Julie Brook

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name = Julie Brook


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birthdate = 1961
location = RAF Rintein, Germany
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nationality = British
field = sculpture, painting, installation art
training = The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford
movement = Young British Artists
works = An Dealbh Mòr, Inversion
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Julie Brook (born 1961) is a British artist. She works in a variety of mediums in each case with a strong connection with the landscape. She has lived and worked in the Orkney islands, on Jura and Mingulay and in the Libyan desert.

Life and career

Julie Brook was born at RAF Rintein in Germany. She is married to film producer, Christopher Young and lives on the Isle of Skye. She attended The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford from 1980 to 1983.

Artworks

Her works include:
* "An Dealbh Mòr" (2005-2006), with Bun Sgoil Shlèite, a Gaelic/ English year long project drawing and painting from the landscape of South Skye culminating in a large scale painting on canvas. Using the painting as a floor cloth the performance reflected the geological evolution of Skye through movement and music. Exhibition and performance situated at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye and presented at the Scottish Parliament. [ [http://www.highland.gov.uk/yourcouncil/news/newsreleases/2007/June/2007-06-12-04.htm "Highland children show Scottish Parliament the Big Picture"] (12 June 2007) The Highland Council. Retrieved 5 September 2008.]

ee also

* Art of the United Kingdom

References

External links

* [http://www.juliebrook.com/ Official Julie Brook Website]