Julia Rommel - September 2020
“I was comfortable doing less at Surf Point, waking to sit on the craggy shore and watch the sunrise, letting hours go by. I started noticing the variety of life on the property- each tidal pool hosting its own unique world, so many different plants and animals, shifts in the smells as the tides change. It reset my senses, inspired me, and allowed me to approach my work in a new way.”
Julia Rommel (b. 1980 in Salisbury, MD) received her MFA from American University in Washington D.C. Recent solo and two-person exhibitions include: Fall Guy, Standard (Oslo), Oslo; Candy Jail, Bureau, New York; Twin Bed, Bureau at Tanya Leighton, Berlin; Stay-at-Home Dad with Mathew Cerletty, Standard (Oslo), Oslo; A Cheesecake With Your Name On It, Overduin & Co., Los Angeles; Two Italians, Six Lifeguards, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield. Her work is in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis.
