I will be exhibiting along with artists gerhard mantz, rob steeenhorst, Mario Dalpra and Bernd in Vienna this May.
The smartest women in the room : Julie Kaye
This week’s smartest individual is Julie Kaye, an emerging visual artist whose talent is intriguing, unabridged works of illustrative art.
+ Tell us a bit about who Julie Kaye is and the inspiration behind your works.
Who am I? I am a visually creative creature and a really bad cook.
At the moment I am inspired by the extreme. This is because in every aspect of life there exists a complete opposite. In our emotions, in politics, in love and so on and so on and so on. It’s as much a part of our existence and understanding as anything else. My work deals with stark contrasts. The more extreme the better. Typically extremes are not seen as “feminine” but as the male and female psyche which have drawn closer to each other by the advent of technology and societal changes, I feel more comfortable being feminine and extreme. I want to explore this further, not just in my art but also in my life.
I am sometimes forced to be inspired by things that I would rather not be. Traumatic real life events close to me.
One of my closest friends survived being shot 4 years ago, the officer with her died. It was a very publicized event. I think the trauma of it settled in some of my work. I also witnessed a suicide on the underground and it’s something I dealt with but it still found its way into my creative thinking for a while. In my art, life events have an outlet even if I would rather they had never existed. On the flip side of this of course there are a great deal good times that influence my work too.
+ why do you create?
It’s a craving I have no control over. A strong instinct in me. I feel a great sense of satisfaction from the process and enjoy the results.
+ do you feel that being a female artist is an advantage or disadvantage? why?
I have thought about this and decided for me personally it will be an advantage. I want to change public perception of what a female artist can achieve.
+ does art transcend culture? what about language?
Art transcends culture because culture is only differentiated by diversity. Art embraces diversity. Therefore language cannot be a barrier.
+ I catch myself looking at the “Geisha Gun” illustration over and over again. What were you thinking about or influenced from when you created this piece?
I was reading articles about women on the front line and I am fascinated by singularity, the joining of man and machine. I am also intrigued by geisha. Here we have woman whose sole purpose is to denote pleasure and entertainment to those who seek it. The gun in this instance is both phallic and representative of her power.
The contrasts that exist here are of a women who is both the fighter and the submissive, the body and the machine, nature and man made, present and past.
+ The last two questions of an interview, I always like to “lighten” things up a bit and ask random, fun questions…as a child did you use to write on the walls?
Not on walls. I drew and painted on my wardrobe, it was completely covered. I saved painting on walls for when I became an ‘adult’.
+ If you were only allowed to use one type of material to create your art, what would it be and why?
Black Ink. I love the control I have over it and its versatility. And by the way I used black ink to paint my wardrobe as a child, so we have been in a serious relationship for a while now.
“Another highlight was the opening of a virtual art exhibition by Julie Kaye. Kaye, a shooting star of the British art scene, was present and launched the first presentation of her work in a virtual world. All her paintings on display can be bought as a virtual copy, as well as been ordered in real through her online artstore.”
OVERsized & underpriced.
HATCH presents 60+ international artists
Unique artworks on oversized old German postal stickers.
Charity exhibition for the “christoffel-blindenmission” and “skateistan”
Vernissage 17-12-09
Starts at 7pm (24 hrs)
Sounds by DJ Sine
Exhibition til the 20th Dec and 6th – 24th January
Hatch
Dirschaurer Str. 16/10245 Berlin
Artists:
Julie Kaye/ Flying Förtress / Klub7 / Haevi / Nestdafoe
Team Dauerfeuer / Les Petits / Icon73 / Base23
Pisa73 / Ink-a-zoid / Boxi / Emess / M!M / Johann Potma
Mateo / Eliot / Xhoch4 / MyMo / Tim Robot / 44Flavors
MaJo Brothers / Dee One / Disturbanity / Sam Crew
Kid Kyuss Hope / Alias / Pabo / El Bocho / Vincent Schulze
Herr Plorin / Bimer / Tarkinson / Shyeone / DeerBln
Undenk / HotCheeseCrew / Skore183 / Kid Crow / Noel
Just / AW / The Walters / Camo / Yuri3d / Peachbeach
Dave the Chimp / Mike Friedrich / The World Organisation
Eliza Gauger / Schichtemann / HelloFreaks / Jaybo Monk
Bean / Crapink / WTF? / Nadja Schüller-Ost / dust
Little Pilots / Steevo / Sebastian Otto /
Serena Ferrario / Prost / M.E. / Grafro / Ema Jones / Mork
Take a look at the museum here
hatchkingdom.com
http://www.carhartt-streetwear.com/news/art/2008/04/hatch-the-worlds-first-sticker-museum
I was introduced to Ollie during my trip to Berlin a month ago and he was super nice !!
The museum is a great place….very inspiring!
So this is the format….I take this oversized sticker and add my art to it.
Here are some pics from last years “Hello my name is……”.
Visuals by Julie Kaye
I attended the launch of the Northern Arts Prize exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery. No Paintings sadly.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/nov/30/northern-art-prize-finalists
I was fortunate enough to attend this years Golderner Julius in Berlin.
See the worthy award winners here http://video-it.tomshardware.com/video/iLyROoafleyx.html
My shoes deserved an award too I think 
