Julia Becker
About the Artist
Julia M. Becker has been creating art professionally for over 30 years and works in a wide range of media and approaches including painting, printmaking, installation, sound, film, mixed media, sculpture, creative writing and book arts. Her work is collected worldwide including in the USA, France, Germany, Taiwan, Africa and England. She is an international award winning film-maker, visual artist and educator. As the parent of a child with special needs (and super powers) Julia is inspired and empowered by the unlimited capacity of the human mind and spirit. Becker has worked with people of all ages and abilities in a multitude of settings. She is world traveler who has studied, worked and interacted with communities and within environments in West Africa, South India, Thailand, Burma, Mexico, and the USA including Alaska. Her work continues to be inspired by her joy for life, empathy with living things, sense of place, and the urge to explore and discover. Her approach to teaching focuses on experiential teaching and learning. She loves to play and hopes her students do too.
Artist Statement
My life work is about honoring, nourishing and living within the imagination. My personal philosophy is that art and artmaking are (hopefully) dynamic living entities that require, and activate, exploration. Art is also communication; a catalyst or venue for exchange of meaning. Art and artmaking may serve as a sounding apparatus among diverse realities. For me, art serves as a process and venue for seeking truth… and often raises the question of truth; … what is truth? Art has the potential of being a catalytic experience; of increasing awareness and causing a shift or transformation within the maker and possibly the viewer (I can only speak from my own experience).
My process is intuitive, experimental and explorative, with the structure and quality of everyday events and environments informing the work. These include domestic, urban, and ‘nature’, as well as current events and news in the media; relationships; environmental and political issues and feelings; studies of, and experiences of, a physiological nature; and travel and dreams of travel.