About the Artist

Statement

Himel’s work is about human experience. And in that theme, she looks closer, to the elements of that experience, to worlds lived and imagined, the spiritual and the emotional, memory and promise. Her study of space is rooted in the understanding of landscape as both an encounter and an image. It’s in the balancing act of grounding and departure—always looking for the light through the tangle of life. It’s in decay, not as destruction, but as catalyst: a signpost for renewal, growth and reclamation. And it’s in honesty, about creating a portrait of landscape as it is: something apprehended and unknowable. Paint is the medium she uses to formalize the possibility of a place—a place alive, mutable and shared, a character in our collective unconscious.

Bio

Julie Himel carries a Diploma of Fine Art from Langara College in Vancouver, a Bachelor of Fine Art Honours Degree from York University, and a Graduate Diploma from the Toronto School of Art. Her award winning paintings can be found in private collections internationally, public collections including The University of Calgary, Calgary’s Civic Art Collection, Westfield State University, the Armenian Centre Art Collection Canada, and several corporate collections nationwide.

Born: Toronto, Ontario, 1973
Citizenship: Canadian

Representation

Foster/White Gallery, Seattle, USA

Stremmel Gallery, Reno, USA

Elevation Gallery, Canmore Alberta

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 SELECTED MEDIA

Collections

Public

Corporate Collections

Education

Teaching

Residencies

Awards