Julia Soderholm is an artist & art educator based on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, also known as Vancouver, British Columbia. 



My work explores themes of perception and presence in nature through abstract painting. Colours, shapes, and mark-making serve as a lexicon of experience that represent my memories of place.  Each painting expresses my felt experience of the landscape, re-examining the observable world with fresh eyes.

The question my work asks is how the process of abstraction creates estrangement and enchantment towards the natural world, and whether that can foster a pathway to greater care and connection to place.