About Julia Swaby
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Education
2022 - present
London Fine Art Studios
2004 - 2007
University of London
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Event: Launch
Dates: 14 Feb 2026 - 28 Feb 2026
Launch event of three local artists
Event: Fresh Art Fair
Dates: 29 Jan 2026 - 1 Feb 2026
Britain's Largest Regional Art Fair
Event: Christmas Exhibition
Dates: 1 Dec 2025 - 18 Dec 2025
Selected artists
Event: Group Exhibition
Dates: 1 Jun 2023 - 15 Jun 2023
Various artists from across Sussex and London
Event: Translations
Dates: 1 Aug 2021 - 31 Aug 2021
Collected abstracts
Event: Abstracts of Surrender
Dates: 1 Sep 2020 - 30 Sep 2021
Artist in residence
Event: Summer Exhibition
Dates: 2 Aug 2019 - 21 Aug 2019
Selected artists.
Biography
Julia is an abstract expressionist painter working in oils. Her work is organic and nebular, avoiding sharp edges and angles to provide a sense of calm or motion. Some work is informed by nature, especially sea and skyscapes, influenced by her coastal home town in Hastings and previously, her home in Landes de Gascogne, which continues to exert influence on her ethereal landscapes. Other work is a documentation of her encounters in prayer and meditation, pursuing a channel to the essential self.
Having lectured in philosophy and theology, Julia is interested in the pursuit of the aesthetic, as outlined by Dietrich von Hildebrand. Von Hildebrand claimed that beauty in art is not a luxury, but is 'life-giving'. Julia's paintings are hence a conversation with states of being and with God. Harmony and peace are motifs in composition and palette.
