Julie Martini is a visual artist working in drawing, painting, sculpture and installation. Her work explores the interplay of chance and intention.
Julie’s work combines materials and methods from eastern and western marbling traditions, dating from the 12th century, with western approaches to painting. Water, pigment, and breath are used to create each work. The process begins with drops of acrylic paint on a liquid bath. The paint is induced to spread, move, and fragment by successive layers of paint and surfactants. The “floating painting” is then transferred to paper, and the final pieces are painted, and sometimes torn, cut and recombined.
Julie’s sculptures begin with hand-built clay forms that are manipulated with digital modeling/fabrication.
Her work includes references to NASA images, microscope photography, music, and humanist writing.
Her studio is in Jamaica Plain, MA.
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Floating, suminagashi, paint, collage, and thread on handmade paper, 42 in. x 59 in., 2024.
Fan, suminagashi, acrylic paint and ink on handmade paper, 41 in. x 50 in., 2024.
Overgrown Self, suminagashi, paint, ink, and collage on handmade paper, 36 in. x 54 in., 2024.
Cosmic Vibration, suminagashi, watercolor, gouache, collage on Masa paper, 21 in. x 30 in., 2024.
Eye in the Sky, suminagashi and watercolor on mulberry paper, 33.5 in. x 25 in., 2024.
Meandering Time, suminagashi and watercolor on thai kozo paper, 36 in. x 25 in., 2024.
Flowscape (Diptych), suminagashi, paint, and ink on stonehenge paper, 60 in. x 43.5 in., 2024.
September 8, 2024, handmade paper and head, 2024.
What if the Universe Was A River?, suminagashi and watercolor on thai kozo Paper, 25 in. x 36 in. 2024.
Instrument of the Senses II, 3D printed sculpture mounted on wood pedestal, 20 in. x 23 in. x 7.5 in., 2023.
Head, 3D print with hand marbled finish, 14.5 in. x 13 in. x 3 in., 2023.
The Widest Eye, 3D print, 9 in. x 4 in. x 2 in., 2023.
A Room of One's Own (Diptych), information about materials goes here, XX in. x XX in., 2023.
Dreaming, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 22 in., 2022.
Portal I, acrylic and gouache on paper, 50 in. x 58 in., 2022.
Portal II, acrylic and gouache on paper, 50 in. x 59 in., 2022.
Asteroid, acrylic and gouache on paper, 50 in. x 51 in., 2021.
Cosmic Body, acrylic and gouache on paper, 50 in. x 60 in., 2020.
I Don't Believe in Magic, acrylic and gouache on paper, 35.5 in. x 26 in., 2020.
I Just Believe in Me, acrylic and gouache on paper, 35.5 in. x 26 in., 2020.
Celestial Ooze (diptych), acrylic and gouache on paper, 85 in. x 30 in., 2018.
Collapse, crylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2018.
Petrify, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2018.
Purple Outer Space, crylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2018.
Vibration, crylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2018.
Planetform I, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2017.
Planetform II, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2017.
Planetform III, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2017.
Planetform IV, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2017.
Multiform, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2017.
Untitled, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2017.
Building With Light, light installation, 30 ft. x 6 ft., 2017.
Efflux, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2016.
Efflux II, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2016.
Half Moon Framed, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2016.
Microview, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42 in., 2016.
Light Body I, acrylic and gouache on paper, 28 in. x 42.5 in., 2014.
Light Body II, acrylic and gouache on paper, 29 in. x 41 in., 2014.
Light Body III, acrylic and gouache on paper, 29.5 in. x 33.5 in., 2015.
Light Body IV, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 41 in., 2014.
Light Body V, acrylic and gouache on paper, 26 in. x 35.5 in., 2014.
Light Body VI, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 42.5 in., 2015.
Light Body VII, acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 43 in., 2015.
Light Body VIII, acrylic and gouache on paper, 29 in. x 40 in., 2015.
Particle I, acrylic on paper, 30 in. x 41 in., 2014.
Particle II, acrylic on paper, 29.5 in. x 33.5 in., 2014.
Untitled, 2014.
Constellation, collage, 96 in. x 96 in., 2013.
Everything Out of Nothing, glass, graphite and acrylic, 90 in. x 90 in., 2013.
Untitled I, acrylic and gouache on paper, 29.5 in. x 42 in., 2010.
Untitled II, acrylic and gouache on paper, 26 in. x 35 in., 2011.
Untitled III, acrylic and gouache on paper, 31 in. x 42 in., 2011.
Untitled IV, acrylic and gouache on paper, 31 in. x 42 in., 2011.
Untitled V, acrylic and gouache on paper, 28 in. x 35 in., 2011.
Untitled VI, acrylic and gouache on paper, 29 in. x 36 in., 2011.
Untitled VII, acrylic and gouache on paper, 31 in. x 42 in., 2010.
Untitled VIII, acrylic on paper, 31.5 in. x 41 in., 2010.
Untitled I, acrylic and gouache on paper, 14 in. x 21 in., 2011.
Untitled II, acrylic and gouache on paper, 14 in. x 21 in., 2011.
Untitled III (Diptych), acrylic and gouache on paper, 30 in. x 21 in., 2011.
Untitled IV, acrylic paint and paper, 22 in. x 30 in., 2011.
Big Bang, acrylic and collage on paper, 15 in. x 20 in., 2010.
Untitled II, acrylic and collage on paper, 15 in. x 20 in., 2010.
Untitled I, acrylic and collage on paper, 24.5 in. x 22 in., 2010.
Untitled I, acrylic paint on paper, 35 in. x 45.5 in., 2011.
Untitled II, acrylic paint on paper, 40 in. x 50 in., 2009.
Untitled III, acrylic and collage on paper, 13.25 in. x 18 in., 2008.
That Body Which I Call My Own, acrylic and collage on paper, 13.75 in. x 16.5 in., 2008.
Pilot, acrylic and collage on paper, 12.5 in. x 17 in., 2009.
This Machine My Body, acrylic and collage on paper, 13.25 in. x 18 in., 2008.
Untitled IV, acrylic paint on paper, 13.25 in. x 18 in., 2008.
Bones, Nerves, Muscles, Veins, Blood and Skin, acrylic and collage on paper, 16.25 in. x 18 in., 2008.
Pilot of a Vessel, acrylic and collage on paper, 16.25 in. x 16.75 in., 2008.
Untitled V, acrylic and collage on paper, 13.75 in. x 17.25 in., 2008.
Natural Selection 1-6, acrylic and collage on paper, 11.75 in. x 16 in., 2009.
Natural Selection 13-18, acrylic and collage on paper, 11.75 in. x 16 in., 2009.
Natural Selection 19-24, acrylic and collage on paper, 11.75 in. x 16 in., 2009.
Natural Selection 25-30, acrylic and collage on paper, 11.75 in. x 16 in., 2009.
Instrument of the Senses, low relief paper sculpture, 48 in. x 52 in., 2009.