now I just have some in-studio shots, but more will be added soon in better quality! 

Check out this link for photos and a write up of my artwork on OCADu's Florence program website:

http://ocaduflorence.wordpress.com/waesdf/julie-agro/

Upcoming Art Show

This is very exciting! I will be featured in a cafe gallery show, Zoe, here in Florence from February 27th until April 1st. Hopefully this will gain me some exposure! 

Update

It's been awhile since I've posted, so I guess I should fill you in with what's been happening in my life lately.

A couple weeks ago I travelled to Prague and Berlin with my boyfriend, which turned out to be a wonderful trip! Of course, Berlin is a hotspot in contemporary art, so as a young artist it was great to be able to see the galleries and street art in the city. Prague is a very beautiful city, and I hope to get back there one day. Overall, I found the trip to be very inspiration on my own artwork.

The last week has been busy school-wise in Florence. We just had midterm critiques, which luckily went quite well.  As mentioned earlier, I have been working on a series that captures bodies in movement. I will upload some photos of my current work soon, but for now I'll add some snapshots from my trip.

Enjoy!

New Work in Progress

Yesterday I posted some of my paintings from the last few months here in Florence. I was pleased with the outcome of some of these pieces (namely, the ones I posted below), but not entirely impressed with my series so I decided to take a different direction. As such, this semester I will be focussing on the body in motion. I've also gone back into drawing which is something that I haven't done for awhile. So far I'm pleased with my work, so I thought I'd post a few progress shots! 

Some photos from last semester (finally)

Not all of them, but the ones that I think were more successful. All were done in acrylics.