ABOUT

Julia Elmore (b. 1971) is an artist living and working in East Barnet, where North London meets leafy Hertfordshire. Graduating from Middlesex University with a BA in Ceramics and a passion for self-taught art, Elmore went on to work at Raw Vision magazine for 17 years, where she became Senior Editor of the publication. In 2008, she co-curated the exhibition British Outsider Art for Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, followed by a series of pop-up exhibitions in London. 

In early 2019, having explored a variety of different media between her freelance art facilitation roles and raising children, Elmore chose to focus on painting. By the summer she had exhibited a painting in a group exhibition at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester and taken part in her first art fair. Later in the year, she hosted her first Open Studios at home. In September 2020, Elmore and her partner built a studio in the garden, a move that offered the space to create more consistently and on a larger scale.

2023 saw the artist completing her first public commissions. These included a ground mural in Edgware as part of Edgy Collective’s award-winning installation for the London Festival of Architecture and a collaborative mural with children, parents and the local community for Claremont Primary School in Cricklewood. Her first solo exhibition, Turbulent Waters, was held at artsdepot in 2024, with OVERFLOW opening at Lauderdale House in 2025.

Elmore paints and collages in her garden studio, mentors other creative souls and hosts relaxed art for wellbeing sessions around her kitchen table. Her work will feature in a group exhibition at The Stash Gallery in Aldgate from December 2025-January 2026.

Education
1995
BA Hons Three Dimensional Design (Ceramics), Middlesex University

Upcoming Exhibitions
2025
Artist as Sorcerer: Creating Realities (group show), The Stash Gallery, London E1.

Solo Exhibitions
2025
OVERFLOW, Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate, London
Among the Trees, Redwood Cafe, Swan Lane Open Space, Whetstone, London

2024
Turbulent Waters, artsdepot, North Finchley, London 
Wild Nature, artsdepot, North Finchley, London

Group exhibitions
2024
Dreamscapes, The Tabernacle, Notting Hill, London

2022
Waterborne, BLOQS, Tottenham, London

2019
Barnet Artists, Compass Residential, Whetstone

Exploring Collections, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester

Public Art
2023
Ground mural, Let’s Meet on the Edge, meanwhile intervention for London Festival of Architecture Edgware Town. https://nla.london/projects/lets-meet-on-the-edge

Wall mural, Claremont School. Collaborative project with students, staff, parents and volunteers from the local community. https://brentcrosstown.co.uk/stories/a-new-mural-for-claremont-primary-school 

Press
“Making Connections: Painter and supporter of artists, Barnet’s Julia Elmore is a creative force.” Hertfordshire Life, July 2020.

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