Inflation

Sculpture by Julie Jenkinson. Found objects, rubber, glass, plaster. 12 x 13 x 5 in.

“Salvaged objects have an unspoken history and memory in their very substance. Transforming them into a novel form and context does not negate this history, but rather, envelops it into a deeper layer of the aesthetic language. There’s an inherent feeling of familiarity that one can’t quite place. While I rarely have a specific vision for found objects’ end use, there’s a feeling, a pull, an inherent pulse and intuition driving me toward their continued existence in new abstract constructions”.

– Julie Jenkinson

Julie Jenkinson is a British-born, self-taught multidisciplinary artist and designer living in Toronto and Northumberland County. Julie has exhibited internationally in group and solo exhibitions. In 2018 she held her first solo sculpture exhibition Continued Existence in Toronto at VERSO Gallery @Inabstracto. Her work is included in public, corporate and private collections and commissions including: Douglas Coupland, Cutler and Gross, Hanabi Art & Artists, Netflix, The Gladstone Hotel, Taylor Hazell Architects, RH Gallery, TAP Art Projects and Yabu Pushelberg.

Her drawings were included in The Drawing Centre’s (NYC) Viewing Program in the early 2000s. BLACKBONES is her collection of sculptural jewelry for all sexes.