Julie Shrive

I am a retired teacher who has recently 2003 completed BA [ Camberwell] & MA [ Middx ] Visual Arts in sculpture, photography and video.

My Work conceptually concerns age / identity & how one is viewed by state as one grows older “I am rapidly becoming a spectre ” Roland Barthes . This links to painting's Impression and abstraction and history of the early moving image / narrative It concerns the blurring the boundaries between fine art and design through the conceptual process and, the fact that I 'sit on the cusp', linking my ideas through culture and materials. and modern music is the conceptual and links to my ideas regarding the arts and music interrelating.

My philosophy towards the found and constructed moment object and structure is crucial to how I think, devise and operate: to educate subliminally , socially ,not just in the finished piece, but in the process.

I believe art can be the found object, moment and situation. Abstraction, design and colour are fundamental to my work. I enjoy constructing with photography both within the composition and with the arrangement of the finished piece.

The transition from interior to exterior relates to my educational and creative life and ideas. By examining my ethical concerns through my artistic and creative projects I hope I may educate others. The transition is found in my situation and position in life and the changing definition of who I am and how I am viewed by society.