Julie Chow - Wisps of Memory
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Julie Chow was born in 1998 in Hayward, CA. She works in photography and drawing, using both digital and pen techniques. Her recent work is based on childhood memories as well as feelings from impactful events during her time spent volunteer teaching in Taiwan. She was honored with the Hayward Arts Council Art Achievement Award in 2019. In 2021, she received her Bachelor of Arts in Art Practice at University of California, Berkeley. Chow currently lives and works in Union City, California. She hopes to create illustrations and murals for supporting clients and for the school she taught as a volunteer in Taiwan.
Artist Statement:
Wisps of Memory is a project that explored the feelings I had of a meaningful memory from a few years back. The experience significantly influenced my character development and gave me a fresh perspective on my values and long-term commitments. This project was an attempt to recreate a calming abstract landscape of the setting the memory took place in by making cyanotypes using only items found in my own home and arranging the prints in a mosaic, pixelated-like fashion onto a wall. My intention was to convey the pure essence of a memory using a medium that undergoes a sensitive, delicate process.
