Julie Brook

Julie Brook (born 1961) is a British artist. She works in a variety of mediums in each case with a strong connection with the landscape. She has lived and worked in the Orkney islands, on Jura and Mingulay and in the Libyan Desert.^[1][2]

Julie Brook
Born	1961 RAF Rintein, Germany
Nationality	British
Education	The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford
Known for	sculpture, painting, installation art
Notable work	An Dealbh Mòr, Inversion
Movement	Young British Artists

Life and career

Julie Brook was born at RAF Rinteln hospital in Germany. She lives on the Isle of Skye. She attended The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in Oxford from 1980 to 1983.^[3]

Artworks

Her works include:

• An Dealbh Mòr (2005–2006), with Bun Sgoil Shlèite, a Gaelic/ English year-long project drawing and painting from the landscape of South Skye culminating in a large scale painting on canvas. Using the painting as a floor cloth the performance reflected the geological evolution of Skye through movement and music. Exhibition and performance situated at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Isle of Skye and presented at the Scottish Parliament.^[4]

• Out of the ground, a thread of air (2023) in the grounds of Holker Hall, Cumbria, located at [54.1855,-2.9857].

See also

• Art of the United Kingdom