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Julia Oleksiak
- Course BA (Hons) Illustration
- oleksiakj2000@gmail.com
- https://www.julciaimagemaker.uk/
"Julia Oleksiak is a West Midlands based image maker who specialises in abstract and surrealistic collages with themes of the abnormal and grotesque, nature and form are combined with her imagination, producing intriguing and unsettling results. She uses bright colours and texture to bring together delicate and soft floral elements and poses them with the weird and wonderful, creating her surrealistic images that are eye-catching and uncomfortable in equal measure. She likes to experiment with her work, often that leading to her finding new ways of merging different themes and subject matters together, creating weird and surrealistic images."
I am a West Midlands based image maker that’s obsessed with colour and texture. I love creating abstract and surrealistic pieces of work that utilise flora, fauna, and delicate elements from the natural world which can be seen in my linework pieces and collage. I am a creative hoarder, and collect imagery to be utilised in my compositions, with elements sourced from magazines, photographs, dried flowers and anything else that carries meaning to help me communicate visually. I like to mix the sweet, the soft, the colourful and the weird together, creating images with strange undertones which represent the ideas in my head. My work is process-driven and often I ‘go with the flow’ when it comes to creating my work. Complimenting my photomontage and drawing, I also enjoy photography, capturing various colours and shapes around the world that influence my compositions. My favourite way to work is with a nice cup of tea next to my window, with my music playing through my speakers, sketchbook in hand ready to experiment and create textures, sketches and collages inspired by the things around me. As I leave University and move further into my career, I want to begin teaching, inspiring and offering mentorship, help and guidance to students, adults and the wider community, creating images and showing the world what goes on in my head through artworks and give them the tools to do the same. I want to inspire those around me to use their creativity and utilise it to create amazing things.
My portfolio
Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography
Aimee Hankey / Amanda Benbow / Anisha Gohil / Bethany Lovekin / Chelsey Lau / Daniel Rawlinson / Deveton Boakye / Drei Rutherford-Harris / Emily-Jo Frank / Emma Clayton / Erin Rae / Fynn Riseborough / Georgia Elizabeth Adamson / Gianni Thomas / Hannah Ahmed / Hannah Elizabeth James / Jatinder Ghataoa / Jeavan Tagger / John William Dunn / Julia Oleksiak / Kieran Chahal / Luke Baker / Kieran Willetts / Martin Stewart / Monique Bansal / Patrick Campbell-Brookes / Sarah Tombs / Shriya Rai / Victoria Davenport
Wolverhampton School of Art MA Show 2021
Friday 17th September – Sunday 3rd October: Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Lichfield St, Wolverhampton WV1 1DU
MA Design and Applied Arts / MA Digital And Visual Communications
Friday 1st – Sunday 31st October: The New Art Gallery Walsall, Gallery Sq, Walsall WS2 8LG
MA Fine Art And / MA Art and Design by Research
it is a great pleasure that we are once again partnering with Wolverhampton Art Gallery and the New Art Gallery Walsall in hosting our MA Degree Shows.
British Art Show 9
22 January - 10 April 2022
We are delighted to announce that the Wolverhampton School of Art has been selected as one of the venues for the prestigious British Art Show 9! In what is a major boost and sign of recognition for arts and culture in Wolverhampton, we are proud to be hosting this prestigious touring exhibition in January 2022.
FEINART Lecture Series
The FEINART LECTURE SERIES will discuss the role, impact, and theoretical implications of socially engaged art. This series of public talks is organized by the Innovative Training Network FEINART (The Future of European Independent Art Spaces in a Period of Socially Engaged Art) jointly led by the Universities of Wolverhampton (coordinator), Zeppelin University (direction of the training programme) University Iceland, and University of Edinburgh.
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 860306
