Julie Cross - Fine Art
Julie Cross - Fine Artist
Julie is a multi-award winning artist living in Yorkshire. She is a figurative, expressionist painter who mostly focuses upon female figures and faces to highlight some of the essentials of human existence. Main interests include the interconnections between humans and their environments, individual psychological states, the role of fate, and the power of story. Her work usually features texture, whether that be physical, created with layers of cold wax and oil paint, or optically, suggested by an abstract, scraped underpainting.
A graduate of Newlyn School of Art, Cornwall, Julie has studied widely in her practice, in the UK and the USA. She has a doctorate in Children's Literature, as well as an MA in History of Art and an MA in Childhood Studies.
Her work is exhibited widely, nationally and also internationally, and she has paintings in numerous private collections. She exhibits regularly at the ING Discerning Eye exhibitions at the Mall Galleries, as well as with the Society of Women Artists and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, among many others.
Julie is currently represented by Greenstage Gallery in Worcester and No Naked Walls Gallery in Guildford (Surrey). Her landscape work is shown with The English Art Co., The Mansion Conservatory, Roundhay, Leeds.
Selected Exhibitions
New Light Art Prize Exhibition, The Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead; Bankside Gallery, London; Rheged Arts Centre, Penrith; The Biscuit Factory, Newcastle; The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate, 29 September 2023 - 31 December 2024
Society of Women Artists' Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 25 - 29 June 2024
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 27 March - 13 April 2024
The Pastel Society Annual 125th Exhibition, Mall Galleries, 24 Jan - 10 February 2024
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, 16 - 26 November 2023
Harrogate Art Fair, Yorkshire Event Centre, Harrogate, 13 - 15 October 2023
Art for Youth London, Mall Galleries, London, 3 - 6 October 2023
'Loosen the Reins', New Editions Gallery, Lexington, USA, 15 September - 4 November 2023
Chelsea Arts Society Summer Exhibition, 14 - 18 June 2023
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead, 10 - 14 May 2023
Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham, 28 - 30 April 2023
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 30 March - 8 April 2023
Open Art Space 2023, The Old Parcels Office, Scarborough, 11 Feb - 12 March 2023
SAA Artist of the Year Exhibition 2022, Nottingham Society of Artists' Gallery, 30 Sept - 7 October 2022
Society of Women Artists' Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, 6 - 11 September 2022
Early Summer Exhibition (group show), Greenstage Gallery, Worcester, 28 May - 2 July 2022
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, 10 - 13 March 2022
Saatchi Art, 'New This Week' Collection (curated by Chief Curator and VP, Rebecca Wilson), 8 - 15 November 2021
'Sketch for Survival' Invitational Collection, Oxo Gallery, London, 17 - 28 November 2021
'An Artistic Wonderland', SAA Artist of the Year 2021, St Luke's House, Nottingham, 15 - 20 October 2021
Fresh Art Fair, Cheltenham, 6 - 8 August 2021
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, 18 Nov - 31 December 2020 (virtual exhibition due to Covid-19)
A PORTRAIT OF YORKSHIRE, group exhibition, Bils & Rye, Harrogate, 3rd October - 3 December 2020
Ardent Gallery Small Picture Show, Brecon, Wales, 1 - 15 February 2020
The Harrogate Open 2019 (biennial), The Mercer Gallery, Harrogate, 11 October - 15 January 2020
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London, 14 - 24 November 2019
THUMP OF THE TALE, joint exhibition, The Granary Gallery, Weston Park, Shropshire, 28 September - 30 October 2019
FIGURING FAIRY TALES, joint exhibition (Escapist Tales), The Bowery, Leeds, 17 November 2018 - 18 January 2019
RAW RICH group exhibition, PZ Gallery, Penzance, 24 - 26 November 2017 (Newlyn School of Art)
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London, November 2017
The Harrogate Open 2017 (biennial), The Mercer Gallery, Harrogate, 17 June - 3 September 2017
'Fabriano in Aquarello', International Watercolour Exhibition (IWS), Fabriano, Italy, April - May 2017 (representing the UK)
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London, November 2016
Royal Society of Marine Artists Annual Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London, October 2016
National Exhibition of Wildlife Art, Cheshire, 14 - 31 July 2016
'Fabriano in Aquarello' International Watercolour Exhibition (IWS), Fabriano, Italy, April - May 2016 (representing the UK)
'The People's Show' exhibition, Northumbria University Gallery, January - February 2016
ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, The Mall Galleries, London, November 2015
Royal Society of Marine Artists' Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, October 2015
The Society of Equestrian Artists' exhibition, The Osborne Studio Gallery, Motcomb Street, London, 2015
Artists For Conservation Exhibit, Vancouver, Canada, September 2015
Awards
Winner of the Schmincke Award at The Pastel Society 125th anniversary Exhibition, 2024
Runner Up, Art as a Response to Mental Health, Doncaster Art Fair, 2023
Winner, Supporting All Artists' Award, SAA Artist of the Year, 2022
Winner, Best Professional Portrait, SAA Artist of the Year, 2021
'Best in Show' at the Association of Animal Artists' Annual Exhibition (sponsored by Great Art and SAA), 2018
Winner of the Two Rivers Paper Sketchbook Prize (AAA), 2018
Winner of the Buxton Spa/Harold Riley Sketchbook Prize, 2015
Silver Citation from The Wildlife Art Society International (TWASI), 2015
Winner of the Christopher Parsons Award for Artistic Excellence, The Wildlife Art Society International (TWASI), 2014
Winner of BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year (World Mammals category), 2013
Finalist in 'Artists and Illustrators' Magazine's Artist of the Year, 2013
Silver Citation from The Wildlife Art Society International (TWASI), 2013
Winner of BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year (World Mammals category), 2012
Runner-Up in BBC Wildlife Artist of the Year (World Mammals category), 2012
Highly Commended Finalist in the David Shepherd Wildlife Artist of the Year, 2012
Finalist in London Lives: Travel competition, Bankside Gallery, London, 2011