Julie Galante's artwork focuses on the people and places around her. Working in a variety of media, she creates portraits, landscapes, and cityscapes which incorporate visual information gathered from her environment. Her materials often come from the environment as well, including found surfaces, tools, and colours.
Julie grew up in several US states and spent much of her childhood in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She holds a BA in Perception and Psychology of Visual Art from Brown University. Her interest in travel and experiencing new cultures has brought her to many cities and countries around the world, where she constantly finds new visual inspiration. She lived in New York, Milan, Zurich, and Munich before settling in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2013. She has been an artist-in-residence in Assisi, Italy, and Tokyo, Japan.