Artist Statement
My artwork is an exploration of color and texture. I use acrylic paint mixed with gel medium, applied with a palette knife in a sculpting-like manner. My technique allows me to transcend the limitations of a flat canvas, and to create three-dimensional work. Color plays an important role in my art. Pure saturated hues are layered directly onto the canvas, capturing the subject’s essence, while infusing it with emotion. I use color as a mechanism to allow the viewer to forge a deeper connection and to go beyond the visual. In my work, through the use of color and texture, I invite the viewer on a journey of connection of art and soul.
Artist Biography
Julia Beynenson was born in Ukraine and was admitted to the Academy of Art at a young age. In addition to her regular studies in a math program, Julia Beynenson received classical art education while studying drawing, painting, sculpture and art history for a number of years until her graduation from the Academy. One of Julia Beynenson’s early influences was seeing the work of Wassily Kandinsky and being moved by his bold use of color. This was a beginning of a journey of connecting to color and utilizing it’s potential in Beynenson’s work. When Julia Beynenson was a teenager, her family moved to the United States. While trying to adjust to a new world around her, Beynenson turned to art to help establish her new identity. She continued to study painting and sculpting and immersed herself in the art world of Washington, DC galleries and museums. As art offered universality and inclusiveness, it was during this time that Julia Beynenson realized art’s true power and significance - its ability to bridge differences and to connect people across time and space.
Upon graduating college, Julia Beynenson went on to work in finance, eventually receiving a graduate degree from Columbia University in the City of New York. While the emphasis of her studies was high conflict negotiations, Julia chose to devote her thesis research to study the art’s ability to transform and to connect communities, particularly the use of art in working with children and adults as a collaborative tool in an effort to bridge the divided communities of New York post September 11th. Throughout the years, art continued to play an integral part in Julia Beynenson’s life. She painted and sculpted, exhibited her work, and remained active in the art community. Julia Beynenson has set up a number of community art projects and has taught art classes. Julia Beynenson has exhibited her work in New York, Washington DC and Miami.
In the recent while Julia Beynenson has had a number of shows in East Hampton, Montauk and Southampton, New York. She has also been selected as an artist of the month at Golden Eagle community art hub in East Hampton. Press Release
Beynenson has created and participated in a fundraising event for Ukraine in conjunction with the White Room Gallery in East Hampton in November 2023.
Today, Julia Beynenson’s work can be seen at the Guild Hall in East Hampton, New York until January, 2024. She will also be one of the artists featured by the Lucore Art Gallery in Montauk for their upcoming holiday show. Beynenson’s work is presently on view at the Synergy Art Event in Miami and she will also be featured in the Red Dot Fair in Miami during the Art Basel Week.
Julia Beynenson has upcoming shows in Palm Beach, New York, East Hampton, Montauk and Miami.
Gallery Representation - RadoArt Gallery, London UK.