Julie Anne Mann · Mixed Media · Sculpture · Forest Portraits · Currently at JG Art Gallery
Julie Anne Mann lives and works in the Pacific Northwest, returned to the region after twenty-five years studying and working in New York. She is a graduate of The School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York, and her work has been exhibited throughout the United States.
The majority of Mann's work is composed from natural materials, using their inherent qualities to exemplify or allude to parallels found in human nature. Often the work weaves in botanical lore and allegories to address the relentless push and pull between humanity and the natural world. In her Forest Portrait series, she chose book-matched walnut burl panels to serve as a backdrop for large-scale tree portraits. After applying silver leaf, a delicate cross-hatching technique reveals the twisted and gnarled shapes that are the trees of the Pacific Northwest.
She works across natural materials including deer antler, charcoal, and silver leaf on wood panel — composing pieces that read as anthropomorphic subjects rather than studies, with the silver leaf creating a soft sheen across the surface. Mann is an alumna of Roby King Gallery on Bainbridge Island, the legacy program JG Art Gallery acquired and continues.
Julie's practice, in detail.
Origin & Education
- BFASchool of Visual Arts (SVA), New YorkSculpture and mixed media — formal training in a working-artists' school
- NYTwenty-five years studying and working in New York
- ReturnReturned to the Pacific NorthwestLives and works in the region the trees portray
Awards & Residencies
- ResidencyI-Park Foundation Residency ProgramEast Haddam, Connecticut
- ResidencyWeir Farm Art Center Residency ProgramWilton, Connecticut
- GrantNew York City Department of Cultural Affairs GrantNew York, NY
Selected Series
- SeriesForest PortraitBook-matched walnut burl panels · silver leaf · cross-hatching technique revealing twisted Pacific Northwest tree shapes
- SeriesSalvaged LandscapesReclaimed glass jugs from Dead Horse Bay, Queens, with Pacific Northwest driftwood — environmental commentary
- SeriesBotanicalsMandala compositions from natural specimens — Devil's Claw and other foraged elements
Materials & Method
- SubstrateWalnut burl, wood panelBook-matched panels become the field for the work
- SurfaceSilver leafApplied as ground; cross-hatching exposes the dark beneath
- FormDeer antler · charcoal · natural specimensAnthropomorphic subjects rendered through their own materials
Themes
- SubjectHumanity and the natural worldThe relentless push and pull — botanical lore and allegory
- SourceOld-growth temperate forestsOlympic Peninsula source photography for the Forest Portrait series
Galleries & Currently
- PastRoby King GalleryBainbridge Island legacy — alumna of the gallery JG Art Gallery acquired and continues
- PastGarrison Art CenterGarrison, NY — Rooted exhibition
- PastGallery 66 NYCold Spring, NY
- OngoingJG Art GalleryBainbridge Island & Park City
As featured in.
Selected works.
A current selection from Julie's work, available through JG Art Gallery. The gallery responds within one business day with placement, dimensions, and indicated price for the work in question.
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