February 2008: The Saatchi Online Gallery will be representing three of Julie Bennett’s paintings ‘Karie', ‘Jo-Lan’ and 'Easton' (above) at FORM, a London Art Fair. The Saatchi Online Gallery will be hosting an exhibition of 20 London-based artists who have been chosen from Saatchi Online magazine's Critic's Choice. View the Saatchi artists. FORM - 28 February - 2 March 2008 at Olympia National Hall, Hammersmith Rd, London W14 8UX.
February 2008: Julie Bennett has been interviewed by Dulwich OnView who are The Friends of Dulwich Picture Gallery's blog site. To read the interview visit Dulwich OnView website
January 2008: Julie Bennett's painting 'Linda' (above) is part of the group show 'Notting Heaven' at Sartorial Contemporary Art Gallery until January 19th 2008.
December 2007: Julie Bennett's sleeve for Thurston Revival 'Somewhere There's an Angel' won 5th place in the competition for BEST ART VINYL of 2007! Thank you for voting!
You can also see my paintings at The Saatchi Gallery website
August 2007: I was commissioned to produce the painting above for the sleeve of Thurston Revival debut single 'Somewhere There’s an Angel' which is being sold at 100 UK Pounds per copy making it the worlds most expensive debut single ever. There's articles in The Sunday Times and London's The Evening Standard
November 2006: I was labeled one of Saatchi's new stars by The Independent
I have worked professionally in graphic design for 10 years mainly in magazines, NME, Q, Classic Rock. I graduated in Graphic Design from Camberwell College Of Art, London, UK in 1997. I completed an 8 week summer school in painting at the UCL Slade School of Fine Art, London, UK in 2006 and a HNC BTEC in Fine Art at Kensington and Chelsea College, London, UK in 2007. I am now studying at Chelsea College of Art and Design until 2011.
I enjoy magazine design because the content is person dominated. I am fascinated by people’s faces, which is reflected in my figurative painting style.
I work with both oil and acrylic, with a limited palette of just 8 colours. I enjoy paint handling and paint mixing. My paintings are bold, expressive, with a sense of drawing in them. They have been described as edgy with a self-reflecting energy. I am not afraid of mark marking and like the luminosity of wiping paint away and building up a new layers of paint. I allow the paint to drip creating a loose feel in a controlled way 'controlled expressiveness'.
I am influenced by other artists such as Michael Andrews, Lucian Freud, Marlene Dumas, Jenny Saville and Euan Uglow.
I am inspired by religious iconography, popular culture, graffiti and tattoos.
You can also visit my official website juliebennett.co.uk
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