Julia Lambright

 

Painter Julia Lambright was born and raised in Russia. She earned a BFA and MFA with distinction from the University of New Mexico. Working in oil in the past, her prime medium of choice is egg-tempera, knowledge she acquired from masters in Russia and the United States. While searching for a personal spiritual experience, Julia began exploring iconographic canons, formulas, and techniques of 17th century icon painting. Her works document the silent and persistent dialogue between past and present and served as a voice to address memory, vision, and childhood experiences.

Through the years, Lambright has allowed her artwork to evolve and shift. Her continuous fascination with materials led to an exploration with soft pastels that offer a new visual perspective. Searching for a more immediate expression and greater experimental capabilities, she challenges the traditional approach with materials with the desire to express sensation that evokes her inner world. In this visual dialogue, Lambright invites the viewer to have their own subjective experience and interpretation. She lives and works in Albuquerque.

Julia Lambright discusses her work with Gallery Hózhó

Artist Statement

How can I explain how I feel, standing in front of the sea, and imagine the whisper of a living thing? How can I explain myself, living between the layers of past and present? The challenge uncertainty of verbal communication propels my paintings. I search for memories on the tangible surface between the inner world and the observable one, one that explains myself and my surroundings.

ABQ Journal’s arts writer Kathaleen Roberts discussed Julia Lambright’s work on March 13, 2022

 

Julia Lambright on NMPBS ¡COLORES!, October 19, 2017

 

In 2017, the art program ¡COLORES! on the local PBS channel focused on Julia Lambright.

For more information about Julia and her work, download her Simple Things pamphlet

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