Julie Held
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Biography
Julie Held has exhibited and continues to exhibit widely across the UK and Europe, including The Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions, The National Portrait Gallery, and The Barbican. Germany includes the Public Library in Leipzig and in Prague at the Frank Kafka Gallery. Public collections include Nuffield College Senior Common Room, Oxford University, Edward Murray Women’s Collection, Cambridge University, and museums include The Ben Uri and Usher Hall. Held is a member of The London Group, N.E.A.C., The R.W.S., and The Arborealists.
On drawing
Drawing forms the centre of my practice. It has been important to me since childhood, navigating my way to certainty in an increasingly uncertain world. This is because it enables me to explore a certain truth. I use this as a springboard to interpreting what is around me. I have been teaching drawing since leaving Camberwell. I seek to help others in so doing to reach their own grip on what they see by guiding them to interpret looking into seeing through mark-making.
