BIOGRAPHY
Colour is central to Julie’s practice, expressing the poignancy of her lifelong preoccupation with the powerful yet fragile cycle of life.
Julie studied at Camberwell College of Arts and The Royal Academy Schools, London.
Julie has been widely exhibited across the UK and Europe, including at the Royal Academy, The National Portrait Gallery and The Barbican.
Her work is held in a number of public collections including Nuffield College, Oxford University; New Hall, Cambridge University and the Ben Uri Gallery & Museum, London.
Held teaches at the Royal Drawing Schools and is an elected member of the London Group, NEAC, RWS and Arborealists.
A short film introducing artist Julie Held, shot in London in Summer 2019.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Forms of Life: Small Drawings
Mercer Chance Gallery, London
Living Memories: A Life in Portraits
The London Jewish Cultural Centre
Connections (with Peter Clossick)
The Lovely Gallery, London
Living London
Eleven Spitalfields, London
Colour and Texture (with Peter Clossick)
The Boundary Gallery, London
Bilder auf Papier
Galerie Sud, Leipzig
Regard and Ritual (with Shanti Panchal)
Eldon Gallery Portsmouth University
Regard and Ritual (with Shanti Panchal)
The Ben Uri Gallery, London
Crossing the Bridge Back to Saxony
Deutsche Telecom University, Leipzig
Foyer Show
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital Arts, London
The Franz Kafka Gallery
Prague
The City Library
Leipzig
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
In addition to the below, my work has featured in many annual London Group, Royal Watercolour Society and Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions.
Portsmouth Art Gallery
Portsmouth
Drawing the Unspeakable
Towner Gallery, Eastbourne
Painting with An Accent: German Jewish Émigré Artists
The Ben Uri Gallery in partnership with the German Embassy, London
Celebration of Venus and Gardens
Anna Lovely Gallery, London
NEAC Annual Exhibition, The Royal Society of Portrait Painters and The Discerning Eye
The Mall Galleries, London
The Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Prize Exhibition and The Ruth Borchard, The Next Generation, King’s Place, London
Black and White Contemporary Drawing
Linden Hall Studio, Kent
Acquisitions and
long-term loans
The Ben Uri Gallery, London
The London Group Exhibition, Penwith Gallery
St Ives, Cornwal
The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize
Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
The Arborealists, Black Swan Arts
Frome, Somerset
DRAW, The Mandells Gallery
Norwich
Summer Show, The Belgrave Gallery
St Ives, Cornwall
EQUINOX, The Felix & Spear Gallery
London
NEAC Annual Exhibition
The Mercer’s Company, London
Christies
London
BP Portrait Award
National Portrait Gallery, London
COLLECTIONS INCLUDE:
Nuffield College
Oxford University, England
The Usher Gallery
Lincoln, England
The London School of Economics & Political Science
London, England
Murrray Edwards College
Cambridge University, England
Staffordshire County Council Art Collection
Baker McKenzie International Law Firm
The Ben Uri Museum and Gallery
London, England
The Ruth Borchard Collection
London, England
St. Ives Society
Cornwall, England