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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
Kleine Galerie Torgau
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.
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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.
Gläserne Galerie der Torgauer Wohnstätten, Torgau, Germany
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!
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.
Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine
Taking part in this beautiful group show which is fully dedicated to the city and surroundings of Kamianets-Podilski in Ukraine.
Armigera art, Lviv, Ukraine
Two of my works are taking part in the all-Ukrainian exhibition of pastelists. 
Drinnen & Draußen, Kamenzer Straße, Dresden-Neustadt, Germany
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.
Obukhiv District Local History Museum, Kyivska Street, Obukhiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
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.
Pavlo Tychyna Museum, Vulytsya Tereshchenkivsʹka, Kyiv, Ukraine
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 :)
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.
Schollbrockhaus e.V. Galerie, Karl-Brandt-Weg, Herne, Germany
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.
LiTE-HAUS Galerie + Projektraum, Mareschstraße, Berlin, Germany
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.
NDSM Fuse, NDSM-Plein 29, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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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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!
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I'm taking part in a group exhibition organized by Biafarin https://www.biafarin.com/p/ba2021.html?name=julia-suptel
Omnibus Verein Dresden
Official opening Friday June 4th 19.00
address: Grossenhainerstrasse, 99
