Julia Vance
(She/her)
Address: ORP 2, Olav Ryes plass 2, 0554 0554
Floor: 2.
Room number: 230
The studio is open Saturday 27 April from 12-17
Sculptor Julia Vance seemingly bends stone in her sensual sculptures. In her studio in Oslo and Tuscany, she carves elegantly twisting planes and cavities in marble and granite. With simple yet powerful reduction of form her work bridges between classical sculpture and conceptual expression, often suggesting philosophical considerations for existential words.
Sculpture
'Sitterede', sculptor Julia Vance, carved in white Italian marble, H146xW243xD147cm, commission for the Municipality of Ringerike / Benterud school, photo by Stefano Baroni.
‘Q’ (or ‘Passage to knowledge’), sculptor Julia Vance, carved in black Brazilian granite, H218xB186XL319cm, commission for Municipality of Flesberg kommune/Flesberg school, photo Nicola Gnesi.
‘WE-ME' (#5), by sculptor Julia Vance. Welded steel sculpture (3 pieces), H190xL290xW180cm, shown in front of Oslo Central Station 2014, bought by the Municipality of Oslo and is now part of Rommensletta Sculpturepark. Photo: Julia Vance
Altar for Hønefoss Church, sculptor Julia Vance, carved in white Italian Statuary Marble, H100xW225xD94cm, commission for altar, font, and pulpit for the Municipality of Ringerike , photo by Stefano Baroni.
In my studio
My studio is filled with models in plaster and clay and wood and even stone. There are sketches for sculptures, samples of material (stone and wood), half-finished carved pieces, plaster moulds and sacks of plaster, stone-carving tools and files and sanding paper, calligraphy pens and drawing paper, magnifying glass and more models…
Planned projects and exhibitions
Creating and carving a new body of work alongside creating public art work (comissions).