Lot 76 - Julie Cassels - Looking Back - Rewoven Series - After Vuillard - Blue Grey

Composite Photograph
2023
A6 (10x15cm)
Original Artwork
Signed on Verso
Curated by Women in Art

About
Julie Cassels is a multidisciplinary artist whose work often has historical references, with a particular interest in the aesthetics of textiles and clothing, as they occur in all aspects of daily life. Her work is inspired by the depiction of fabric in all art forms, throughout art history, along with its interpretation and relevance.

As a perpetual analyst, she reflects on the individuality of seeing and visual perception, illuminating them with work that encompasses video installation, photographic collage, digitally reconstructed objects, and low-relief mixed media canvasses.

Education
2004 – 2005
MA at Manchester Metropolitan University in Textiles/Fashion

2001 – 2004
BA Visual Arts (Hons) Degree at Salford University. (First)

2000 – 2001
BTEC Arts Foundation Course, South Trafford College, (Dist)

Solo Exhibitions
2021
We View Things Differently Now, Rogue Studios Project Space, Manchester, UK

Group Exhibitions
2025
Return to the Sea, Seafront Gallery, Worthing
Women in Art Prize, Roundhouse, Chalk Farm Rd, London NW1 8EH
Ventriloquism, The Whitaker, Haslingden Rd, Rossendale, BB4 6RE
Rogue Women 3, Rogue Studios Project Space, Manchester
Air Gallery Open, Rogue Studios, 4 Barrass St, Manchester, M11 1WP
Shutter Hub Yearbook 2024, online exhibition
A Small Space World Tour, multiple venues
A Room of One's Own, Irving Gallery, 28 Essex St, Oxford, OX4 3AW
A Small Space, Square Feet Architects, 95 Bell St, London, NW1 6TL

2024
To the Sea, St Gilles Croix de Vie, France
Bury Open, Bury Art Museum, Moss Street, Bury, BL9 0DR
Spark Philosophy Retreat, Crawfordsburn Inn, Northern Ireland
Live With It, Mura MA Art Space, 15 Stockport Rd, Marple, SK6 6BD
A Small Space, Dezrez Projects, 285 Deansgate, M3 4EW
A Small Space, Old Town General Store, Stockport, SK1 1NE
Shape Exhibition, Gallery of Photography, Glasgow G1 1UG
Comme Ca Art X Awol Studios Exhibition, Comme Ca Gallery, Manchester
Rogue Women 2, Rogue Studios Project Space, Manchester
Warrington Contemporary Open Exhibition, Warrington Museum and Art Gallery

2022
Shutter Hub Everyday Delight 2022, online exhibition
Shutter Hub Yearbook 2022, online exhibition
Bodfa Continuum, Plas Bodfa, Llangoed, Anglesey, Wales
Manchester Open 2022, Home, Manchester, M15 4FN
Postcards from Europe, Art at Arb, University of Cambridge, CB3 9DT

2021
Starting Space, Virtual Gallery Space, Artsteps and @ThePhotoEdge
We View Things Differently Now, Rogue Studios Project Space, Manchester
Shutter Hub Yearbook 2021, online exhibition
Auckland Festival of Photography, Auckland, New Zealand
In Manchester, Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester

Awards
2024
Finalist Women in Art Prize

2021
Arts Council England DYCP Grant

2019
Greater Manchester Arts Prize runner-up

2015
Waterside 1-0 micro commission

Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork
The two Looking Back - Rewoven works are composite photographs in a new series looking at the history of tapestry used as a backdrop for decoration and warmth. They reference works by the painter Edouard Vuillard who created complex layers and collages of textiles, reminding critics of the woolly reverse side of a tapestry.