JULIA STOOPS
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The Kiss (detail), 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

The Kiss, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Archive, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Wayfarer, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Multiple Frequencies, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Five Hundred Miles From Home, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Sweet Nectar, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

The Kindness of Strangers, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra
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Protective Escort, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra
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Limbo, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Cave Dweller, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

The Quatrefoil's Journey (detail), 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

The Quatrefoil's Journey, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra
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Fizzing Funnel, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

The Turning, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra
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The Diver's Discovery, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Interstice, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Sunrise, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Traveling Quatrefoil with Aura, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Spindle, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Small Blue Comet, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Vault, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra
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Pleiades, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

The Misinterpreted Dream, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Dancing, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra
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Double Quatrefoil, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

The Traveling Sphere, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

The Flock, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

The Hermit, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

The Oregon Vortex, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra
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Two Distinct Sounds, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

A Funnel and a Knot, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Historical Document, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Doing the Work, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Three White Leopards Sat Under a Juniper-Tree, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Widening Gyre, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra
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Our Exile, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Held by Magnetism, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Jeweld Lissajous, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Between the Yews, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Teach Us to Care and Not to Care, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Das Märchen, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Locomotion, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

The Vast Realm Underfoot, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Incoming, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Blue Anemone, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

Spiral and Rings, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra
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Two Explorers, 2014
16 x 12 inches, ink, acrylic paint, inkjet prints on illustration board mounted to Sintra

January 20 – 31, 2015
Opening reception: Tuesday January 20 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm

THE WORK
In this two-week solo exhibition, Upfor presents forty-six small-scale works by Julia Stoops. Combining inkjet and artist inks, acrylic and latex paints, collage, abstract imagery, expressive mark-making and translucent layering in a variety of drawing and painting techniques, Stoops' process is spontaneous yet thoughtful, where a sense of play and adept understanding of materials are equally important.

"Titles like Wayfarer, Locomotion and Traveling Quatrefoil with Aura underscore the sense of a journey, established by the reappearances, in several paintings, of certain objects that might be space probes. The recurring red orb with rolling-pin-like handles and the quatrefoil-type form comprised of two intersecting disks read as protagonists on an exploratory adventure. In Pleiades, the quatrefoil sails past the eponymous star cluster, seven gray spheres with white halos radiating liquid pink; elsewhere the intrepid four-lobed voyager eludes exploding raspberry-colored asteroids and olive-green tori tumbling through space." – Sue Taylor, Art in America

THE ARTIST
Julia Stoops lives in Portland, Oregon working as an artist and designer. Stoops was born in Samoa to New Zealand parents and lived in Japan, Australia and New Zealand before moving to the USA at age sixteen. Stoops earned a BFA in Painting and Installation from the Corcoran College of Art in Washington, DC. She then returned to New Zealand to earn a BA in philosophy and linguistics from the University of Auckland. Finally moving to Portland in 1994, Stoops attended Portland State University, graduating with an MFA in Painting. She is a recipient of Oregon Arts Commission fellowships in both art and literature, as well as multiple grants from other institutions, including the Pacific Northwest College of Art and the Regional Arts and Culture Council.

PRESS
Review: Julia Stoops at Upfor - Art in America
The Museum of Modern Life inaugural exhibition - The Oregonian
The Space Between - Willamette Week
Julia Stoops at Alysia Duckler Gallery - Artweek
The Heliocentric Project - Willamette Week
Oregon Biennial: Can-Do Kanjo - Willamette Week

JULIA STOOPS46 Views

January 20 – 31, 2015Opening reception: Tuesday January 20 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm

JULIA STOOPS
46 Views

January 20 – 31, 2015
Opening reception: Tuesday January 20 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm