July 2008: Pollocks
London will be showing one Julie Bennett’s paintings
‘Nikki’ along with other leading and emerging
artists, including Mark Quinn, Annie Lennox, Levi Palmer and
Rankin in a Carnaby Street exhibition to raise money for Breast
Cancer. 27 June- 6 July 2008 at
Pollocks London, 1-2 Carnaby Street, London W1FÊ
The striking paintings of British artist
Julie Bennett have become a familiar sight in London’s
contemporary art scene.
Since November 2006 when the Independent
newspaper described her as one of Saatchi’s ‘new
stars’ her figurative style has been exhibited with
Saatchi at London’s Olympia art fair FORM, Sartorial
Gallery in Notting Hill and Transition Gallery in Hackney.
The starting point for Julie
Bennett’s distinctive paintings is popular culture.
Bombarded by the aspirational images of glamour, fame,
celebrity and beauty, she translates everyday faces into bold,
expressive, multi-layered works of art.
Bennett uses oil, gloss, acrylic paint
and gestural brushwork as part of her transformation process.
Paint and subject become one, turning the superficial mass
culture she is influenced by, into high art. Her personal
interpretations of the human face result in paintings that are
much more than portraits.
Bennett is at the forefront of a new wave
of painters, as she creates new identities for the anonymous
and androgynous faces that she selects from the world of
magazines.
July 2008: Julie
Bennett was interviewed by Emily Faludy at the opening of a
group show - Up Close and Personal at Sartorial Gallery. 26 June- 23 July 2008 at Sartorial Gallery, 101A
Kensington Church Street, London W8 7LN. Read the Emily Faludy’s
interview
Johnny (2008)
May 2008: Julie
Bennett will be opening her painting studio for 2 weekends in
May, part of the Dulwich Festival 2008. Come and see her at
work and see new paintings in progress. 11 May, 18 May 2008 (11am - 6pm). William
Angel Gallery and Studios, 1
Barry Parade, Barry Road/Peckham Rye SE22.
Ruth (2008)
Julie Bennett with Mona Julie (2007)
EDUCATION
Present Fine
Art BA (Hons) Chelsea College Of Art, London SW1P
2007 Fine Art
BTEC HNC (Distinction) Kensington and Chelsea College, London
SW10
1997 Graphic
Design BA (Hons) (2.1) Camberwell College Of Art, London SE5
EXHIBITIONS
Solo exhibition
Group exhibitions
Nov- Dec 2007 The Christmas Art Show,
Scope Gallery, London SE22
Nov 2007 Chichester Open, The Minerva
Theatre, Chichester PO19
Linda (2007) represented by Sartorial
Contemporary Art
