Julia Santos Solomon

Lizard Ladies on exhibit in Yonkers

admin — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 20:47:39 +0000

Hope to see you at the reception for this group exhibition at the Blue Door Gallery in Yonkers.
My outrageous lizard ladies will be on exhibit. Come check them out!

Art and the Human Form
April 28 – May 26, 2012

Reception
Thursday, May 3, 5:30pm to 7:30pm

Blue Door Gallery
13 Riverdale Ave
Yonkers, NY 10701
914.375.5100
www.bluedoorgallery.org

Regular Gallery Hours
Thursday: 3-8pm
Friday: 12-5pm
Saturday: 12-5pm

Affordable Art Fair 2012

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:03:53 +0000

Come see the art and let’s catch up at the
AFFORDABLE ART FAIR 2012
APRIL 18-22, 2012

I am represented by Julio Valdez Studio located at Booth F 9.
I will be bringing a wide selection of my plein air silkscreens, tropical paintings and New Zealand work.

HOURS:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 – 6PM-9PM – PRIVATE PREVIEW

THURSDAY, APRIL 19 – 2PM-9PM, FREE ADMISSION FROM 5-9

FRIDAY, APRIL 20 2PM-9PM

SATURDAY, APRIL 21 11AM-8PM

SUNDAY, APRIL 22 11AM-6PM

Featured $100 Painting for March 2012

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 19:10:55 +0000

FEATURED $100 PAINTING FOR MARCH 2012

Autumn Day Part Four is a small painting (dimensions 4″ x 4″) acrylic on canvas and paper. It is part of my $100 paintings series. Each painting of the series can stand alone or placed in a variety of combinations. Autumn Day is number four of nine in the series which will be released periodically throughout the next nine months. UPDATE! Part Two & Part Three are still available, buy two more for a unique tryptch!

Available for purchase in my ETSY Store!

Realities/Realidads Exhibition

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:17:46 +0000

Realities / Realidades At the Martinez Gallery

The Martinez Gallery in Troy, New York announces its new exhibition exploring the nature of reality in art. Called Realities / Realidades, the exhibition presents
the work of three contemporary artists with international reputations and working in the New York area: Carlos N. Molina, Julia Santos Solomon, and Paul Corio.

This show will exhibit a “mini”-retrospective of Julia’s work from the ’80s to the present, including her recent New Zealand series and her ongoing Family Narrative.

Two Opening Receptions during “Troy Night Out” – Friday, July 29th AND Friday, August 26th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

The exhibition Realities / Realidades will run through September 21.

The Martinez Gallery is a contemporary art gallery with a specialty in Latino and Latin American Art. Founded in 2001, the gallery exhibits well-established and emerging artists.
The gallery is located at 3 Broadway, Troy, NY.

Gallery Hours: Thursday and Friday from 2 to 5 pm and Saturday from 12 to 3 pm.

For more information call 518-459-68545 or visit www.martinezgallery.net

$100 painting July 2011

admin — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:06:02 +0000

FEATURED $100 PAINTING FOR JULY 2011

“Autumn Day Part 3″ is number three in my series of nine paintings. The dimensions are 4″x4″ acrylic on canvas and paper.

Periodically over the next nine months, I will be featuring a new, one-of-a-kind painting to be purchased for $100. Each painting can stand alone or placed together in combination of twos or threes.

Available for purchase at my Etsy Store.

$100 painting part2

admin — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:01:03 +0000

Introducing: Autumn Day Part Two is a small painting acrylic on canvas and paper. It is part of my $100 paintings series. Each painting of the series can stand alone or placed in a variety of combinations. Autumn Day is number two of nine in the series which will be released every two weeks. UPDATE! Part One has sold. Purchase Part Two HERE.

Announcing $100 paintings

admin — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:10:27 +0000

Announcing $100 paintings I feel that owning original artwork that you love should be accessible to all. Sometimes collecting in this economic environment can be a challenge. I have decided to create artwork that can be purchased for $100. These pieces are fun! I had a blast creating them. The paintings can be purchased individually, or collected to form a bigger image. They are interchangeable squares, that can be hung individually or as a horizontal or vertical unit. Their size allows them to hang in small spaces, or to be exhibited elegantly as a whole on a main wall. I will post a new painting every two weeks in my Etsy Store.

If you want to collect the whole, you will have to move quickly. I will be posting them in sequence. I am really looking forward to this. It’s going to be FUN!

Heading to the AAF in NYC!

admin — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:35:46 +0000

Heading to the AAF in NYC!
Please come see my latest work in NYC. It would be great to see you and to share this body of work with you.

Thursday, May 5 at 11 am – May 8 at 5 pm

Affordable Art Fair
7 West 34th St (near 5th Avenue)
New York, NY

The Affordable Art Fair (AAF) NYC features over 80 international and local exhibitors offering original, contemporary art from $100-$10,000. AAF is for everyone, from the first time visitor to the traditional collector.

Visit me at the Julio Valdez Studio Booth.

Public viewing hours:
Thursday, May 5, 11am-8 pm (6-8 free admission)
Friday, May 6, 11am-8 pm
Saturday, May 7, 11am – 8 pm
Sunday, May 8, 11am – 5 pm

Admission available at door. General admission $20/day, students & seniors $15/day.

For more information:
Call 212.255.2003
Visit www.aafnyc.com
Email info@aafnyc.com

Interior and exterior design for Maverick West, a new medical facility

admin — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:29:47 +0000

Interior and exterior design for Maverick West, a new medical facility
The last five months have been really exciting for my design company Julia Santos Solomon, Inc. I have been working as a colorist and designer for Maverick West, a rural clinic which is relocating to a large facility. It’s been great to be involved with the project from it’s inception, and to have an input on creating an overall look, and feeling of the practice. It’s that wonderful process of visualizing something in your mind, and bringing it to fruition…. of course within a budget and in a timely fashion. I’ve been lucky to work with some talented local professionals, architect Curry Rinzler, contractor Peter Kaufman, cabinet designer Louie Turchoie, and flooring specialists at Saugeties Carpet. The dedication to the project by the administrative staff at Maverick Family Health has been remarkable. Everyone has been hardworking and cooperative.

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New Zealand slideshow

admin — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:56:24 +0000

New Zealand Virtual Gallery from Deep Listening Institute’s Art on the Wall series
Virtual Gallery of Julia Santos Solomon’s new body of work from New Zealand. Artistic Director: Lisa Kelley. Engineer: Jaclyn Heyen. Curated by Ione for Ione’s 15th Annual Dream Festival of Deep Listening Institute, Ltd. www.deeplistening.org

Julia’s artist statement:
It seems so appropriate to have this exhibition of New Zealand landscapes
at Deep Listening, because the body of work
I am presenting here required, and demanded some listening to a rumbling sound, a
stirring deep inside of me. I went to New Zealand not as a tourist, but as a parent
scoping out the land for her daughter who would be living there…where would she live, work, run?
My practical, vigilant mind was at work, when suddenly it was
powerfully confronted by my subconscious, primitive mind.

Here was a place that looked like the beginning of the world…..
like it was just formed out of the depths of the sea.
The land of “ the long cloud “ is what the native Maori call it. The clouds stretched
in the sky coursing over me, fresh, unfamiliar formations filled my imagination.
I was color combinations I have never, ever seen. As an artist, I was immediately challenged.

I have travelled a great deal, but this was the most beautiful place I have ever seen.
Nature was raw and unencumbered by mankind.
New Zealanders take seriously the protective custody of their land.
You drive for hours without houses in the mountains, gas stations on the way,
no empty soda bottles in the streams.

The light was beautiful and unfamiliar. Looking over the pacific ocean on the windiest,
rainiest day where the sun was not allowed to peek through,
I saw something remarkable…. the ocean was light and illuminated.
The light source seemed to come from the bottom up, the water lighting up the sky.

After a while, the expansiveness and beauty of this landscape took over me.
I had to give in… I felt my foundation being broken and rearranged in a new order.
Witnessing this place was changing me in ways I could not measure or control.

The volcanic paintings depict the North Island, the water and glacier paintings depict the
South Island. The Western coast of the South Island has an extraordinary quality that
inspired the remainder of the paintings.
I saw elements in nature juxtaposed in a remarkable way.

Upon my return, I decided to make a single painting to “get it out of my system”,
then I painted a second to create a pair…they just kept coming and I’ve painted 15
pictures in a very short period of time.
This body of work has summoned all of my focus and drive.
The paintings keep coming.
I hope to share with the viewer the joy I felt in creating them.