Julia Suptel
Touching souls, one painting at a time
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Exclusive selection at discounted prices • 6 artworks
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Florals • 75 artworks
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A range of oil and soft pastel still lives
Playful • 13 artworks
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A collection of abstract, color-rich artworks
Framed miniatures • 11 artworks
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This series features a collection of miniature oil pastels, framed in vintage and new modern frames [...]
This series features a collection of miniature oil pastels, framed in vintage and new modern frames and was created in autumn 2024. If you enjoy creativity, cozy details, and a sprinkle of irony, you might find something you love here.
Each painting has its own little story and adds a splash of inspiration to your surroundings. Whether it features a fun phrase like "This is weird" or gentle floral designs, these pieces can bring a unique charm to your decor.
What is special about oil pastel, is that it is quite challenging to create fine details. Thus, this miniature format is unique and recognized by connoisseurs.
Every piece is handcrafted with care, reflecting a bit of soul in each detail. They're perfect for anyone who appreciates the beauty in life's little moments and enjoys surrounding themselves with characterful items. Some frames are newly hand-painted vintage, others are new lacquered solid wood.
See if any piece speaks to you! I’d love to help you add a touch of magic to your home.
Each painting has its own little story and adds a splash of inspiration to your surroundings. Whether it features a fun phrase like "This is weird" or gentle floral designs, these pieces can bring a unique charm to your decor.
What is special about oil pastel, is that it is quite challenging to create fine details. Thus, this miniature format is unique and recognized by connoisseurs.
Every piece is handcrafted with care, reflecting a bit of soul in each detail. They're perfect for anyone who appreciates the beauty in life's little moments and enjoys surrounding themselves with characterful items. Some frames are newly hand-painted vintage, others are new lacquered solid wood.
See if any piece speaks to you! I’d love to help you add a touch of magic to your home.
Heritage • 18 artworks
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The presented series has evolved over the passed year as an exploration of my own feeling of motherland [...]
The presented series has evolved over the passed year as an exploration of my own feeling of motherland and its image imprinted in my (sub)conscious. I was born and raised in Ukraine and although I've been living in various European countries during the past 10 years, I've never lost touch with Ukraine, regularly visiting family and friends there. The war hit me hard in 2022, as well as millions of Ukranians. I didn't have to flee myself but I hosted refugees and volunteered, and grieved. After the first months of shock and dispair have passed, I continued my art practice and found myself depicting memories of my childhood and hopes and worries about Ukraine and Ukranians. Just as the whole nation is rediscovering its history and value now, paying an enormous price of war, I'm revisiting my own identity and connection to the country in this body of work.
Some of these works reach to universal archetypes, like the tree of life or the forest, some came as a prophetic revelation (like "Kherson") and some are a direct response to the horrible crimes against civil Ukrainians, when words were no more.
Some of these works reach to universal archetypes, like the tree of life or the forest, some came as a prophetic revelation (like "Kherson") and some are a direct response to the horrible crimes against civil Ukrainians, when words were no more.
Architecture, city and landscapes • 24 artworks
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Waterscapes • 12 artworks
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Seascapes, beaches and river shores drawn with soft and oil pastels
Still lives • 4 artworks
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Recognition
Award Winning
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The artist has won prizes and awards
Presented in Art Fairs
The artist participates in art shows and fairs
The artist participates in art shows and fairs
Professional Artist
Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Biography
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Julia Suptel was born in Ukraine in 1987 and now lives and works in Dresden, Germany. She has many interests, one of the main ones being psychology and (art) therapy where she moves intuitively, inventing her own coping techniques and processes. She is a keen yoga practioner and seeker, a certain thoughtfulness is present in most of her artworks. Julia works mainly with soft and oil pastel and her works feature scenes from everyday life, landscapes and floral arrangements.
She is a self-taught artist with a background in Cultural Management from the University of Amsterdam and BA in Domestic Design from School of Form in Poznan, Poland. Her works are in private collections in Germany, Ukraine, Russia, Italy, France, Ireland, Poland and the USA.
Julia says about her work: „I let my curiosity and colour inspiration drive my work, not knowing often where the next experiment might take me. I explore different styles but naive art and Impressionism, as well as fauvism and mystical realism are the ones that resonate the most”.
“If you work with your hands, you're a laborer. If you work with your hands and your mind, you're a craftsman. If you work with your hands and your mind and your heart, you're an artist.” - st. Francis of Assisi
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Nationality:
UKRAINE
- Date of birth : 1987
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Ukrainian Contemporary Artists
Ongoing and Upcoming art events
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Influences
Education
2012 - 2015
BA Domestic Design
Poznan,
Poland
2009 - 2010
MSc Business Studies: Cultural Management
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
2004 - 2009
MSc Management: Management of Advertising
Kyiv,
Ukraine
Artist value certified
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Achievements
Prizes and Awards
2024
Honourable Mention In Juried Pastel Online Competition Dust Off
United States
Collective Expositions
2024
Artists For Plants
Palermo,
Italy
2024
Rally Monte Carlo
Budapest,
Hungary
2023
Frühlings Ausstellung
Dresden,
Germany
2022
Juried Exhibition Of German Pastel Society
Herne,
Germany
2022
Door To Door.
Berlin,
Germany
2022
The Garden Of Loss And Triumph
Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Solo Expositions
2025
Blickwinkel
Torgau,
Germany
2024
Bloom!
Dresden,
Sachsen,
Germany
2021
Stadt Und Blumen
Dresden,
Germany
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Last modification date : Aug 9, 2025
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All the latest news from contemporary artist Julia Suptel
Added Jun 21, 2025
Group exhibition of German pastel society
Kleine Galerie Torgau
Friday
20
June
2025
Sunday
14
December
2025
A big biannual exhibition of German pastel society is presented in two locations in Torgau this year. The show is up till mid December.
One of my works was selected by the jury to take part in this celebration of pastel art this year.
Added Mar 2, 2025
Home
Online
Saturday
1
March
2025
Thursday
1
May
2025
My work dedicated to Ukraine from 2022 was selected to be part of a curated online exhibition Home by Azalea Arts community and is on display now on their website here
The exhibition features 17 artists working across various mediums and Invited artists to reflect on the theme of Home and its physical, emotional, and metaphorical interpretations.
I am very to happy to have been selected with this artwork below that is an oil pastel on paper. It is called „The land of rainbows and flowers. Ukraine“ and features my pain and sorrow because of the fullscale russian invasion in 2022 covered by hope and love and childhood memories I have of my home country. This painting is part of a larger Heritage series that explores inner landscapes of memories and reactions to the war.
Added Jan 15, 2025
Vernissage solo art Show „Blickwinkel“
Gläserne Galerie der Torgauer Wohnstätten, Torgau, Germany
Saturday
18
January
2025
Wednesday
30
April
2025
18 January 14.00 is the opening of my new solo art exhibition in Torgau, Germany.
"Blinkwinkel" represents a kaleidoscope of impressions from the world around me – details and scenes I notice and capture on paper with pastel. Each of my works is like a love letter to life, aiming to convey the attention I pay to the world and my fascination with it.
Location: Gläserne Galerie der Torgauer Wohnstätten, Lassallestraße, 10, Torgau.
Free entrance, everyone is welcome!
Added Dec 2, 2024
UPD: Got an “Honourable mention”. My work was accepted to DUST OFF
Monday
2
December
2024
Sunday
5
January
2025
One of my recent pastel artworks was accepted into an online juried pastel competition of PGE (Pastel Guild of Europe) DUST OFF. I am honored and thrilled to announce this news. You can view the work here https://www.onlinejuriedshows.com/ClosedShowImage.aspx?OJSID=58732&w=f&eid=547294
"5 days you are here", 50x70 cm, 2024
UPD: the artwork was selected into the pool of 24 winners of the show and achieved an “honourable mention” in the Still life/floral category.
Added Oct 9, 2024
Group show of Ukrainian pastel guild in Kamianets-Podilski
Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine
Wednesday
2
October
2024
Thursday
24
October
2024
Taking part in this beautiful group show which is fully dedicated to the city and surroundings of Kamianets-Podilski in Ukraine.
Added Aug 21, 2024
Exhibition of Ukrainian Pastel gild
Armigera art, Lviv, Ukraine
Friday
23
August
2024
Sunday
22
September
2024
Two of my works are taking part in the all-Ukrainian exhibition of pastelists. 
Added Jan 29, 2024
"Bloom!" Personal exhibition of pastel works
Drinnen & Draußen, Kamenzer Straße, Dresden-Neustadt, Germany
Friday
8
March
2024
Saturday
25
May
2024
A show featuring the brightest pastel artworks of mine is about to open in March in Dresden. Vernissage is on March 8th at 17.00. More details coming up.
Added Jan 4, 2024
Group show "Obuhiv "sewn" rushnyk: from ancient times to nowadays".
Obukhiv District Local History Museum, Kyivska Street, Obukhiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
Saturday
30
December
2023
Wednesday
31
January
2024
I'm taking part in a cultural venue organized by social organization "Creative heritage" with a photo of my larger artwork inspired by the ancient technique of rushnyk - an embroidered sacred and ritualistic, as well as, home-used towel in Ukraine. There actual embroidered rushnyks in the show, as well as a few of contemporary embroidery-inspired pieces.
Added Jul 31, 2023
Art show in Kyiv. Art Lego. Victory contructor
Pavlo Tychyna Museum, Vulytsya Tereshchenkivsʹka, Kyiv, Ukraine
Tuesday
1
August
2023
Tuesday
15
August
2023
I'm happy to take part in an art show in my native Kyiv in August. The show presents various Ukrainian artists and all works are for sale. Three of my pastel works from the years 2020-2021 are going to be there. This is one of them, but it's framed, of course :)
Added Nov 7, 2022
Works that found their home in Turkey
I’ve received some photos of wonderfully framed soft pastel artworks of mine that now live in Istanbul, Turkey. And just want to share how the look n their new home. The owners said, they transformed their rental place entirely.
Added Sep 20, 2022
Deutsche Pastell Gesellschaft. Group Exhibition
Schollbrockhaus e.V. Galerie, Karl-Brandt-Weg, Herne, Germany
Friday
7
October
2022
Sunday
9
October
2022
I am taking part in the group exhibition of German Pastel Society in Herne. This is the artwork selected for the show by the professional jury. It will be on sale at the venue. You are welcome to visit and enjoy the beauty of pastel art at the show.
Added Aug 18, 2022
Door to Door . Art from isolation
LiTE-HAUS Galerie + Projektraum, Mareschstraße, Berlin, Germany
Thursday
8
September
2022
Saturday
24
September
2022
I'm taking part in a group exhibition in Berlin with a floral portrait with soft pastel. The idea of the project was to reinterpret a randomly assigned page from an Encyclopedia. The works will be shown aside the original image, some with interpretations by Austrailian artists. The artwork will be available for purchase.
Added Aug 18, 2022
The Garden of Loss and Triumph
NDSM Fuse, NDSM-Plein 29, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Thursday
1
September
2022
Sunday
18
September
2022
My textile artwork is taking part in a group exhibition in Amsterdam. The venue is organized by ArtAviso and is going to take place from 1st to 18th of September. Artwork will be available for purchase, all profits will be donated to Ukrainian charities. More info on the project
I was 7 months pregnant when the war in my homeland Ukraine broke out. Ongoing news about losses among civilians broke my heart every day. Everyday I opened the news feed and saw a new number of victims, dead and wounded. Here’s the point I’ve changed my initial concept for the project and decided to devote my piece to the children of Ukraine who were killed since February 2022 by Russian army. It depicts a sunflower - one of the traditional Ukrainian plants and export resources. Every cross is a life of a child taken away by war.
I started when the number of deaths was already quiet big and then continued adding stitches, crying over the victims of shelling of Mariupol, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odessa and many more Ukrainian cities. I knew that I will be adding more every single day but never made a stitch in advance, hoping that I will actually have to add no more. It felt weird and painful to breastfeed my baby and add a stitch for every child killed, infants as well.
I’m sending out this piece of artwork unfinished because the war is still on and Russians continue killing Ukrainians and destroy our homes and land. By now 362 children were killed, about thrice as much injured and made handicapped, a few millions had to leave their homes and several hundred thousands have no home to go back to, no kindergarten, school or sports club to go to if they are back. This what Russian politicians were calling “military aims” and “nazis”.
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Added Feb 24, 2022
I am Ukrainian
I am devastated and broken as my family and friends and all Ukrainians woke to war this morning. In the middle of Europe. With a silent fearful agreement of the EU and the rest of the world who could have prevented this by confident actions, not only talks and condolence.
As an artist I was never on the "dark side", my works are aimed to bring light, joy, thoughtfulness, even these horrible events cannot push me to create something as dark as my current state of mind and soul, even if I want to. I am not asking to support me, but if you want, I am eager to provide any information I have about the current state of affairs in Ukraine, as well as validated links for donations. Informational support and demonstration are also needed now. Please, don't keep silent and distant. This plague can invade your house if you don't act.
Thank you for support!
Added Nov 16, 2021
Biafarin Awards online exhibition
online
Monday
15
November
2021
Monday
15
November
2021
I'm taking part in a group exhibition organized by Biafarin https://www.biafarin.com/p/ba2021.html?name=julia-suptel
Added May 18, 2021
Exhibition in Dresden
Omnibus Verein Dresden
Friday
4
June
2021
Wednesday
30
June
2021
Official opening Friday June 4th 19.00
address: Grossenhainerstrasse, 99
Reviews and comments
Pięknie!!!To co malujesz ma zawsze klimat i charakter. Pozdrawiam
Beautiful!!! What you paint always has atmosphere and character. Regards
The textures and hues in your pastel work are both bold and deeply expressive
Wow, thank you so much, Anna!
Very delicate work. Congratulations
Thank you for the kind words!
Olá Julia! Fico mais uma vez muito agraciado por ter mais um dos meus trabalhos na sua rica coleção. E foi mais uma oportunidade de apreciar seus trabalhos em pastel, cuja técnica requer muita sensibilidade. E é o que você conseguiu demonstrar nas suas obras. Muito obrigado e sucesso no seu caminho!
Bonjour, merci encore pour les ajouts de mes œuvres à votre collection, à bientôt pour de nouvelles œuvres... Sarrafi.
Hello Julia, I am very happy and honored to see my works in your collection. I really admired the beauty and diversity of his work. Congratulations and have a glorious journey through the arts. Thanks.
@carlos yasoshima, thank you so much for your comment! I really appreciate the time to take a look at the collection. I will gladly follow your work, it is really inspiring for me!
Thank you so much! Your works are wonderful.
Bonjour, merci pour l'ajout de mon œuvre à votre collection, et de me suivre dans mon univers artistique, mes compliments pour vos œuvres, à bientôt... Sarrafi.
Hello, thank you for adding my work to your collection, and for following me in my artistic universe, my compliments for your works, see you soon... Sarrafi.
Jeannette, thank you!!
Thank you! I’m so glad you liked it :)
FANTASTICO! Bellisimo, che bello!
Thank you so much, Jeannette!
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