JULIE DAVIDSON SMITH
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Contact Julie
Call or text me 613-583-8901
juliedavidsonsmith@gmail.com

I make art because my heart and soul beg to be expressed through my creative voice. Art speaks from the mind, body and soul and I love sharing it with the world - make art makes the world a better place.


Artist Statement
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Julie is an award-winning Canadian artist who has exhibited her work across Canada and in parts of the U.S. Her work explores themes around the human spirit, our connection to nature, ourselves and each other - the collective unconscious. This unseen space that exists between all living things is a rich tapestry of universal/human energy. This invisible fusion of ideas, emotions and stories transcend the superficial boundaries we have created as humans - class, gender, geography and time itself. Julie's art taps into this "in-between" place where her passion for design, meaning, and storytelling guide her to the heart of it all - what it means to be alive beyond the superficial boundaries of our society and culture.  Julie has a B.F.A from Concordia University in Montreal where she graduated in 1999 with top honours in the painting & drawing program. 
Representation
Art Interiors Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2gallery, Picton, ON.
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Echoing Light, Unit 115 Gallery - Kingston Arts Council, The Tett Center, Kingston ON.
2018 New Gravity, Studio22 Open Gallery, Kingston, ON
2016 Passengers, Wellington Street Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 Full Circle, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2015 Star Dust, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON.
2014 Flow, Engine Gallery, Toronto, ON.


Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Vor Kunst, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
2020 27th Annual Festival of Smalls, Art Interiors, Toronto, ON.
2019 Trajectory, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York City, U.S.A.
2019 Fuse, Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, ON.
2019 26th Annual Festival of Smalls, Art Interiors, Toronto, ON.
​2018  O’connar Gallery, Gananoque ON.
2017  Marcia Rafleman Gallery, Toronto, ON
2016 Turning Point, 
Modern Fuel Gallery, Kingston, ON
2015 Juried Art Salon, The Tett Centre, Kingston Arts Council, Kingston ON.

Awards
2014 Adjudicator’s Choice Award, OKWA 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Kingston ON 
2012 Hilary Scanlon Award, Juried Arts Salon, Kingston Arts Council
2011 Best of Show Award, Synergy, OKWA, Wilson Room, Kingston, ON
2010 Best of Show Award, 9th Annual Regional Juried Art Salon Exhibition, Kingston, ON.
2007 Best of Show Award, 6th Annual Regional Juried Art Salon Exhibition, Kingston, ON.
2003 Adjudicator’s Choice Award, OKWA, Mixed Media Juried Show, Kingston, ON.
2001 Honorable Mention, OKWA Juried Exhibition, Kingston,ON.
1999 Best of Show Award, Heinz-Jordon Award, Concordia University, Montreal, Que.

Grants

2019 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Canada Art Council
2016 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Canada Art Council

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I have been painting for as long as I could hold a paint brush. My father built me this easel when I little.
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I make art because the physical, mental, spiritual experience of being creative brings a deeper meaning and joy into my life.
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