About me
Statement
My work seeks to create a poetic pictorial archive, a meticulous record of the simple and the sensitive. With observation as a starting point and then, with the use of a figurative language where technique has a predominant, but not restrictive, place, I take notes on what is visible on the material plane and on the sensory universe. My practice is meditative. A silent gaze is essential to create a connection with what is seen, transferring the sensations that emerge from there to the canvas.
I oscillate back and forth like a pendulum between the material world and the mental one; what is seen at first glance as well as the underlying layers, transforming the surface through addition and subtraction procedures.
Therefore, my work pursues stillness and pause like a chimera, despite the constant change of the modern world. I seek to preserve the ephemeral and outshine- due to their enormous value - the simplest things.
Bio
Julia Gargiulo was born in Luján, Buenos Aires in 1983. She has a bachelor's in tourism management from Morón University, she is also a painter and an art teacher.
SShe trained in figurative and realistic painting with renowned painters such as Ariel Gulluni (2012-2013), Martín Llamedo (2014), Lula Mari (2015), and Fabian La Rosa (2016), among others.
She attended international workshops on realistic painting from life, including Floral Still Life and Portrait from Life with Mickael Klein and Joshua Larock (New York, 2016) and Modern Realistic Figure Painting with Hollis Dunlap (Rome 2018).
In 2022, her work was selected in the XII Annual National Drawing Salon of the Bicentennial Museum of Visual Arts of Concordia. That same year she won second prize in the 6th Federada Salud Painting Contest in Rosario and her work was selected for the exhibition at the XLIX National Hall of Visual Arts of MUMBAT TANDIL.
Her work is part of private collections as well as of Argentine Federated Farmers (AFA 2022) and Fundación Banco Ciudad (2015) collections.
Since 2015, she has run her own drawing and figurative painting workshop. In 2022, she joined Atelier La Cucha along with other teaching artists. She currently lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
CV
FORMATION
2018
Hollis Dunlap ́s seminar, "Modern Realist Figure Painting", focused on working with the human figure, within the framework of the seminars organized by Rome Art Workshops. Rome, Italy.
2017
Painter Susana Ragel ́s seminar on collage technique as a means for pictorial composition, at the Arte Imart workshop. The Campello, Spain.
Intensive classes at the DeCinti-Vilallón Academy. Baroque painting and technique. Madrid, Spain.
2016
“Floral Still Life” painting seminar taught by Michael Klein. New York, USA.
Natural Portrait painting seminar given by Joshua Larock. New York, USA.
Landscape painting seminar focused on the Hudson River School technique. Professors: Eric Koepple and Lauren Sansaric. New Hampshire, USA.
Seminar on poetic expression in landscape given by Ken Salaz. New Hampshire, USA.
2015
Training in Lula Mari's workshop, drawing and painting from a more expressive and poetic aspect. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2014
Training in Martín Llamedo's workshop, Realism and classical techniques. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2012
Intensive training at the Ariel Gulluni Workshop. Focus on classical drawing and figurative painting techniques. Work with a live model.
2001-2005
Bachelor 's Degree in Tourism Management, Morón University, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1995-2000
Artistic training in “The Art House” Workshop, taught by Carlos Alberto Giuffra and Susana Dominguez. Moreno, Buenos Aires.
COLLECTIVE AND INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2019 - Good Plan Exhibition, 12th Edition. Buenos Aires.
2018 - "Confluences" The Serpa Art Space, Buenos Aires.
2017 - “35x50” The Serpa Art Space, Buenos Aires.
2017 - Muestra de dibujos sobre la Mujer – Salón Casa de la Cultura Moreno, Buenos Aires.
2016 - Central Newbery Drawings – Thesis Room, Buenos Aires.
2016 - LLastiri-Gulluni-Avila-Gargiulo. Dasein House, Buenos Aires.
2014 - Out of Place Art Expo. The Stray Sheep, Buenos Aires.
2014 - The Night of the Arts. San Martin de los Andes, Patagonia, Argentina.
AWARDS AND MENTIONS
2022
Special mention in the National Drawing and Painting Show "José Rodrigo" Mulazzi Tres Arroyos Museum.
Special mention in the Annual Painting Show of the Mercedes Bar Association, Buenos Aires.
Second prize in the 6th Painting Contest within the framework of the 59th Anniversary of Federada Salud.
Selected work / Exhibition within the framework of the 12th Annual National Drawing Exhibition of the Bicentennial Museum of Visual Arts of Concordia.
Selected work / Exhibition at the 49th National Hall of Visual Arts of MUMBAT TANDIL.
2017
Painting Second prize in the Small Format Salon Exhibition, Carnacini House. Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires.
2016
Drawing Second prize in the Small Format Salon Exhibition, Carnacini House. Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires.
2015
First painting prize at Theorem Salon, Divina proporción [Divine proportion], Buenos Aires.
Acquisition and Mention of the Ciudad Bank Foundation Drawing Award, tribute to Troilo and Cortázar, Buenos Aires.
COLLECTIONS
Private collections (2015-2023)
AFA (Argentine Federated Farmers) Collection(2022)
Ciudad Bank Foundation Collection (2015)