The process of making and the experience of seeing motivate my artistic practice. Working in the studio is an attempt to filter and digest the experiences of life, which helps me in my efforts to make sense of the world. However, the result of my efforts never reveal any clear definitions but always bring about a series of questions, and much like the forms themselves, their meaning/purpose seem amorphous and ever-changing.
—Julie Moon
Julie Moon received her MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Based in Toronto, she has exhibited extensively in Canada and the US since graduating from the Material Art and Design Program at OCAD University. Exhibition venues include Birch Contemporary in Toronto, Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, and Toronto International Art Fair. She has been a resident artist at the Clay Studio in Philadelphia, Anderson Ranch, the Center for Ceramics in Berlin, AIR Vallauris in France, as well as the Archie Bray Foundation.
Prior to her career in ceramics, Julie spent over a decade working in Toronto's garment industry. She continues to be inspired by the language of ornament, tactile media and the human figure.