Works
  • Julia Jo, Back To Square One, 2022
    Back To Square One, 2022
    Oil on linen
    60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Close to the Chest, 2022
    Close to the Chest, 2022
    Oil on linen
    80 x 80 inches (203.2 x 203.2 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Eat Your Heart Out, 2022
    Eat Your Heart Out, 2022
    Oil on linen
    80 x 80 inches (203.2 x 203.2 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Fish Out of Water, 2022
    Fish Out of Water, 2022
    Oil on linen
    80 x 80 inches (203.2 x 203.2 cm)
  • Julia Jo, From the Four Winds, 2022
    From the Four Winds, 2022
    Oil on linen
    70 x 70 inches (177.8 x 177.8 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Happily Ever After, 2022
    Happily Ever After, 2022
    Oil on linen
    60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Heaven’s Sake, 2022
    Heaven’s Sake, 2022
    Oil on linen
    60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Method to the Madness, 2022
    Method to the Madness, 2022
    Oil on linen
    80 x 80 inches (203.2 x 203.2 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Misery Loves Company, 2022
    Misery Loves Company, 2022
    Oil on linen
    70 x 70 inches (177.8 x 177.8 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Moment’s Notice, 2022
    Moment’s Notice, 2022
    Oil on linen
    60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Once Bitten, Twice Shy, 2022
    Once Bitten, Twice Shy, 2022
    Oil on linen
    80 x 80 inches (203.2 x 203.2 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Ringing Endorsement, 2022
    Ringing Endorsement, 2022
    Oil on linen
    60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Secret Admirer, 2022
    Secret Admirer, 2022
    Oil on linen
    60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
  • Julia Jo, See No Evil, Hear No Evil, 2022
    See No Evil, Hear No Evil, 2022
    Oil on linen
    70 x 70 inches (177.8 x 177.8 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Slow Burn, 2022
    Slow Burn, 2022
    Oil on linen
    60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Song and Dance, 2022
    Song and Dance, 2022
    Oil on canvas
    60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Through Thick and Thin, 2022
    Through Thick and Thin, 2022
    Oil on linen
    60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
  • Julia Jo, Two to Tango, 2022
    Two to Tango, 2022
    Oil on linen
    60 x 60 inches (152.4 x 152.4 cm)
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Biography
Julia Jo (b. 1991, Seoul, South Korea; lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. MFA Parsons School of Design 2019, BFA Smith College, 2016). Jo’s practice encompasses a distinctive style of oil painting that incorporates a vibrant color palette to render compositions that oscillate between the figurative and the abstract. While born in Seoul, Jo spent her childhood and adolescence moving between South Korea and states across the U.S.; and she draws upon a deep, personal well of moments lost in translation, social miscues and interpersonal distance to inspire her practice. Her paintings are grounded in the self-doubt, conflict, and misunderstanding that can subsume any relationship, with human forms and familiar objects dynamically rendered through careful line, color, and shadow to simultaneously reveal and conceal. In the last year, Jo has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Charles Moffett, New York, NY and James Fuentes, Los Angeles, CA. In the fall of 2023, she will participate in the esteemed Beecher Residency in Litchfield, CT. Her work is in the permanent collection of ICA Miami.
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